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news The huge challenges of home-schooling A mother wakes at dawn to copy out worksheets for her children on to pieces of paper. Secondary school pupils attempt to write essays on their mobile phones, while younger children queue to wait their turn on the one computer in the house. That, according to the Child Poverty Action Group, was the reality of remote learning in some homes in the first UK lockdown in March 2020. "We spoke to thousands of parents, carers and children and the thing we hear...

With a lack of devices, broadband and time, online school is proving stressful for many.

BBC begins educational programmes to help with lockdown learning Susannah Alexander © BBC BBC begins its educational programme schedule, including Celebrity Supply Teacher, to help with lockdown learning for primary and secondary school pupils. The BBC has kicked off its new Lockdown Learning programme designed to help children keep up with their education during the latest lockdown, with several celebrities getting involved to help teach children. With a large majority of bo...

As most schools close across the UK, lessons from BBC Bitesize move on to BBC Two and CBBC.

The telecoms giant, which owns mobile operator EE, said it would also zero-rate some educational websites by the end of the month.

Red Hat buys Kubernetes security specialist India preps for spectrum auction  Turmoil surrounding the long-time $2.6 billion purchase of optical components specialist Acacia by Cisco and a security acquisition by Red Hat are at the front of this long line of news snippets.  Almost 18 months after it was first announced, optical components specialist Cisco Systems, saying that the required regulatory approvals were not completed within the agreed timeframe. Cisco is disputing that interpreta...

Media Links Hosted on The Good Exchange platform, donations will be match-funded up to £250,000 to provide £500,000 for learning equipment across West Berkshire and beyond 8th January 2021 – Greenham Trust has today launched the ‘Laptops for Lockdown Learning’ appeal to give every child a laptop to learn under lockdown. Laptops for Lockdown Website Post Hosted on The Good Exchange, Greenham Trust will match up to £250,000 of donations made to the appeal. Every £1 donated will be match...

Beckfoot School in Bingley wins Renaissance award BECKFOOT School in Bingley has been awarded The Social Butterfly Award for its work supporting pupils with their learning throughout lockdown. From e-certificates for students who were excelling with their reading targets to a Top 10 leaderboard, the school was praised for its creative ways of engaging pupils from a distance. The awards recognised and celebrated individual teachers and schools who rose to the pressures of the pandemic. Sch...