Education
Plan to fully reopen primary schools before summer scrapped
Plans to allow all primary school children in England to return to the classroom before the summer holidays have been...
Education secretary uses Danish schools example to fend off union criticism
Gavin Williamson cites experience of primary schools in Denmark over past month, as unions demand scientific evidence over safety.
Union tells teachers not to engage with school reopening plans
Teachers and other school staff have been told to not ‘engage’ with plans for school reopenings next month, with a...
Clearer guidance needed as PM ‘encourages’ return to work
Employers want more clarity on when and how their employees should return to work after Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s address...
Apprenticeships: training providers’ body to take legal advice over support
AELP lambasts Department for Education over failure to meet Cabinet Office obligation to support all training providers.
Employers can now refer essential workers for coronavirus tests
Employers of essential workers in England who are self-isolating with symptoms of coronavirus can refer them for Covid-19 testing.
Apprenticeship levy will no longer be used for MBAs
Education secretary sides with critics of levy's use for senior management apprenticeships.
Key workers list published: children can remain at school
The Department for Education last night published a list of key workers whose children will still receive schooling despite the...
UK-wide school closures could be imminent
The Prime Minister has said that decisions will be taken “imminently” on school closures in England after devolved parliaments in...
Budget 2020: Seven things employers may have missed
Given the covid-19 coronavirus has now been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation, chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget announcement...
Coronavirus: One in five workers could be off sick at once
As many is one in five staff could be off sick at the same time if the Covid-19 coronavirus takes...
Huge public sector redundancy payouts revealed despite ‘ban’
Level of payouts far in excess of stated government cap of £95,000.
University staff begin 14-day strike in long-running pay and pensions dispute
Staff at 74 universities have begun 14 days of strikes, the latest wave of industrial action over changes to pensions...
Stigma hovers stubbornly over apprenticeships, study finds
There is a disconnect between young people's perceptions of apprenticeships and their aspirations for learning, new research has revealed.
Crunch time for universities pay and pension disputes
Academics at 74 universities may strike this term after a re-ballot of staff showed strong support for the dispute over the union stance on pensions and pay.
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