News archive for 19th February 2021

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Steve Besley's Education Eye: week ending 19 February 2021 - Education Eye Whitty at odds with Johnson over 'big bang' reopening of schools in England - Guardian Coronavirus (COVID-19) reporting in higher education providers - DfE News podcast: School openings, pay freezes and pizza - Times Educational Supplement | TES Education unions try to block full 8 March school reopening - Mail Covid UK: Parents feeling strain of home-schooling, ONS data shows - Mail 2021 grade plans - a bigger disaster than last year? - Social Mobility Commission When will schools reopen for primary and secondary pupils? Latest Covid-19 lockdown updates - Telegraph Managing reputation: Always ask who matters most - Times Educational Supplement | TES Should schools be buying pizza kits for teachers? - Times Educational Supplement | TES School staff lack faith in rapid Covid tests - Times Educational Supplement | TES Wales points the way as Mark Drakeford confirms all primary school pupils and teens facing exams will return to classrooms by March 15 - Mail Full school reopening plans under threat as unions demand staggered return from March 8 - The Sun Teacher apprenticeships: why they won't work - Times Educational Supplement | TES Imperial lawyers warn unions over meeting as Gast heads for exit - Times Higher Education | THE Skidmore: don’t leave universities out of lifelong learning plans - Times Higher Education | THE Full set of CPD courses to support staff delivering apprenticeships launched - Education & Training Foundation Education sector publishes joint statement on vaccine prioritisation - AoC | Association of Colleges Return to school must come soon – with additional support for poorer pupils a priority - Nuffield Foundation Student teacher placement advice: what you need to know - Times Educational Supplement | TES Education Estates Working Group - NAHT The wider reopening of schools in Wales – your questions answered - NAHT Caution needed in managing decisions about wider school reopening - NASUWT Joint statement on wider opening of schools in England - NASUWT ASCL comment on plan for next phase of schools reopening in Wales - ASCL Joint statement on wider opening of schools in England - ASCL Easter school holidays 2021: Start and end dates for break in Scotland - and when schools reopen - Scotsman Women doing more home schooling during Covid lockdown than men - Guardian Early years at ‘bottom of agenda’ says sector, as Children’s Commissioner takes Government to task in final speech - EYE | Early Years Educator Boris Johnson warned against 'reckless' move to reopen schools for all pupils - Mirror Making EdTech work for everyone - Nesta New ACSS Fellows nominated by BERA - BERA Russell Group response to launch of new research agency - Russell Group A phased return to classroom learning: letter to the Education Secretary - Voice Joint statement on wider opening of schools in England - National Education Union 'Reckless' if all pupils back 8 March, say teachers' unions - BBC Hundreds of thousands of pupils with disabilities could face unfair grades this year, charities warn - Independent What will work for catch-up? Schools working together - Times Educational Supplement | TES ‘Reckless’ for all pupils to return to school on 8 March, government warned - Independent SMEs offered funds to boost data skills - Public Technology ESFA funded opportunity for delivery of education and training to adult learners' resident in Somerset - ERSA Coronavirus in Scotland: Dental schools will not accept new students next year - Scotsman How lockdown has hit learning - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teachers fear ‘reckless’ full 8 March school openings - Times Educational Supplement | TES Unions ‘increasingly concerned’ government will order full school reopening on March 8 - Schools Week Unions ‘increasingly concerned’ government will order full school and college reopening on March 8 - FE Week Teaching union tells First Minister it's not safe to re-open schools - Wales Online Nearly two-thirds of parents believe homeschooling is having negative impact on children - Telegraph Geoff Barton: Opening all schools at once could blow up in our face - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid has shown that England's schools are desperate for reform | Simon Jenkins - Guardian Covid Scotland: Scottish dental schools not accepting new students in 2021 - Herald Scotland Why we shouldn’t rush to scrap GCSEs in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic - Schools Week Boost demand for higher technical education in order to address ‘missing middle’ in skills system and drive productivity after pandemic - Learning & Work Institute Making a market for the missing middle: Higher technical education - Learning & Work Institute Coronavirus in Scotland: John Swinney vows to test childcare staff as pupils return to Scottish schools - Scotsman Return to school buildings: what John Swinney said - Times Educational Supplement | TES Meet Carolyn Savage: Champion of youth engagement - Times Educational Supplement | TES Partial vaccination of ASN staff 'puts pupils at risk' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Fears language degrees at risk as Erasmus replacement focuses on UK trade agenda - Guardian 85 bogus UK universities shut down - Jisc How to prepare for Oxbridge like a private school - Times Educational Supplement | TES Apprentice feedback tool kicked into the long grass - FE Week No guarantee this Covid lockdown will be England's last, says minister - Guardian The huge shift in university applications: in numbers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Higher technical skills 'not recognised by employers' - Times Educational Supplement | TES How can schools successfully reopen? What the UK can learn from other countries - Telegraph Return to school must come soon – with additional support for poorer pupils a priority - Institute for Fiscal Studies | IFS IGCSEs 2021: Cambridge Assessment cancels UK exams - Times Educational Supplement | TES Exam grades without exams: A better way - HEPI Transforming the secondary curriculum - BERA Pupils in Wales set to return to primary schools from 15 March - Guardian Some children ‘won’t go back until April even if school is open’ - Metro Schools return: What dates are schools going back? Each country explained - Express Some kids won’t be back at school until April & secondary schools must have staggered return - The Sun How low was Covid for other countries' school openings? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Analysis: Will Covid rates be safe for 8 March opening? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: 91% of teachers oppose Ofsted comeback plan - Times Educational Supplement | TES The hard lessons of home schooling - Financial Times Staff need to know about the Apprenticeships Workforce Development programme - FE Week Coronavirus Scotland: Supply teachers hit by jobs crisis - Herald Scotland Podcast: Free speech, applications, the media - Wonkhe How to support Chaplains to support students during Covid - Wonkhe Online art school is not art school - Wonkhe Should culture on campus demonstrate tolerance or respect for controversial views? - Wonkhe Access all ARIAs: the UK’s newest research funder - Wonkhe Covid Northern Ireland: Up to 3,000 vulnerable children at school - Mail Covid England: Boris Johnson 'wants schools reopened on 8 March' - Mail Education Secretary Gavin Williamson hails 'long-term legacy' of Mail Force laptops campaign - Mail Exams 2021: 300,000 students could face ‘unfair’ grading, warn disability groups - Schools Week What does it mean for FE skills training to finally be put on a pedestal, and given the applause it deserves? - FE News New £800m UK science research agency called Aria to open in 2022 - City AM Learning time for children declined as 2020 Covid lockdown progressed – study - Guardian Special needs pupils in England 'pushed to one side' in Covid crisis - Guardian Meet Aria: ‘high-risk’ research funder to be independent of UKRI - Times Higher Education | THE Covid recession ‘may force universities to cut overseas fees’ - Times Higher Education | THE University watchdog faces 'impartiality' questions - BBC Danes Hill headmaster found dead after sexual assault arrest - Times - New Covid in Scotland: More pupils could return to school in safer regions - Times - New We deserve better apprenticeships, not cheaper degrees - Times - New Northern Ireland Covid lockdown extended to April with some primary school pupils set for early return - Times - New