News archive for 25th September 2020

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Hundreds of Manchester students locked down after 127 Covid cases - Guardian Steve Besley's Education Eye: week ending 25 September 2020 - Education Eye Keeping students in accommodation over Christmas holidays ‘risks mental health problems’ - Scotsman Freshers are caught throwing illegal party at university halls - Mail Schools being partially closed due to Covid will be 'way of life' until vaccine, academy chief says - Telegraph Two university halls of residence in quarantine lockdown after 127 pupils test positive - Mirror Halt in-person university teaching until test and trace fixed, union urges - Guardian Podcast: Covid catch-up and teaching 'cancel culture' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Dorm snitches and party bans: how universities around the world are tackling Covid - Guardian Council encourages schools to contact test and trace teams first rather than DfE hotline - Schools Week Ofsted: coronavirus (COVID-19) rolling update - Ofsted Blended learning is not new - but now it's here to stay - Times Educational Supplement | TES RSE update timing a 'mystery' given Covid, say heads - Times Educational Supplement | TES Cut 2021 GCSEs to 'core content', say independent heads - Times Educational Supplement | TES Could Cambridge Technicals and Nationals be delayed - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus UK: 'All pupils need government-funded catch up lessons' - Mail Students say coronavirus outbreaks 'inevitable' in small halls with shared bathrooms - Mirror International Labour Organization report on aspirations reinforces our Drawing the Future findings - Education and Employers 'Don’t scapegoat students over Covid outbreaks' - BBC Remote education webinars - DfE Teaching during coronavirus (COVID-19) - DfE NQT support and inductions from September 2020 - DfE Education Committee questions Skills Minister Gillian Keegan on adult skills and lifelong learning - UK Parliament College dependent on merger to survive has latest bid rejected by ESFA - FE Week Scottish Government has failed students with mixed messaging and blame game - Scotsman 'I had a little sob': freshers face up to strict new Covid rules - Guardian I got Covid and now 500 people in my university accommodation have to self-isolate - Telegraph Government follows tech firms’ lead in launching autism internship scheme - Public Technology Fundamental reset of society needed to prevent decline in social mobility in the post-covid era - London School of Economics | LSE DCMS keeping tabs on child-safety implications of Apple updates - Public Technology Child poverty: Children should not be the collateral damage of the Covid Recession - IPPR Quarter of childcare providers at risk of closure due to pandemic, councils warn - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Three practical approaches to help pupils learn from mathematical mistakes - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF Supporting disadvantaged pupils in the Covid landscape - Research Schools Network Moving towards online teaching: A reflection - Learning Scientists School catch-up funding will be wiped out by Covid safety measures - ASCL Latest childcare reports make grim reading - Voice More schools face impact of failing test and trace system - Schools NorthEast Schools and charity partnerships: Challenges and solutions - CfEY | Centre for Education & Youth 'No big concerns' – meet Williamson's FE ambassadors - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid-19: College sport key to tackling low wellbeing - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ministers ‘knew all along’ free school meal vouchers would cover Easter - Schools Week Green: ‘Messing’ with school structures not priority - Schools Week Council to appeal court's decision against its Pontypridd school plans - Wales Online UK universities 'bullying' junior staff into face-to-face teaching - Guardian Catch-up funding could be nearly ‘wiped out’ by Covid safety costs, warns ASCL - Schools Week 'Class of 2020' campaign celebrates achievements of Black UK graduates - Metro 'It doesn't feel like a drama course at all': diary of a virtual fresher - Guardian Covid-19 staff and pupil absences: what the data says - Times Educational Supplement | TES Young people resume global climate strikes calling for urgent action - Guardian Government issues gender identity guidance for teachers in England - Guardian Swinney sought legal advice over part-time school plans - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools are not able to go on like this indefinitely - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'It is not your fault': Nicola Sturgeon reassures students after campus Covid outbreaks (video) - Guardian Teach that 'no platforming' is 'harmful', schools told - Times Educational Supplement | TES Universities work to combat antisocial behaviour - Leeds Beckett University Councils warn that a quarter of childcare providers could close in rural areas - Nursery World What Ofsted found during their pilots of autumn visits - FE Week Coronavirus: 7 in 10 early years staff on furlough - survey - Nursery World UCU response to Manchester Metropolitan University telling 1,700 students to self-isolate - UCU Covid-hit university students: 'Why have they sent us here?' - BBC Tory minister says students could be home by Christmas if they behave themselves - Mirror Sir, can I go and play in the mud kitchen? The fun-filled school with luxury flats attached - Guardian Provider disputes £2.6m clawback following ESFA investigation - FE Week Government has put school leaders in the firing line - Times Educational Supplement | TES School Covid costs could 'wipe out' catch-up funding - Times Educational Supplement | TES Universities should be two-thirds empty to avoid Covid spikes, says expert - Guardian Coronavirus restrictions: Students on their 'last night of freedom' - BBC Colleges and ITPs become gateway providers to Kickstart the economy - FE Week Could schools close again if Covid-19 cases continue to rise? - Telegraph Can students go home during coronavirus outbreak? Matt Hancock issues dire warning - Express The Covid-19 pandemic and the early years workforce: Staffing decisions in an uncertain environment - EPI Why do students travel to university? Covid has proved they don't need to | Simon Jenkins - Guardian Coronavirus Scotland: Students banned from returning home and told not to go to pubs - Independent Fraud police drop Bright Tribe investigation - Schools Week Half of Scotland’s childminders fear for future without financial support - Scotsman Sutton Trust comment on EPI report on the early years workforce - Sutton Trust Covid: Scottish university students told not to go to pubs - BBC GMB’s Dr Hilary tells students ‘be lonely now and party later’ amid Christmas ban - Mirror NEU comment on EPI report on Early Years and Covid - National Education Union HEPI’s Annual Review, 2019/20 - HEPI Unveiling Pandora’s box through student partnership - BERA ‘Worrying’: University groups voice concerns over Ofsted inspections - FE Week The details behind ex-superhead Sir Craig Tunstall’s dismissal revealed - Schools Week Break the rules and you’re out, minister tells academy bosses - Schools Week A university learning experience is very different to what a typical inspector will be familiar with - FE Week Coronavirus: Drugs, bad behaviour and lockdown learning gaps - Times Educational Supplement | TES Campus outbreaks are tough but how will 2020's students afford the financial impact of coronavirus? - Herald Scotland How to devise a successful peer tutoring scheme - Wonkhe Quietly, the RAB charge is reaching worrying levels - Wonkhe Podcast: NSS, campus return, UCAS, student politics - Wonkhe Tes Schools Awards 2020: Who's made the shortlist? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Boosting finances a main driver for half of trusts that expand - Schools Week Level 4-5 technical education and the 16-18 system - FE News Universities, higher technical qualifications and apprenticeships - FE News Maths teacher bids to be first among equals - Times Coronavirus in Scotland: Campus life adjusts to a quieter vibe - Times Coronavirus in Scotland: Bans breach human rights of students, claim tutors - Times Scotland: We must keep our campuses open despite outbreaks - Times Coronavirus in Scotland: We won’t survive without support, say childminders - Times Foreign firewalls present challenge to global online learning - Times Higher Education | THE Strong science base ‘has failed to protect nations from coronavirus’ - Times Higher Education | THE Supporting university staff through the pandemic should be data-driven - Times Higher Education | THE DfE: New Immigration System: new guidance and other developments (September 25th 2020) - UCET