By Professors Melanie Ehren, University College London Institute of Education and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam & Christopher Chapman, University of Glasgow On 18 March, the Secretary of State for Education told Parliament that, in response to the Coronavirus pandemic, schools and colleges in England would shut to all but the children of critical workers and vulnerableContinue reading “The COVID-19 cohort and the ‘mess’ of public exams: reconsidering roles and responsibilities”
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School inspections during the pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic is a global crisis that has presented significant challenges to education systems. These have included whole system shutdown of schools, the cancelling of national examinations and a shift to distance and digital learning. Regular school inspections have stopped in many countries for the time being and the participants of a recent webinarContinue reading “School inspections during the pandemic”
Scottish Examination Results: Professors in Glasgow and Oxford Call for Change
By Professor Louise Hayward, School of Education, University of Glasgow, and Professor Jo-Anne Baird, University of Oxford We are not living in normal times. In common with many countries around the world, Scotland has had to cancel their examinations and to rely on teacher judgment. The young people and their teachers who have worked soContinue reading “Scottish Examination Results: Professors in Glasgow and Oxford Call for Change”
Children’s Neighbourhoods Scotland – annual report out now
The Children’s Neighbourhoods Scotland (CNS) annual report, which provides an update and overview of the organisation’s work programme as well as what is to come in the next year, is out now. The report was written during the COVID-19 pandemic and, as was the case with many others, the work of the CNS team changedContinue reading “Children’s Neighbourhoods Scotland – annual report out now”
International perspectives on re-opening schools
By Dr Jo Neary Introduction By 18 March 2020, 107 countries implemented national school closures in response to the corona virus pandemic. Much of the knowledge regarding the utility of school closure in pandemics comes from previous modelling of influenza pandemics. A rapid review of evidence1 described two such pieces of evidence: the UK Department of Health’s commissionedContinue reading “International perspectives on re-opening schools”
Lessons from the hubs – accelerated change and collaboration
Picture credit: epictop10.com To slow the spread of COVID-19, the Scottish Government declared all local authority early learning, childcare and schools closed from 20th March 2020, except for critical provision for vulnerable pupils and the children of key workers. These ‘hubs’ are strategically placed within each local authority to serve local primary and secondary schools.Continue reading “Lessons from the hubs – accelerated change and collaboration”
NSEE convenes new international network focussing on crisis response in education
Early insights into the COVID-19 responses part 3 – the third sector’s crucial role
In collaboration with Policy Scotland and the Network for Social and Educational Equity, Children’s Neighbourhoods Scotland is undertaking a programme of research and intelligence gathering in high poverty settings across Scotland that seeks to understand local responses to the COVID-19 crisis and provide insights that can support the next phase of action at both localContinue reading “Early insights into the COVID-19 responses part 3 – the third sector’s crucial role”
COVID-19 – early insights into the response part 2
The second of our regular series of briefings re early research into the impact of COVID-19 on families in high-poverty settings
CNS: EARLY INSIGHTS INTO THE COVID-19 RESPONSE – 24 APRIL 2020
In collaboration with the Network for Social and Educational Equity and Policy Scotland, Children’s Neighbourhoods Scotland is undertaking a programme of research and intelligence gathering in high poverty settings across Scotland to understand how local responses are working in the current rapidly changing context, and provide insights that can support the next phase of COVID-19 action at both localContinue reading “CNS: EARLY INSIGHTS INTO THE COVID-19 RESPONSE – 24 APRIL 2020”