Students in England will be asked to stay at home after Christmas and continue their studies online at the start of the new year as part of a staggered return to university to minimise the risk of Covid transmission. The government wants students to stagger their journeys back to campus over a five-week period beginning on 4 January 2021, with […] Attendence dropped in state schools across England last week, as more students were off self-isolating, according to the latest government figures. Around 86 per cent of pupils enrolled went to their state school in England last Thursday — down from more than 89 per cent the week before, Department for Education (DfE) data show. Nearly two in three secondary schools […] More than 100,000 pupils in Scotland are still absent from school despite classes restarting three weeks ago, new figures show. Attendance remains below normal levels at 84.5 per cent, with just over 15.5 per cent of pupils off school last Friday, according to Scottish government data. In a worrying sign for Boris Johnson’s plan to get all pupils back to […] As a new cluster emerges inside a Christchurch managed isolation facility for the second time in two months, we await word if more sportsmen have tested positive for Covid-19. The Ministry of Health is giving latest details on new cases in New Zealand at 1pm today. Yesteday there were 69 active cases in New Zealand. Seven of the 53 touring […] There are four new cases of Covid-19 today – including another Pakistani cricketer. Today’s update reveals a seventh case among the touring national cricket team. “One additional member of the Pakistan cricket squad has today tested positive during routine testing,” the Ministry of Health said. “The remainder of the results from the squad’s day 3 swab testing – apart from […] There are two new cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand, both in managed isolation. There are no new community cases. Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins said this morning that the cabin crew member may have caught the virus in New Zealand. Officials are classifying it as a case under investigation, the Ministry of Health said today. Out of an abundance […] Over the nearly 20 years Marnie McKercher has been in school nursing, she’s seen the profession change — but perhaps never as quickly as it has this year, when a global pandemic put infectious disease mitigation at the top of her priorities list. School nurses are no strangers to disease prevention and intervention, as they’re tasked with ensuring students are […] By John Gerritsen of RNZ A survey of 4000 early childhood teachers has revealed worrying allegations of crowded, noisy centres where profit is put before children’s welfare. While three-quarters of the respondents to the Child Forum survey endorsed the quality of the places they worked, a quarter said they could not. Advocates for teachers and children in early learning told […] Students in the Douglas County School District will finish the fall semester remotely, the district announced Thursday. The district will move all students to virtual learning on Nov. 30, following Thanksgiving break. The move was anticipated, as COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations continue to surge across Colorado. Earlier this week, interim Superintendent Corey Wise proposed the transition to remote learning, telling […] One day we will get an inquiry into Covid, and two features of its (mis)management will almost certainly be highlighted. The first is the failure to delegate more responsibility for controlling the disease to a local level. The second is the performance of an incoherent maze of public and private providers in everything from providing PPE to the woefully inadequate […]Staggered return planned for university students after Christmas
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