News archive for 14th August 2019

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A-level results: Students need just 55 per cent in maths exam for A grade - Independent Education Secretary meets competitors preparing for WorldSkills - DfE ESFA Update: 14 August 2019 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Restricting climate strikes to one day 'not acceptable' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teachers at 'blue-water' schools to return to work - Times Educational Supplement | TES How an 'absolute shocker' tweet incurred the fury of FE - Times Educational Supplement | TES A levels: Just over half marks needed for maths A grade - Times Educational Supplement | TES A-level grade boundaries leaked revealing what students need to get an A - Mirror Thousands of students receive BTEC results - BBC Difficulty of new A-levels in question after guidance leaked - Financial Times University offers should be based on real results - Financial Times Leaked A-level boundaries reveal what students need to get an A - Metro Transforming the uni applications system - Guardian A level results day 2019: The ultimate guide to surviving the next 24 hours - HuffPost New education secretary meets WorldSkills UK in first college visit - FE Week Checklist for lesson planning - The Educator Mental health and wellbeing among trainee teachers - BERA NEU poll shows damaging impact of A-Level reforms on students’ mental health and engagement - National Education Union PQA: Just what does it mean? - HEPI Buchanan and St Ambrose schools dispute - update - NASUWT Review urged as A-level entries in English plummet - ASCL What if all university offers were unconditional? - Wonkhe Rewards of being a teacher: What makes teachers keep teaching? - Teacher Tapp Get rid of private schools? We’d be better tackling inequalities between state schools - The Conversation A-level results: a minority of students achieve predicted marks, so yes the system should be reformed - The Conversation New report will give insight into future research - Jisc Has the time come for a new admissions system? - Sutton Trust New report tracks trend in use of copied materials in higher education teaching - Jisc Government's 16-17 rail saver launched - AoC's comment - AoC | Association of Colleges UK thinktank assesses post-Brexit demand - PIE News Higher education governance is in the spotlight – and the sector should be prepared to act - Advance HE Why it's wrong for politicians to demonise climate-change school strikers - Scotsman Amid A-level hysteria, spare a thought for T levels - Times Educational Supplement | TES Graduate apprenticeship uptake triples - Times Educational Supplement | TES Five ways to tackle teacher shortages in remote areas - Times Educational Supplement | TES A-level grade boundaries leaked ahead of results day - BBC Cambridge University graduate sues over handling of sexual harassment complaint - Independent A-level results day and university clearing - live: The national results and trends from across the UK - Independent Education Secretary will make sure that people who take a technical or vocational qualification are given the proper recognition - FE News National Citizen Service provider vows to continue work following split - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Summer initiative targets youth violence - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Youth work training figures reveal record lows - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Cambridge graduate sues University over its handling of sexual misconduct claim - Mail Head of UK’s largest university housing firm pockets £2m pay while students struggle with rising rents - Independent BTec Nationals: Who are the students who didn't just do A-levels? - BBC Why we can't get rid of predicted grades for university - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pedagogy focus: Teach Like A Champion - Times Educational Supplement | TES Can Gavin Williamson stop education going over a cliff? - Times Educational Supplement | TES A-level results day 2019: need to know dates and information - Times Educational Supplement | TES Sector outraged over Channel 4 show 'Train your Baby like a Dog' - Nursery World Father saves Busy Bees nursery from closure - Nursery World Edexcel and OCR grade boundaries leaked ahead of A-level results day - Schools Week Face of female druid from Iron Age recreated by University of Dundee student - Herald Scotland ‘We are ready’: Team UK mechatronics duo take on the world’s best - FE Week Restricting climate strikes to one day a year 'not acceptable', say pupils - Mail Wearing a school uniform is a lesson in respect - Metro School uniforms are an unnecessary use of control - Metro Tell us what's driving the drop in take-up of English A-level - Guardian Make university offers after results, urges Labour - New Statesman BTec results: Vocational qualifications 'not an easy option' - BBC Teenage railcard benefits could have been extended - watchdog - Mail Disabled Students' Allowances: Over half of eligible students miss out - BBC Aced your A-levels? How adjustment can offer a last-minute upgrade - Guardian ‘Every day we see really hungry kids. They shouldn’t be living like this’ | Tom Wall - Guardian A-Level results: How does clearing work if you are not happy with your grades? - Mirror Over one million people to save hundreds, as new 16-17 Saver launches, cutting cost of rail travel for teenagers - GOV.UK UCAS responds to Labour’s proposed changes to the higher education admissions system - UCAS Labour pledge 'radical' university admissions overhaul to end unconditional offers - Mirror Academy use of unqualified teachers ‘widens inequality’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES New A levels bad for mental health, say teachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES A-level results: how to help students through clearing - Times Educational Supplement | TES Max Whitlock: My BTEC was key to becoming an Olympian - Times Educational Supplement | TES A levels: Call for urgent action to revive English - Times Educational Supplement | TES BTECs: Entries rise despite doubts over future - Times Educational Supplement | TES Labour vows shake-up of university offers in bid to boost poor and minority students - PoliticsHome How SNP tax raid on private schools will affect state system - Scotsman CBI responds to vocational results day - CBI Why employers don’t care about qualifications - HEPI 'Less fun' English declines as choice for A-level pupils - Guardian 'Proper recognition' pledged for vocational education - Times Educational Supplement | TES Awarding university places on predicted grades 'deeply unfair' - Labour - Mail How to apply for re-marks and appeal A-level results 2019 - Schools Week Labour will scrap predicted grades to make university admissions fairer | Angela Rayner - Guardian Labour backs post-qualification admissions system for England - Times Higher Education | THE Academic contributors to television programmes should be paid - Times Higher Education | THE ‘Weaker’ research ties outside Europe pose Brexit challenge - Times Higher Education | THE Boss of UK’s biggest student housing firm paid £2 million - Times Higher Education | THE Long commutes make students more likely to drop out - Times Higher Education | THE Social-media use 'disrupting teen sleep and exercise' - BBC Education leaders are warning of an 'alarming decline' in number of students taking A-level English - Mail Labour would make students apply for university after A-level results are announced - Mail Premature summer-born children face ‘significant’ challenges at school - Nursery World Government urged to act over declining popularity of A-level English - Schools Week New 16-17 'railcard' launches to save 1.2m young people £186 a year on travel - Mirror A-level results day: Labour will scrap university offers based on predicted grades - Independent Labour would end university offers before results day - Times Michael Gove’s reforms make English a joyless slog, warn teachers - Times Premature birth can be double disadvantage at school - Times The A-level results day circus fails to deliver for students - Times Hundreds of Scottish children miss out on chosen schools due to strict rules - Times Most pupils will return to Scottish high schools built on landfill site in Coatbridge - Times Scotland: St Andrews criticised over religious grant - Times Ireland: Joe McHugh denies student fees promise is election spin - Times Babies born prematurely by just three weeks in summer months more likely to fall behind in school, study finds - Telegraph