News archive for 19th August 2017

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Volunteer teachers can close the attainment gap, say Tories - Scotsman Michael Mercieca: put work skills back on the curriculum - focus on GCSE & A-level results risks failing the next generation - Mail School exclusion ‘linked to long-term mental health problems’ – study - Guardian Rise in top universities setting own entrance exams as they cannot rely on A-levels - Telegraph Universities warned to avoid students who only take charity trips to post exotic photos to Instagram - Telegraph Fears over mental health of GCSE pupils striving for new A** grade - Times Cambridge University Press bows to China’s online censors - Times GCSE results day 2017: the greatest unknown quantity in modern education - Times Educational Supplement | TES New tougher GCSE 'could fuel mental health crisis' as teenagers push for A** grade - Mail Ethnic segregation: a tough problem to solve in UK universities - Times Higher Education | THE Woman, 90, on sixth degree 'addicted' to studying - BBC How to reform student finance? Let’s start with interest rates - Guardian Secret Teacher: unconditional offers give students no incentive to work hard - Guardian Cambridge University Press accused of 'selling its soul' over Chinese censorship - Guardian