News archive for 24th August 2017

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GCSE results: Why did the pass rates fall? - Education Media Centre | EMC GCSE results day 2017: It’s all about the (lack of) money, money, money - Education Datalab GCSE results day 2017: The key trends in entries and results - Education Datalab GCSE results day 2017 - The Staffroom GCSE results 2017 show creative subjects are victims of EBacc - Edge Foundation Eileen Milner to join the Education and Skills Funding Agency as the new Chief Executive - feCompare GCSE results day 2017: Good news about resits in English - Education Datalab British Council comments on GCSE languages 2017 - British Council Government launches study into impact of international students - PoliticsHome GCSE grades are a testament to Gove's reforms - Financial Times IOE develops free online course for teachers around the world - IOE London Blog International students make 'enormous contribution' to UK - London School of Economics | LSE 97% of international students leave UK after studies - PIE News GCSE English and maths on results day - AoC | Association of Colleges Daily roundup 24 August: GCSE results, Neet rate, and childcare suspension - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Theresa May under fire as student visa myth exposed - Guardian Net migration drops to 246,000 as more EU citizens leave UK amid 'brain drain' fears - PoliticsHome Theresa May attacked as ONS finds 'no evidence' of problem with foreign students overstaying - PoliticsHome The Guardian view on migration: evidence trumps prejudice | Editorial - Guardian Exit checks data raises questions over May's focus on student overstayers - Guardian Wales could ban teenagers from taking GCSEs early after grades slump - Wales Online Learndirect special treatment update: will it be less than £1m or over £30m to ‘wind-down’ AEB? - FE Week New-style GCSEs help identify the best but may not benefit the rest - Guardian Girl who fled Iraq 'never imagined' getting nine GCSEs (video) - BBC Meet the students who defied GCSE predictions by scoring a clean sweep of grade 9s - Telegraph Who gets to access education? - Huffington Post Teaching for distinction @OldhamCollege. FE CPD in action. - Teacherhead GCSE results day 2017: Marking reforms benefit girls as they make up two thirds of highest achievers - Telegraph Grenfell Tower survivor who sat chemistry GCSE on day of fire gets an A - Wales Online New GCSE maths paper requires just 15 per cent for a pass - Telegraph An inspirational schoolgirl completed her GCSEs despite being diagnosed with cancer for the second time - Wales Online GCSE pass rates fall after sweeping exam reforms - Financial Times GCSE dilemma? - BBC 12-year-old who hopes to become an astronaut gains four A*s at GCSE four years early - Telegraph It doesn't matter that the government has got the number of migrants wrong. Here's why - New Statesman Grenfell Tower victim Ines Alves aces the GCSE exam she took just hours after her home burned down - Huffington Post Secondary modern’s top achievers choose to stay - Schools Week Preston twins begin their journey into medicine - Schools Week Disappointing GCSE results? These funny perspective-lending tweets should cheer you up - Telegraph GCSE results week: How FE can leverage digital channels to win learners - FE Week Explaining new GCSE grades and what this means for post-16 resits - FE Week Trio of sisters celebrate their final GCSE results day - Schools Week Inquiry blames unstable wall and not other students for death of girl, 12 - Guardian English and Maths GCSE resit results 2017 - FE Week Teenager thanks his girlfriend for helping him with his GCSEs after mother's death - Wales Online A teenager has passed his GCSEs despite having to learn English in a year - Wales Online GCSE results day 2017: UK students get their grades - as it happened - Guardian School head warns of 'erratic marking' under new GCSE grading system - Telegraph This is what it's like to go to university as a mature student - Guardian Wall which killed Keane Wallis-Bennett ‘inherently unstable’, inquiry rules - Scotsman Tens of thousands more students will need to resit English GCSEs - FE Week Cardiff pupil 'overwhelmed' after receiving 13 straight A*s in his GCSE results - Wales Online YouGov poll: just 8% of students advised to seek apprenticeships - FE News GCSE results day 2017: girls outperform male classmates after major reforms to GCSEs - Huffington Post GCSE: Pass rate dips as students face tougher exams - BBC Student who spoke no English in year 7 excels in language and literature GCSEs - Schools Week I am in shock, says student with three grade 9s - BBC Martyn Hett’s sister gets 11A* GCSEs despite taking exams day after learning he died in Manchester bombing - Huffington Post Welsh GCSE pass rate lowest since 2006 - BBC GCSE confusion caused by grading, league table and cohort changes - Guardian GCSE results: Exams alone are failing to produce work-ready school leavers - FE News Number of language GCSEs plummets as academics warn students are relying