News archive for 3rd February 2021

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Over 100 headteachers unite to demand vaccines for school staff - Evening Standard Education leaders call for teachers to be vaccinated ahead of schools reopening - Mail Wales' Education Minister looking at changing school holiday dates - Wales Online PM names head of school pandemic catch-up plan - BBC PM says 8 March 'prudent' for English schools' return as scientists issue warning - Guardian Sir Kevan Collins appointed as education recovery tsar to help pupils catch up - Mail PM appoints Sir Kevan Collins as Covid catch-up tsar - Times Educational Supplement | TES Tory MPs warn “it will go down very badly” if new Covid variants stop schools re-opening on 8 March - PoliticsHome Boris Johnson says roadmap out of lockdown will be confirmed on 22 February, starting with schools - PoliticsHome Why are schools across the UK reopening on different dates? - Guardian Scotland: Primary school children provided with SNP ‘propaganda’ about Nicola Sturgeon - Express Boris Johnson appoints 'catch-up tsar' to help educate children affected by Covid disruption - Telegraph What will this period of online learning mean for children’s futures? - UK Parliament Sir Kevan Collins appointed ‘education recovery’ tsar - Schools Week PM: Reopening schools from 8 March is 'cautious' option - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teachers play 'whack-a-mole' as burden falls on schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Call for 'traffic light' system for school reopening - Times Educational Supplement | TES Boris Johnson insists schools won't open before March 8 despite Tory backlash - Mail PM warns reopening schools faster could force Covid recovery ‘into reverse’ - Schools Week School closures further isolate a lonely generation – and the effect on children could be disastrous - New Statesman Pay supply teachers despite lockdown, schools told - Times Educational Supplement | TES Need to know: Scotland‘s plans for phased school return - Times Educational Supplement | TES Shifting emphasis from content to skills - Advance HE A new Institute of Teaching? ‘Flagship’ teacher education is already here - IOE London Blog Call for school safety review amid rise of new variant - Times Educational Supplement | TES No extra in-person teaching on English campuses before 8 March - Times Higher Education | THE New Commissioner appointed to oversee education catch-up - DfE Children with special needs failed if lessons are not learnt from the first lockdown - Nuffield Foundation Prime Minister appoints Dr. Alex George as Youth Mental Health Ambassador - GOV.UK Supplier relief for schools - DfE Social Mobility Commission unveils Annual Review 2020 - Social Mobility Commission ESFA Update: 3 February 2021 - Education & Skills Funding Agency ESFA college threshold for more in-year 16-18 cash drops to as low as an extra 35 students - FE Week T Level Industry Insights programme evolves to offer virtual placements and training - Education & Training Foundation Alex George named as youth mental health ambassador - CYPN | Children & Young People Now AoC respond to Ofqual consultations on awarding grades - AoC | Association of Colleges Autistic children facing mental health crisis during lockdown, charity warns - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Student number in-year growth for 2020 to 2021 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Staff wellbeing in higher education: in search of a bridge over troubled waters - Advance HE Safety of vulnerable teachers 'top of the agenda' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Life as a medical student in lockdown is harder than you might think - Telegraph The dunce of Westminster - New Statesman IGCSE and IAlevels 2021: Pearson scraps exams in U-turn - Times Educational Supplement | TES Supporting disadvantaged students to overcome barriers to effective remote learning - Nesta Teacher grades to be used after Pearson cancels IGCSE exams - Schools Week Will Covid really cost pupils £40,000 in lost income? - Times Educational Supplement | TES PM must have “very good reason” to keep schools closed - Times Educational Supplement | TES Boris Johnson faces Tory revolt on reopening schools in England - Mail No 10 dashes Tory hopes of schools returning or lockdown easing before March 8 - Mail How Covid has created an epidemic of eating disorders - Times Educational Supplement | TES Boris Johnson hit by Tory revolt on reopening schools sparked by Scottish return and falling Covid cases - Evening Standard Coronavirus: Vaccine roll-out accelerated for ASN staff - Herald Scotland Dr Alex George named government mental health ambassador - BBC Scottish nurseries set to reopen in three weeks - Nursery World Coronavirus: Nurseries report increase in temporary closures - Nursery World Guidance on capping pupil numbers sought as thousands of schools report 40 per cent attendance - SecEd A third of parents do not know who in their child's school is responsible for pupil wellbeing - SecEd Lost learning: £1.5bn for Covid recovery? More like £30bn says IFS - SecEd Reopening schools? We haven't closed - Times Educational Supplement | TES Some special school staff to be prioritised for vaccine - Times Educational Supplement | TES The remote assessment and feedback challenge - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teaching students empathy 'improves their creativity' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Team UK will not take part in EuroSkills 2021 in Graz - Times Educational Supplement | TES Profile: Ian Pryce, Chief Executive, The Bedford College Group - FE Week UK pulls out of EuroSkills competition owing to Covid-19 uncertainty - FE Week Teaching delays for uni students in Wales - BBC Matt Hancock warns it's 'too soon' to open schools despite Covid vaccine breakthrough - Mirror When will schools reopen in Scotland? Date primary and secondary pupils could return - Scotsman Outreach: The importance of life beyond the classroom - HEPI Teaching pupils empathy measurably improves their creative abilities - UKEdChat Online focus group: Sight loss and visual impairment study - employment outcomes - ERSA Only one in four students feel supported by their school or university through Covid - Metro Covid Scotland: Scottish Government accused of rushing schools open - Herald Scotland Boris Johnson facing added pressure from Tory MPs to open primary schools earlier - Mirror Teach empathy to help boys express emotions, Cambridge researchers say - Telegraph The expectation gap II – students’ hopes for learning and teaching in the next normal - Wonkhe A new qualification route will shape future lawyers - Wonkhe Someone has to give in the great tuition fees battle. Who will it be? - Wonkhe One in six kids suffer mental health issues and if unions keep schools shut, it will get worse - The Sun Skills: Third of adults 'worry about a second career' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid: ‘Forgotten’ special school teachers ‘struggling' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Majority of pupils with EHCPs left without health or social care support in lockdown, says report - Schools Week Rapid rise in professors aged over 65 sparks opportunities debate - Times Higher Education | THE Marking boundaries and algorithms shift in grade inflation row - Times Higher Education | THE Charitable trust boosts Mail Force's laptops-for-children drive with £500k pledge - Mail Cambridge to withdraw places if oversubscribed - Times - New