Mythbuster Series: Summer 2023
The Independent SAGE’s new myth-buster series, tackling a series of common Covid-related...
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Category: Education
Safer reopening of schools in January 2022
An emergency Independent SAGE statement: Hundreds of thousands of children have missed some school this term due to contracting Covid. Each case carries risks to their health and wellbeing and disrupts their education. With the...
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Statement on Universities and Colleges Autumn 2021 in the Context of SARS-CoV-2
Universities are large workplaces and organizations with a public mission. Their impact on the...
Read MoreSeptember 2021: An Urgent Plan for Safer Schools
Independent SAGE released its first schools report in May 2020, updated for the return to school inSeptember 2020. Most of the recommendations we made then remain highly relevant a year later,including advice on bubbles,...
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Independent SAGE Statement on Universities and Colleges Winter-Spring 2021 in the Context of SARS-CoV-2 and the
Independent SAGE Statement on Universities and Colleges Winter-Spring 2021 in the Context of...
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The Return to School: A consultation document
Closing schools may be necessary when the pandemic is out of control, but it should always be a...
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A ‘Safe Schools’ policy for re-opening education as soon as possible and mitigating the harms of closure
This paper proposes a ‘safe schools policy’ aimed at mitigating the harms of school closure,...
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Independent SAGE Winter-Spring Universities Transitions in the Context of SARS-CoV-2
The Department for Education ‘student travel window’ guidance published on 11th November 2020...
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safer schools report featured in The Independent
‘Scientists call for action after 50-fold rise in coronavirus infections in schools’:...
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Tes covers our new safer schools report
New Independent SAGE consultation document on Safer Schools calls for “urgent action”...
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An Urgent Plan for Safer Schools
Independent SAGE and the EAGLE research group for education, have published a guidance note for...
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INDEPENDENT SAGE STATEMENT ON UNIVERSITY WINTER TERM 2020 AND WINTER-SPRING TRANSITIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF SARS-COV-2
On 31st October 2020, Boris Johnson announced new national restrictions in England starting on 5th...
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