Image copyright PA Media Students should be allowed to return home and continue their learning online if they wish to do so, say students and lecturers. The National Union of Students and the University and College Union made the call as Covid-19 outbreaks hit almost half of the UK’s 130 universities. NUS President Larissa Kennedy […]
Image copyright Andrew Milligan Image caption Students have faced Covid outbreaks in halls of residence in an uncertain start to term Universities in England could finish face-to-face teaching early this term so any students having to self-isolate could return home for Christmas, says the education secretary. But Gavin Williamson rejected calls to switch all teaching […]
Image copyright PA Video Image caption Students at Manchester Metropolitan face isolation after a Covid outbreak About 40 universities around the UK have had reports of coronavirus cases and thousands of students are self-isolating as the new term begins. The University of Aberystwyth is the latest to suspend face-to-face teaching because of Covid-19. But the […]
Image copyright PA Media Image caption NHS staff hand out test kits to students at Glasgow University, where there has been a Covid-19 outbreak Students have spoken of their worry and frustration at being trapped in their university halls, in a situation described by unions as “shambolic”. Up to 1,700 students at Manchester Metropolitan University […]
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Universities and colleges are facing a wave of cyber-attacks Universities and colleges are being warned by the UK’s cyber-security agency that rising numbers of cyber-attacks are threatening to disrupt the start of term. The National Cyber Security Centre has issued an alert after a recent spike in attacks on […]
Image copyright Victoria Jones The U-turn in this summer’s exams in England became unavoidable, as numbers challenging grades would have overwhelmed the appeals system, said Education Secretary Gavin Williamson. Facing questions from MPs over the exams fiasco, he defended the principle of using calculated grades, but said too many “inconsistencies” emerged. Mr Williamson also denied […]
Image copyright Getty Images A-level results day started terribly for Grace Kirman. The sixth former in Norwich had been waiting anxiously to hear whether she would get the grades needed for her dream university place. But it was bad news and a rejection email had arrived. The grades produced by the exam algorithm had been […]
Image caption Year 3 at Heathfield school are in school – but their teacher is not Imagine being in your classroom, aged seven, with your teacher being beamed in from her home by video-link. At Heathfield Primary in Darlington that’s exactly what’s happening. Mrs Craghill is teaching her class of seven- and eight-year-olds by video-link. […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Children are included in the new limits for social gatherings in England The “rule of six”, the latest limits on social gatherings in England, will not be changed to exempt children under 12, Michael Gove has insisted. The new rules, which limit six people to meeting indoors and outdoors, […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Thousands of students are preparing to return to university after the coronavirus lockdown Universities should switch to full online learning only as a last resort in the event of a local coronavirus outbreak, new guidance says. The hundreds of thousands of students due to arrive at England’s universities in […]
Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has apologised to every child for “the disruption that they’ve had to suffer” due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Mr Williamson said the “best thing” was for every child in England to be back in school in September. In an interview with the BBC ahead of A-level results on Thursday, he said […]