News archive for 13th August 2017

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Leading universities still have thousands of empty courses, figures show, as they prepare to drop standards to fill places - Telegraph A levels exam chiefs deny ‘dumbing down’ standards for better results - Express Looking back on A-level results day - Times Educational Supplement | TES Uplift factors and postcode files - Education & Skills Funding Agency Poorer students’ subject choices may be putting them at a disadvantage, study finds - Education Media Centre | EMC Schools fail to count knife crime two years after Bailey’s death - Herald Scotland Alternatives to university: there’s more to life than a degree - Guardian It is time we stopped mollycoddling our pupils - Times Educational Supplement | TES Grade thresholds for A-Level and GCSE examinations are lowered to dodge a dramatic fall in results after Government's new tougher tests for students - Mail University World News - Global edition: week ending 13 August 2017 - University World News University World News - Africa edition: week ending 13 August 2017 - University World News It’s no longer good enough to do what’s right in your school: you must signpost it, so Ofsted can see - Times Educational Supplement | TES MPs demand British universities stop accepting donations from dictatorships - Telegraph Student finance 2017: how to apply for last minute funding - Telegraph Incessant government meddling in FE makes cooperation with HE a challenge - Times Higher Education | THE The 'Rowbot' Race: Cambridge challenges Oxford to a new regatta using student built robots - Telegraph Can fast-track teachers raise standards? - Scotsman A-level maths is more useful for top university places than private school - Schools Week Poor pupils choosing 'less suitable' A levels for entry to elite universities - Times Educational Supplement | TES A-level results day: how to pick up your results and what to do if you fail - Times Scottish universities call for caution over sex-equality drive - Times Schools fear chaos over ‘tough’ A-levels - Times Not quite made the grade? Here’s the secret to finding a uni place - Times Degree places for 1,000 students with poor English - Times ‘It’s not them, it’s you: why this year’s clearing empowers students - Times Andrew Murrison MP quits Bath University over vice-chancellor’s pay - Times The true cost of going back to school - Herald Scotland Ethnic mix of the playground - Herald Scotland Students choosing A-levels in career specific subjects are less attractive to elite universities, new study suggests - Telegraph