News archive for 19th January 2021

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Once-a-day Covid tests for school pupils to avoid self-isolation set to be dropped - Mirror 2021 grade plans - a bigger disaster than last year? - Social Mobility Commission Unruly pupils were hidden in squash courts during Ofsted inspection, tribunal hears - Telegraph Tony Blair son plans big expansion for training firm valued at $200m - Guardian University lecturer told to stand down from Covid committee after calling students 'absolute idiots' - Telegraph School closure chaos: What DfE knew about Covid variant - Times Educational Supplement | TES Digital divide: Pupils forced onto buses to get online - Times Educational Supplement | TES Exams 2021: IB exams should not take place - Gibb - Times Educational Supplement | TES Oak Academy sorry for 'perverts' lesson caption error - Times Educational Supplement | TES Multiverse business founded by Euan Blair valued at $200m - Times - New How FE lecturers can benefit from marginal gains - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teachers almost twice as likely to get Covid, says NEU - Times Educational Supplement | TES Call for a single apprenticeships admissions site - Times Educational Supplement | TES Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak – 23 March 2020 to 14 January 2021 - DfE Ministers set to halt plans for daily Covid tests in English schools - Guardian Henley campus for sale after Coventry College breaches loan conditions - FE Week Teaching-only contracts: 20,000 moved on to terms in five years - Times Higher Education | THE UK overseas recruitment ‘could bounce back next year’ - Times Higher Education | THE NEET young people ‘unable to cope with life’ amid pandemic, Prince’s Trust warns - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Surveys insights into female students’ experience in 2020 - Advance HE The science on school closures: 7 things we've learned - Times Educational Supplement | TES New physical education project to boost emotional wellbeing of Leeds school children - Leeds Beckett University Cameras on – cameras off: What’s happening in lockdown 2, week 2? - Teacher Tapp Reflections - UKEdChat Laptops for all, exams, digital learning? Where next for edtech post-pandemic? - SecEd Mastering Mathematics with City College Plymouth - Education & Training Foundation | ETF Virtually connected classroom network would save time, money and solve the teacher shortage - Jisc Higher education staff statistics UK: 2019 to 2020 - DfE Publication of statistics on childcare providers and inspections - Ofsted Resources and materials for promoting T Levels - Education & Skills Funding Agency 16 to 19 funding allocations supporting documents for 2021 to 2022 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Is teacher leadership related to student achievement? - Best Evidence in Brief What contributes to effective school transformation initiatives? - Best Evidence in Brief Can a court diversion program improve elementary students’ school attendance? - Best Evidence in Brief Higher Education Staff Statistics 2019/20 released - HESA Top tips for colleges to promote LGBT Inclusion - Collab Group ASCL comment on school attendance and laptops - ASCL Extending Scottish school closures is in the public interest - NASUWT HESA spring 2021 – overall staff numbers - Wonkhe Schools will not be required to carry out EYFS Profile this summer term - EYE | Early Years Educator Schools could reopen sooner in some parts of England, medical chief says - Guardian IOM ministers must address teachers' concerns - NASUWT UCU comment on latest HESA staff figures - UCU School attendance in England higher than first lockdown - BBC Scotland: Schools will not reopen fully until at least mid-February - Mail IT specialists playing strategic role in UK HE - PIE News Only 1% of UK university professors are black - BBC Latest statistics on school attendance - National Education Union Impact of COVID on school workforce - National Education Union Scottish schools closed until mid-February at earliest, announces Nicola Sturgeon - Scotsman Scotland's lockdown extended with schools remaining closed until mid-February - Mirror Teaching was what made me happy, but Covid and doing it online left me a broken person - Telegraph Teachers in school up by 66% despite 'empty classrooms' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Kids face schools postcode lottery as some stay shut after lockdown under ‘regional approach’ - The Sun Coronavirus: School closures extended until mid-February - Herald Scotland Covid-19: Nine things we learned from scientists at education committee - Schools Week Five times as many children in school compared to first lockdown - Metro Scotland: Full reopening of schools delayed again - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teacher vaccine won’t help schools open says top medic - Times Educational Supplement | TES Labour calls for Gavin Williamson to resign after ‘failing children throughout pandemic’ - Independent Return to schools could be phased, deputy chief medical officer tells MPs - Telegraph Tony Blair’s son on his mission to dismantle his father’s education goals - Telegraph Schools may reopen region by region, says medical adviser - BBC Pupils could sit tests at home as evidence for GCSE and A-level grades, after official exams scrapped - Independent Pupil attendance fives times higher than during first lockdown - Schools Week Five times more pupils are at school than in last year's lockdown - Mirror Schools face postcode lottery as top medic warns regions could reopen at different times - Mirror Daily school Covid tests carry risk says DfE scientist - Times Educational Supplement | TES Nearly 20k teachers off due to Covid by mid December - Times Educational Supplement | TES Laptops shortage 'still not fully resolved', warn heads - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools in some areas 'likely' to reopen before others, says Deputy Chief Medical Officer - HuffPost Why insisting on holding IB exams is unfair to students - Times Educational Supplement | TES English schools may reopen regionally, medical chief suggests - Guardian Now schools face a 'postcode lottery' for reopening as Dr Jenny Harries warns of a staggered restart - Mail School attendance now 5 times higher than first lockdown - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why parents need support with online learning - Times Educational Supplement | TES Regional approach to school openings ‘likely’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Vaccinate teachers as priority so that schools can reopen - Evening Standard The challenges facing 2021 exam grades are very different to 2020 - FE Week Teaching online is putting our eyesight at risk - Times Educational Supplement | TES University of Oxford receives £100m from Ineos for antibiotic resistance research institute - Evening Standard School closures UK: Pupils could be banned from classrooms until April - Express ‘His record is shambolic’: Labour demands Williamson’s resignation - Schools Week Lockdown shows why teachers need more preparation time - Times Educational Supplement | TES Using grammar to make meaning - The Learning Spy Schools could be shut for three months until after Easter despite drop in cases - Metro No two journeys: Disability - Sutton Trust Reasons to give the Turing Scheme a chance - HEPI Remote, distant but connected: Using walking and talking as PhD researchers during Covid-19 - BERA How to help children of any age cope with lockdown - Telegraph Profile: Mark Wilson, Chief Executive, Wellspring Academy Trust - Schools Week When modules become box sets - Wonkhe Coronavirus: Schools could be closed until after Easter - Mail Free school meals voucher scheme reopens to help millions of children - The Sun Parents' stress and depression 'rise during lockdowns' - BBC One in four young people 'unable to cope with life' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Labour MPs tell Tories to give parents £15 in their accounts to buy food for children during lockdown rather than providing meals - Mail ‘No easy answers’ on Covid disruption compensation for students - Times Higher Education | THE 9:30 a.m. - Education Committee to scrutinise the science behind school closures - UK Parliament DfE: Eligibility for SKE (Jan 2021) - UCET Head ‘hid naughty pupils in squash court for inspection’ - Times - New Covid-19 in Scotland: Poorer homes will get free internet for home learning - Times - New