News archive for 15th January 2021

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Steve Besley's Education Eye: week ending 15 January 2021 - Education Eye Marcus Rashford and Jamie Oliver demand ‘urgent review’ on free school meals - Scotsman A-level and GCSE students could receive results in July amid cancelled exams - Mail Breakdown time for our brilliant teachers abandoned by the Tories - Mirror At a glance: how GCSEs and A levels will work in 2021 - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSEs 2021: Papers to be 'similar' to 'normal exams' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid-19: A-level and GCSE results planned for early July - BBC Young people’s mental health must be a priority this lockdown - Financial Times John Bishop donates 100 laptops to his old school - Mail Lecturer who called students ‘idiots’ removed from committee role - Times Higher Education | THE LGBTQ scientists harassed and marginalised, says study - Times Higher Education | THE Ofqual publishes consultations for awarding grades in 2021 - AoC responds - AoC | Association of Colleges The 2021 summer exams plan: everything you need to know - Schools Week We need to see the evidence for mass testing – urgently - Times Educational Supplement | TES What inspection of remote learning means for schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSEs 2021: Teachers could create own test papers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Manageability and fairness vital on qualifications plans - NASUWT ASCL responds to Ofqual consultation on GCSEs and A-levels - ASCL MHRA on testing in schools - National Education Union DfE consultation on awarding grades - National Education Union GCSEs 2021: 'One-size tests will not fit all' say heads - Times Educational Supplement | TES The expectations of online learning are higher - Times Educational Supplement | TES Education Committee scrutinises the science behind school closures - UK Parliament Mobilising technology: what we’ve learned - Sutton Trust Seven tips to support EAL learners during school closures - Bell Foundation Fourth interim CEO takes the reins at Hull College Group - FE Week Universities must be critical delivery agents of the Levelling Up Fund - HEPI Exclusion and the strategic leadership role of special educational needs coordinators (SENCOs) in England - BERA BPS joins call for urgent review of free school meals policy to end child food poverty - BPS | British Psychological Society Children’s mental health crisis: Youngsters pushed over the edge by lockdown trauma - Evening Standard Ofqual publishes summer 2021 exams plan - FE Week When will schools reopen? How ministers responded to that key question this week - Schools Week Rapid Covid tests not authorised to keep close contacts in school, regulator confirms - Schools Week Ofqual publishes 2021 summer exams consultation - Schools Week Ofqual's plans for FE assessment: What you need to know - Times Educational Supplement | TES Medical regulator won't approve DfE school tests plan - Times Educational Supplement | TES In full: GCSE and A level 2021 Ofqual and DfE proposals - Times Educational Supplement | TES Children’s mental health: The hidden crisis of Covid laid bare - Evening Standard The highlights from our webcast on post-Covid FE - FE Week February school return in Scotland a 'tall order' - BBC Schools demand No 10 explain unauthorised use of rapid Covid tests - Guardian Rishi Sunak said to be ‘annoyed’ with DfE delays to traineeship expansion - FE Week Mum says ‘little difference’ in topped-up food parcels after free school meals row - Metro GCSEs 2021: Teachers don't want to mark external tests - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSE maths: How does 15 per cent equal a pass? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Swinney: ‘Tall order’ for 1 February return of pupils - Times Educational Supplement | TES Nicki Hay: an apprenticeship champion on the front line - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE says mass testing in schools will still go ahead despite fresh concerns - Schools Week Covid-19: University of Exeter virtual protests over 'lost' student experience - BBC Schools ‘likely’ to stay shut after the February half term, says senior Tory Robert Halfon - Evening Standard DfE plans two-year extension to National Tutoring Programme - Schools Week Schools don’t have to complete early years foundation stage profile in 2021 - Schools Week Coronavirus: DfE tells local authorities to fund children temporarily absent from nurseries - Nursery World ‘Serious questions’ over school Covid tests, say heads - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland: John Swinney says February return to classrooms a ‘tall order’ - Times - New Ofqual must urgently allow teacher assessed grades for apprentices - FE Week Coronavirus: John Swinney signals schools won't reopen on February 1 - Herald Scotland Under-fire school meals firm Chartwells offers free breakfasts & lunches as boss finally says sorry for parcels fiasco - The Sun Schools will not have to complete EYFS profile in 2021 - Times Educational Supplement | TES Many more in school in N.Ireland than first lockdown - BBC Marcus Rashford enlists Jamie Oliver and Emma Thompson in demanding No 10 urgently reviews free school meals policy - Mail Labour demand Gavin Williamson resigns after free school meals fiasco - Mirror Covid forces delay to T Level work placements - FE Week Tes magazine podcast: The brain, office layouts, speech - Times Educational Supplement | TES Celebrities and chefs call for 'urgent' FSM shake-up - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus in Scotland: 'School return in February is a tall order', warns John Swinney - Scotsman Ofsted snubbed as DfE moves closer to skills bootcamps national rollout - FE Week Consultation on how GCSE, AS and A level grades should be awarded in summer 2021 - Ofqual Consultation launched on 2021 exam replacement - Ofqual Consultation on alternative arrangements for the award of VTQs and other general qualifications in 2021 - Ofqual Jamie Oliver and Emma Thompson demand U-turn as free school meals scrapped next half term - Express What is happening with summer assessments for GCSEs and A-levels in Wales? - Wales Online Council seeking £500,000 back from ex-superhead Sir Craig Tunstall over ‘unauthorised payments’ - Schools Week Covid Scotland: How schools were rocked by the pandemic in 2020 - Herald Scotland ‘Plethora’ of apprenticeship standards set to hit 600 - FE Week The never-ending saga: Durand takes fight to Supreme Court - Schools Week Health chiefs warn schools over Covid tests - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Students want rents axed until campuses reopen - Herald Scotland Marcus Rashford back off the bench as the Tory's fail again on school meals - Herald Scotland Marcus Rashford and top chefs demand free school meals review - BBC Even in the pits of the pandemic, students still yearn for success - Wonkhe Regulatory crackdowns on broken promises are not all that they seem - Wonkhe This lockdown makes it clear we need to invest in educators - Wonkhe Podcast: Gavin Williamson, fair assessment, skills - Wonkhe Government denies claims its schools testing plans have been thrown into chaos - Mail Higher education and the pandemic: key trends to watch in 2021 - Times Higher Education | THE Year abroad students from UK ‘struggling to return to EU’ - Times Higher Education | THE UK universities must be supported to stay online until September - Times Higher Education | THE OfSTED: ITE Update newsletter - UCET School meals row: boss of scandal-hit caterer set rules for food parcels scheme - Times - New Coronavirus in Scotland: Solitude hits young harder - Times - New Ireland: Move special needs teachers up vaccine queue, union urges - Times - New