News archive for 16th August 2018

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SNP under fire over education 'crisis' as schools 'haemorrhage' staff - Express A-level results: foreign languages suffer further slump - Guardian A-level results 2018: Teenagers achieve rise in top grades - BBC Stormzy is helping black students get into elite colleges, now it’s time for Cambridge University to follow his example - Metro Fiona Millar: A-level results are out, but what about those not going to university? - Guardian Apprenticeship Starts and Levy Statistics: August 2018 - Sector Response - FE News Exclusive: Unconditional offers blamed for plunge in school's A levels - Times Educational Supplement | TES The Tes Podcast: A-level results day 2018 - Times Educational Supplement | TES Geoff Barton: What exactly was the point of exam reforms? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Editorial: The Guardian view on higher education: more egalitarianism please - Guardian UK exam success masks dangers of a skills gap - Financial Times UK universities fight to attract students - Financial Times A-level results day 2018: Chinese overtakes German for first time - Telegraph A-level results 2018: What was new about this year's exams? - BBC When boys struggle at A-level, it’s a crisis. When girls do, it’s celebrated - New Statesman Grenfell Tower school achieves outstanding A level results - Times A levels: Candlelight study gets Syrian student into Cambridge - Times Apprenticeship and levy statistics: August 2018 - DfE Employer skills survey 2017: England and local toolkit - DfE Employer skills survey 2017: Northern Ireland toolkit - DfE Employer skills survey 2017: UK findings - DfE Next generation of young people gaining the skills Britain needs - DfE Early years and childcare services: EY3 changes to individuals - Ofsted Classroom research on retrieval practice and spelling - Learning Scientists Stormzy unveils Cambridge scholarships - Cambridge Network Educational tracking creates artificial inequalities among students - UKEdChat A-level results: A* grades at five year low - Times Educational Supplement | TES A-level results day: 'We're asking all the wrong questions' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Result! A level results day 2018 - Wonkhe A-Level Results 2018 - Teach First Parents offering incentives for top grades - Leeds Beckett University A Level results day 2018 - Russell Group International students can prepare for studying in the UK via first of its kind MOOC - British Council British Council comments on A Level languages 2018 - British Council Congratulations to students, but high-stakes A-levels do not demonstrate what students can do, says NEU - National Education Union NEU comment on A-level results - National Education Union A-level results 2018 - Independent Schools Council | ISC Internet of Things technology can boost classroom learning and bridge gender divide - UKEdChat Preparations before they start - UKEdChat A-Level results 2018: The main trends in A-Level and AS-Level entries and grades - FFT Education Datalab A-Level results 2018: Who is still entering AS-Levels in England? - FFT Education Datalab School leavers 'snub university over costs and useless degrees' - Sutton Trust Teenagers are turning their backs on the idea of going to university - Sutton Trust Young people 'more sceptical about value of university' – poll - Sutton Trust New UK apprenticeships drop 31% leading to calls for major reform - Financial Times A-Levels paint picture of regional inequality that must be tackled head on - CBI One of the UK’s best teachers found in Sussex - Primary Times NASUWT comments on A-Level results in England - NASUWT MillionPlus comment on A level and BTEC results day - MillionPlus College students celebrate A Level success 2018 - AoC | Association of Colleges Analysis: A-Level Results Day 2018 - EPI NASUWT comments on A/AS LEVEL and Welsh Baccalaureate results - NASUWT NASUWT comments on A-Level results in Northern Ireland - NASUWT The UK’s post-Brexit success depends on this generation of school leavers - NAHT UCU calls for admissions reform as students receive A-level results - UCU NAHT drafts response to the Secretary of State's announcement on pay - NAHT NASUWT comments on A-Level results - PoliticsHome A-Levels: Uptake in Maths and Physics is welcome news but exams alone limit ‘work-readiness’ of future engineers - PoliticsHome External appointments and passport paperchases - Wonkhe Some headlines from A-level results day by Mary Curnock Cook - HEPI Removal from register of apprenticeship training providers - Education & Skills Funding Agency Call for reform after new UK apprenticeships fall 31% - Financial Times Guide to AS and A level results for England, 2018 - Ofqual I managed to become a doctor, despite my devastating A-level results - Guardian Lord Glenamara Memorial prize winners - DfE A-level results day and UCAS clearing: Universities accept thousands fewer students as pass rates hit lowest level since 2010 - as it happened - Independent A-level