Ofsted publishes remote education guide
Ofsted has published advice for leaders and teachers aimed at helping them develop their remote education offering, following last week’s new government guidance for the provision of remote education while schools and colleges remain closed to most pupils. The advice has been written by the head of Ofsted’s research team, Professor Daniel Muijs, and draws on findings […]
Making digital assessment accessible for all – during COVID and beyond
Dave Kenworthy, Director of Digital Services at CoSector – University of London, and Wayne Houlden, Founder of Janison, discuss how HE can offer accessible digital assessments to all students, ensuring that nobody gets left behind, both during and after the pandemic. It is highly unlikely that universities will be able to offer face-to-face invigilated exams […]
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RETURNING SPEAKERS, DIFFERENT LANDSCAPE Over the course of two mornings, previous EPIC keynotes and speakers including; Peter Docker (Co-author, “Find your Why”), Mark Wright (Founder and Director, Climb Online, Winner 2014 BBC’s The Apprentice), Mark Davies (Whistl) and Scott Logie (REaD Group) will share their thoughts, research and lived experience in a 2020 marketing update […]
Operational compliance considerations for school caterers during a pandemic
For caterers within educational settings, it is clear that the current pandemic is challenging the long-established norm. The only certainty is uncertainty, as we settle into a second lockdown. The provision of food is one of the biggest costs in a school, but the pandemic has created an opportunity to innovate and trial new ideas […]
National Tutoring Programme supported by 32 organisations
32 organisations selected by the Education Endowment Foundation, including charities, a school partnership and for-profits, will deliver high-quality tutoring to disadvantaged pupils as approved Tuition Partners. The first 188 Academic Mentors, recruited and trained by education charity Teach First, will also be starting in schools as part of their mission to build a fair education for all. […]
Online learning during a pandemic: the digital shift at Bournemouth & Poole College
Keith Ball, ILT Technical Officer at Bournemouth & Poole College (BPC) talks about the challenges brought on by the pandemic and the roll out of online and remote solutions to its students and teachers… As coronavirus hit the UK, universities and colleges were faced with no choice but to close their institutions, move all resources […]
UCU urges government to move university teaching online immediately
The University and College Union (UCU) has written to prime minster Boris Johnson to urge the government to make online learning a default position for institutions ‘in order to protect students’ education and stop any further damage to community health’. The union accuses universities of hiding behind government guidance and calls for the prime minister […]
School governors and trustees ‘prepared’ for COVID impact
Governing schools in the immediate response to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) crisis meant rapidly adapting to new challenges, governors and trustees say. While they are uncertain about the longer-term impact of COVID-19 on pupil outcomes, mental health and well-being, governors and trustees said they were confident in their ability to continue to monitor and address these […]
Barnardo’s: Pupils returning to school ‘will need significant emotional support’
Teachers are being advised specialist help is available for pupils who are struggling to cope with going back to school, as a poll for the children’s charity Barnardo’s suggests hundreds of thousands of children could refuse to go while others feel nervous, upset and scared. The new poll suggests that the children of more than […]
Concerns, costs and caution: How can we safely reopen UK universities?
By Gary Peeling (pictured), CEO at Where The Trade Buys For both university staff and prospective students, the future looks daunting. Universities across the UK are still going through a period of transition, adapting to the ‘new normal’ and negotiating the most safe and productive ways to reopen their establishments in the autumn. Recently, many British […]