News archive for 13th April 2021

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University students in England to return to campus from May 17 at the earliest - The Sun Sweeney: make ‘positive’ case for global collaboration after cuts - Times Higher Education | THE Not allowing university students in England back on campus until mid-May branded ‘illogical’ - Evening Standard Students' hopes of an early return to campus dashed - Telegraph University students will not be allowed back on campus for teaching in person before May 17 - Mail English universities despair as in-person teaching ruled out before 17 May - Guardian Hartlepool is ‘apprenticeship capital of England’ – by-election study - Social Market Foundation | SMF How can we become anti-racist? A guide - Advance HE How to nurture good food and sharing habits for life - Plant and Share Month - Early Education Give students an extra year of study to avoid a lost generation, say education leaders - AoC | Association of Colleges Majority of Chinese students rate UK study experience as bad - PIE News Learning digital skills and closing the digital divide - Education & Training Foundation Activate Learning: Preparing for T Levels – why training and communication are key - Education & Training Foundation FE leaders discuss benefits of recruiting teaching staff through Taking Teaching Further - Education & Training Foundation The real Easter week: How was it for you? - Teacher Tapp Three days of strikes announced for prison education staff across England - UCU Government decision on student returns in England 'hugely disappointing for students' - Universities UK Student numbers before, during and after the crisis - HEPI Prime Minister: University students are not second-class citizens - HEPI Response to Government announcement on return of students to in-person teaching - Russell Group Onion Collective: skills for the next economy - Careers & Enterprise Company Comparative Education Review call for papers: Black Lives Matter and global struggles for racial justice in education - UKFIET | Education and Development Forum Ambition launches new instructional coaching programme - Ambition Institute Today's school, education and teacher news: LIVE 13/4 - Times Educational Supplement | TES Laptops, tablets and connectivity data as of 13 April 2021 - DfE Remaining university students to return to campus from Step 3 of the roadmap, no earlier than 17 May - DfE Students returning to university in England from 17 May - BBC University students in England can finally return in person - but only from May 17 - Mirror 40 per cent of students ‘seriously considered’ dropping out of university during pandemic, poll suggests - Independent Private schools accused of obscuring how little they spend on scholarships - Times - New Government pledge to get 1.3 million laptops to children in pandemic still not met - Independent Private schools accused of handing majority of bursaries to middle class children - Telegraph Are teachers under increasing surveillance? - Teacher Toolkit Ministers ‘put economy above education’ with campus return delay - Times Higher Education | THE Disabled children’s siblings provided more care in lockdown - IOE London Blog Cressida Cowell: We must save the 'magic' of libraries - Times Educational Supplement | TES SQA: 'No requirement to replicate full formal exams' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Academies latest: 13 key points teachers need to know - Times Educational Supplement | TES The unsung heroes of the Covid-19 pandemic - SecEd MillionPlus launches Scottish election manifesto - MillionPlus UCU response to 17 May university return - UCU Scottish Election 2021: Nicola Sturgeon asked to be judged on education - Scotsman Banned: Teacher who changed students' coursework - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid and schools: How will history judge Gavin Williamson? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Government's laptop pledge still not met a month after pupils return to class - Mail No Sats...and pupils and teachers are happier for it - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teachers accuse government of ‘placing low value’ on pupil mental health - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Children's laureate joins authors in call for library funding - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Youth campaigners hit out at decision to disband government LGBT panel - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Regional schools commissioners: 6 key findings from the education select committee - Schools Week Vegan student studying animal management is allowed to skip trip to abattoir - Mail Parents' view of home-schooling revealed - Times Educational Supplement | TES Academy conversion backlog of failed schools cut by 62% - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE still short of 1.3 million laptop target despite Gibb promise - Schools Week University campuses in England ‘will not reopen until mid-May’ - Guardian Private school scholarships 'do little' for inclusion - Times Educational Supplement | TES Laptops target still unmet a month after pupils’ return - Times Educational Supplement | TES Local solutions are what will make music education thrive - Schools Week Trust ‘ready and able’ to take over ‘orphan’ school in limbo for ten years - Schools Week Government urged to commit to funding for outdoor play spaces - Nursery World Effectiveness of secondary reading programs - Best Evidence in Brief Do schools serving “Breakfast After-the-Bell” have lower student absenteeism? - Best Evidence in Brief Children's laureate calls on PM to invest in school libraries - Nursery World Prison education: Three days of strikes announced - FE Week Jisc distributes open access articles from global publisher Wiley to UK repositories - Jisc Scotland: SNP to promise more help with cost of school day - Times Educational Supplement | TES A science mastery curriculum - UKEdChat Shirley Williams’s approach to higher education policy still echoes loudly many decades on - HEPI Scottish election 2021: John Swinney pledges to 'tear down' financial barriers for poorest pupils - Scotsman Is it okay to HIIT in primary physical education? - BERA Taylor & Francis Group and Jisc agree transformational deal for UK research - Jisc The push to be ‘inclusive’ will grind the English language to a pulp - Telegraph Election 2021: Pupils are promised school trips boost - Herald Scotland In defence of the arts and humanities - Wonkhe Set universities free to collaborate with industry - Wonkhe What Grade A nonsense! Universities say correct spelling and grammar may be seen as 'white, male and elite' - Mail Catch-up: 77% of 16-18s performing below expectations - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Why colleges need more per-student funding - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid catch-up fund is too restrictive, warn colleges - Times Educational Supplement | TES Digital poverty: Hundreds without devices, warn leaders - Times Educational Supplement | TES Warning of 'vast inequality' in school libraries - Times Educational Supplement | TES 9:30 a.m. - Education Committee will hear evidence on Regional Schools Commissioners - Accountability Hearings ‘Staggering’ number of college students ‘between one and four months behind’, AoC survey warns - FE Week Children's Laureate warns of vast inequality in primary school libraries - Mail Cressida Cowell: Children's Laureate leads call for £100m primary school library fund - BBC 9:00 a.m. - Health and Social Care Committee will hear evidence on the treatment of autistic people and individuals with learning disabilities - Accountability Hearings Give students an extra year of study to avoid a lost generation, say education leaders - FE News Children’s laureates campaign for £100m a year to fix primary school libraries - Guardian Help sixth-formers make up lost learning, say UK college leaders - Guardian Cressida Cowell warns of ‘vast inequality’ in provision of primary school libraries - Independent Now is the time to reopen university campuses - Times Higher Education | THE More strike action over USS pension cuts ‘odds-on’ - Times Higher Education | THE Private providers leave UK higher education ‘cold spots’ untouched - Times Higher Education | THE Ireland: Sending children back to school does push up Covid cases, says expert - Times - New