language decline raises danger of monolingual society - ASCL Employer skills survey 2017: Scotland toolkit - DfE Employer skills survey 2017: Wales toolkit - DfE Lord Glenamara Memorial Prize: nominate outstanding pupils - DfE A level pass rate drops to lowest level in 8 years after shake-up means tougher exams - The Sun Ofsted given final say over new apprenticeship provider quality - FE Week Musician Stormzy on why he's funding university scholarships - BBC Big up Stormzy. But Oxbridge must do more for black students - Guardian Generous celebs giving back through education - HuffPost 'Stay calm, don’t panic’: 5 graduates explain why they don’t regret missing out on their first choice uni - HuffPost A-level results day 2018: The funniest tweets - HuffPost A-level results day 2018: drop in students scoring C or above after changes – as it happened - Guardian Top A-level marks achieved despite gender imbalance - Mail A Level results: Meghan Markle, Prince Harry and Kate Middleton's surprising results - Express A Level results failed? Your options from UCAS clearing to Open University courses and apprenticeships - Evening Standard Fall in numbers accepted on degree courses - Mail Teens across Britain take to social media to celebrate and commiserate with memes about their A-level results - Mail Stormzy starts scholarship for two black students to go to Cambridge University - Mail A-level geography entries hit four-year low - Mail A-level Results 2018: Chinese A-level overtakes German for first time - Schools Week Stormzy launches scholarship for two black kids to go to Cambridge - The Sun AS-level ‘killed off’ by A-level reforms as take-up falls by 52 per cent - Evening Standard Compulsory language education should be reintroduced, says Brighton College head - Mail Academic freedom and liberal values under attack in Hungary - Montrose42 'Food-deprived, pulling all-nighters': A-levels during Ramadan - Guardian Evening classes in Doric as Scots writing revival blossoms - Herald Scotland 'Dinner's on me!': Gordon Ramsay celebrates his twins' A-level results - Telegraph The best-paid jobs you can get without a university degree - Telegraph Tight deadline for ESFA survey on non-levy transition period for providers - FE Week A Level results show hope for women in tech - FE News A Level grade boundaries 2018: All you need to know plus how to get exam results remarked - Evening Standard Exam stress and student mental health - FE News Jeremy Clarkson returns with more A-levels inspiration - Mail A Level results 2018 LIVE: Latest UCAS Clearing news as one in four secure A or A* grade - Express LRS organisational portal - FE News Is degree apprenticeship a viable alternative to university? - FE Week What were the changes to A-levels and GCSEs? - Mail A-level results raise policy questions – but first let's celebrate achievement | Jon Andrews - Guardian A Polish student learned biology and chemistry online then smashed his A levels - Wales Online Hinds fails to back Ofsted changes - Times Educational Supplement | TES Heads slam May over North-South uni admissions divide - Times Educational Supplement | TES A-level results: Humanities decline means EBacc failed, say heads - Times Educational Supplement | TES The apprenticeship levy a year on: lessons learned - Times Educational Supplement | TES A-level results: Eight key points - Times Educational Supplement | TES A-level results: A* grades at five year low - Times Educational Supplement | TES A-level results 2018: Grade boundaries slightly down - Times Educational Supplement | TES A-level results: Stem entries on the rise - Times Educational Supplement | TES A-level results: Language entries down as Chinese overtakes German - Times Educational Supplement | TES Apprenticeship starts up, but concerns remain - Times Educational Supplement | TES Employers report skills shortages - Times Educational Supplement | TES Universities are racing to recruit through clearing – but is it in the students’ interests? - New Statesman Clearing is a 'buyer's market for students' as even those with a university place are urged to rethink their choice - Mail A-level results day and UCAS clearing – LIVE: Universities accept thousands fewer students as pass rates hit lowest level since 2010 - Independent A-level results day 2018: Chinese overtakes German among students for first time, amid decline in languages - Independent A Level results day 2018: The stats - Times Educational Supplement | TES John Swinney: My past as a bouncer - Times Educational Supplement | TES A level results day 2018: Chinese more popular than German - Times A level results day 2018: Exam changes have narrowed pupils’ focus | Rosemary Bennett - Times A-level results day 2018: Highest number of top grades for six years despite new 'tougher' exams - Telegraph Girl first in her family to go to university wins place at Cambridge - Mail The new A-levels taken in Wales this year and if the exams were more difficult - Wales Online Employers say they value apprenticeship experience over university degrees - FE News Twitter