on Google Translate - Telegraph Alternative routes to college and university - case studies - FE News Sister of Manchester bombing victim achieves 11 top grades despite sitting exam day after learning her brother had died - Telegraph Burnley student who defied death collects his results - Schools Week GCSE results for England - sector response - FE News Make the smart choice, not the obvious choice - FE News GCSE marking reforms benefit girls as they make up two thirds of highest achievers - Telegraph 2017 should be the last year for compulsory English & Maths GCSE resits - FE News Manchester attack: Sister of victim Martyn Hett aces GCSEs with 11 A* grades - despite taking exam day after his death - Independent GCSE results 2017: Exam reform leaves 18-point gap between grades 4 and 5 - Schools Week In pictures: students across Britain celebrate their GCSE results - Telegraph GCSE Results 2017: Are changes in your results normal? - Schools Week GCSE resits 2017: Sharp fall in maths results but English improves - FE Week NI bucks UK trend with improving GCSEs - BBC Grenfell Tower survivor Inês Alves celebrates A grade in GCSE sat hours after the disaster - Telegraph Statistics: NEET and participation - DfE Guide to GCSE results for England, 2017 - Ofqual Quiz: Could you pass the new more difficult GCSE exams? - Telegraph GCSE results 2017: Girls maintain lead over boys despite new linear exams - Times Educational Supplement | TES Wales' overall GCSE pass rate falls to lowest level in a decade - Wales Online GCSE Results Day 2017: Live - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSE results 2017: Boys benefit again in reformed subjects - Schools Week GCSE results day 2017: a round up of Twitter’s most hilarious advice for GCSE students - Huffington Post GCSE resits: Pass rate down in maths, but up in English - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSE results 2017: Six key points - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSE results 2017: Top grades and 'pass' rates drop as tougher exams make debut - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSE results 2017: The 7 most interesting things we have learned - Schools Week GCSE results 2017: Standard pass rates steady despite major grading reform - Schools Week Could you pass maths GCSE? - Guardian GCSE results 2017: More than 2,000 pupils scored 9s in all three reformed exams - Schools Week Proportion of students getting good GCSE grades falls after reforms - Guardian GCSE results 2017: A new grading system and a whole lot of confusion - The Conversation GCSE results day 2017: small number of pupils expected to receive top grades under new system - Huffington Post GCSE results 2017: Thousands of students to receive 'wrong' grades under new marking system, warn experts - Independent GCSE Results Day: Pass rates fall amid biggest exam shake-up in generation - Independent UK immigration levels could be lower than previously thought, new border checks find - Guardian GCSE results day 2017: UK students get their grades - live - Guardian Standards in education have been declining for years - that's why we had to make GCSEs harder - Telegraph Diversity troubles – comprehensive solutions to HE’s racial segregation - Wonkhe Let's celebrate teachers as well as students on GCSE results day | Alison Peacock - Guardian Share your reaction and experiences on GCSE results day - Guardian 'GCSE heartbreak' as thousands of pupils will get lower marks under new marking scheme - Express GCSE results: Half as many pupils expected to achieve top marks as new grades awarded for first time - Independent GCSE results day: Half a million get their grades amid warning top marks harder to come by under new system - Evening Standard GCSE results: Half a million pupils to get their grades - BBC Independent schools successfully challenge more GCSE results, leading to 'double disadvantage' for state pupils - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSE grade chaos: Fears of errors in new marking scheme as the number of pupils getting the top result is set to fall by half - Mail New GCSEs - BBC Major investigation to be launched into the impact of foreign students in Britain, Home Secretary announces - Mail Tough new GCSE exams risk pupils' mental health, warn school leaders - Independent UK government to investigate impact of overseas students - BBC GCSE overhaul means results are ‘incomparable to previous years’ - Guardian Expert panel to assess impact of international students on UK jobs - Guardian Research finds new GCSEs in English and English Literature counter-productive - FE News Children getting top GCSE grades expected to be cut in half under new reforms - Telegraph Pupils will spend eight hours extra sitting exams under new GCSEs - Times Educational Supplement | TES New English GCSE 'may be putting pupils off reading' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Two thirds of university heads are sitting on salary committees - Times Few foreign students overstaying their visas - Times New top grade at GCSE will be rarer than an A* - Times