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Teaching unions are ramping up strike threats over their demands for the Government to close schools during the second national coronavirus lockdown. Boris Johnson has insisted schools will remain open during the shutdown, which will start on Thursday, but union bosses are adamant they should close, labelling them an ‘engine for virus transmission’. They claim … Read more
Teaching union demands secondary schools must only open on a week on, week off system after lockdown until UK has ‘fit for purpose’ Test and Trace system National Education Union has already pleaded for schools to close in lockdown Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham agrees that schools should shut However, PHE says children are most … Read more
Universities brace for uproar after Government advice to ‘consider’ ditching face-to-face teaching – but banned students going home early Vice-chancellors warn looking after locked-down students like ‘supervising jails’ Cabinet Office guidance said should move to increased levels of online learning Department for Education failed to publish plan on students home for Christmas By Josh White … Read more
The battle for our children’s futures: More than 100,000 people sign teaching union petition to CLOSE schools – but Michael Gove says they will stay open the government is willing to EXTEND lockdown for the cause National Education Union is gaining support over views on closing schools Petition to ‘put schools in lockdown’ has gathered … Read more
Schools and colleges must be shut in another UK lockdown, teaching unions say amid calls for universities to move all non-essential teaching online Nationwide restrictions to be announced by Boris Johnson in press conference NEU calls for ministers to introduce school rotas for the end of new restrictions UCU said it would be ‘incomprehensible’ if teaching … Read more
Schools that teach pupils that white privilege is an uncontested fact are in breach of the law, the women and equalities minister has warned. Speaking in the Commons debate on Black History Month, Kemi Badenoch said that teaching pupils about ‘white privilege and their inherited racial guilt’ would see a ‘dangerous trend in race relations’. The Conservative … Read more
Two-week-long ‘circuit breakers’ would see tough restrictions introduced temporarily across the whole country to suppress the virus, before they would be lifted for a time and then re-introduced if necessary. Measures could include bans on social between households, shutting down hospitality and leisure venues such as bars and restaurants, or restricting their opening hours. But … Read more
A circus worker mauled to death by a performing bear was ‘trying to teach himself how to become a trainer’ when he was killed. Valentin Bulich, 28, dreamed of being a tamer and had successfully worked with cubs before he was killed, said his mother Elena, 52. Bulich secretly took the keys to a bear’s … Read more
Parents who insisted it was ‘safe’ to teach their six-month-old son to water ski are branded ‘attention seeking’ by This Morning viewers after they speak out again to defend the move Mindi and Casey Humpherys, Utah, uploaded a viral video of baby waterskiing Video sparked outrage on Instagram for their six-month-old son Rich’s safety Appeared … Read more
Sort out coronavirus testing… or else: Teaching union warns Government that schools could be forced to close again unless emergency measures are taken Union demands children and school staff be made a ‘high priority’ for testing It tells PM to not take support for the wider reopening of schools ‘for granted’ The union also suggests … Read more