backlash against celebrities who boast of failing exams and still succeeding  - Telegraph Stormzy to help fund Cambridge scholarships for black students - Guardian A-Level Results day LIVE: Joy, celebration (and a few tears) as teenagers across the country receive their grades - Mail One in three UK teens are worried about getting into university this month due to too much competition - FE News Better A-level grades than expected? Time for Ucas adjustment - Guardian John Swinney told of child left covered in faeces at school - Scotsman Why we should rethink our ideas of educational success - FE News Scotland: Education Secretary told of child left covered in faeces at school - Mail A level and BTec results day 2018 - Sector response - FE News Jeremy Clarkson, Nigella Lawson and Olympian Samantha Queklead celebs offering support on A level results day - The Sun A-level Results 2018: Boys vs Girls - Schools Week A-level results day 2018: More than a quarter of results are top A* or A grades - HuffPost A level students across the UK get their results as it’s revealed the number of teens accepted onto uni courses has dropped - The Sun 'Job's a good'un, then': Manchester students open their A-level results - video - Guardian Numbers of students getting degree courses falls - Herald Scotland What to do when A-level results day goes wrong - Guardian A-Level analytics on last 10 years of STEM subjects - FE News Nerve-racking moment A-level students open results live on GMB – and not all are pleased - The Sun More students considering apprenticeships and full time employment - FE News Teenagers make top A-level grades despite course reforms - Financial Times A-Level results: More than a quarter of all grades A or A* - the highest proportion for six years - Mirror Three ways to secure your university future after A-level disappointment - Guardian A-level results day 2018: drop in students scoring C or above after reforms – live - Guardian A-level results: Pupils planning to go to university at a record low - Express A levels paint picture of regional inequality that must be tackled head on - FE News Employer skills survey 2017: Scotland toolkit - FE News A-level results 2018: subject tables - Schools Week A-level results 2018: Business studies surges in popularity but geography declines - Schools Week A-Level results day 2018: Emotional scenes as hundreds of thousands of students across the UK find out their grades - Mirror Employer skills survey 2017: Northern Ireland toolkit - FE News Boys out-perform girls at A* for first time since grade introduced - Mail Monthly apprenticeship update: 3m starts target slips further away with just 22,300 starts in May - FE Week Employer skills survey 2017: England and local toolkit - FE News A-level results 2018: 5 key trends in England’s data - Schools Week A-level results: A* grades in England slump to lowest level since 2013 - Schools Week A level results 2018 see Wales record highest ever top marks - Wales Online A-levels: proportion of students in England getting C or above falls - Guardian City and Guilds response to A Level results day 2018 - FE News Employer skills survey 2017: UK report - FE News Variability in A level results for schools, 2016 to 2018 - FE News Guide to AS and A level results for England - FE News Employer skills survey 2017: Wales toolkit - FE News A record number of young people are off to university - UCAS Joy and despair as first A-level students rush to get their results - Mail The arts teach us how to express ourselves – and give us freedom to fail | Daisy Buchanan - Guardian A-level pass grades hit eight-year low after major exam reforms - Independent A level and Welsh Baccalaureate students congratulated by Kirsty Williams - Welsh Government Careers advice beyond results day 2018 - FE News Universities scramble to fill places as applications hit record low - Times When does Clearing 2018 open? All you need to know about the UCAS entry program and how it works - Mirror Decline in humanities A levels 'disadvantages' UK - Times Educational Supplement | TES Importance of uni for pupils at a six-year low - Times Educational Supplement | TES Zoe Williams: A-level results day is a cruel trick played on students - Guardian Frances Ryan: Private schools don’t act like charities, so let’s strip them of the benefits - Guardian A-level results day 2018: live - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'University is not the only route after A levels' - Times Educational Supplement | TES A-level Results Day 2018: All you need to know - Times Educational Supplement | TES A-level results day 2018 - AoC | Association of Colleges What should I do next now I have my A-level results? - Mail Importance of university falling - Sutton Trust Beyond expectations - Sutton Trust Teenagers discover A-level results - BBC A-level results day and UCAS clearing – live: Thousands fewer students accepted on to degree courses, early figures show - Independent How schoolchildren are less likely to believe university is important - Mail What to do if you fail your A-Levels - how to resit and what to do next - Mirror Live: A-level results day 2018: students await grades from tougher courses - Guardian Share your reaction and experiences on A-level results day 2018 - Guardian A young carer with hearing loss is off to medical school after getting three As at A level - Wales Online How does Ucas Adjustment work and should I use it if I did better than expected? - Telegraph How to prepare for Ucas Clearing before Results Day - Telegraph How parents should prepare for A-level results day today - Telegraph A-level results day 2018: When do A-level results come out today? - Express Today's A-Level results are the outcome of years of hard work, dedication and determination - CBI When is GCSE results day 2018? - Wales Online Ucas Clearing: A-level results day myths and reality - Telegraph Students can get an A with almost half the questions wrong in new 'tougher' A-levels, leak reveals - Telegraph The pressure to achieve in exams has left thousands of teens like me struggling with mental health - Metro Clearing 2018: What are the best universities for education, social life and accommodation? - Independent 'We had no idea our child would be gifted' - BBC The three-year-old with an IQ of 171 - BBC Student finance 2018: How to apply for last minute funding - Telegraph Is clearing leaving students feeling anxious and isolated? - Guardian Eight out of ten university courses STILL have spaces available on A level results day as the number of teens turning their backs on university rises - despite a quarter getting top marks - Mail A level results day – Eight out of ten university courses STILL have spaces as students turn their back on higher education - The Sun A Level results day 2018: All you need to know when you get your grades and what to do next - Mirror A Level results day 2018: UCAS Clearing - how to apply and how does Clearing work? - Express A-level results day 2018: A step-by-step guide on what to do today - Telegraph When do schools go back in Scotland? Here’s how to check term dates for Scottish schools - The Sun David Morris: Clearing shows how the government's university market has failed - Guardian These people flunked their A-levels and were still hugely successful - Metro Don’t want to go to university? Here’s what you can do instead - Metro Clearing 2018: what to expect, who can benefit and how to succeed - Guardian Clearing: how to make sure you get an offer you can’t refuse - Guardian Pupils increasingly sceptical of importance of university, poll finds - Telegraph Turning down university was the best decision I made | Hannah Daly - Telegraph John Swinney: Scotland can improve education faster without a Bill - Scotsman Changing perceptions: Apprenticeships are no longer for poor, underachieving young people - FE News Clearing: how students use social media to choose their university - The Conversation Farewell Citizenship: results out today mark the end of A-level Citizenship - FE News Your Clearing questions answered - Herald Scotland Testing policy ‘descending into chaos’ says Labour - Herald Scotland John Swinney: We must do everything in our power to ensure our schools are the best - Herald Scotland A-level results: Why clearing is 'not the end of the world' - BBC Less than a third of kids are planning to go to university in a record low - The Sun Students can get A-Level ‘A’ mark with fifty percent in some exams, results leaks reveal - Express What's new about this year's A-levels? - BBC University isn’t the only option for A-level students — there’s many routes for them to have successful careers - The Sun Sixth-formers receiving A-level results - Mail Ambitious parents encourage students to take a closer look at apprenticeships - FE News A level results day 2018 - Sector response - FE News It´s results day, but where to go from here? - Mail CBI initial reaction to A-level results day - FE News Peterloo director calls for 1819 massacre to be taught in UK schools - Guardian Teenagers turn their backs on university: Numbers who think getting a degree is important plunges 13% in five years - Mail Young people 'more sceptical about value of university' – poll - Guardian Don’t fear clearing! Eight out of ten degree courses still have places available, A Level students are assured - Mail A-level remarking 'favours those with money' and penalises 'working-class kids', union claims - HuffPost Exam board to show students exactly where they went wrong - Times A-level pupils can choose to hide gender - Times Times writers recall their freshers week: homesickness, vomit and camel coats - Times Universities lure students with Instagram idylls - Times Scotland: Parents urged to boycott primary assessments - Times Scotland: Changes must be made for school curriculum to work | Keir Bloomer - Times Ireland: Demolition at top girls’ school hits snags - Times Ireland: Repeat after me: rote learning is misguided | Eoghan Rice - Times Ireland: Exam joy, but are students sitting the right subjects? - Times Ireland: Inquiry into student rooms advertised on hotel websites - Times