News archive for 17th August 2019

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No shame in skipping university if you don't get the grades - Mirror Church groups rally to take up the slack on school uniforms - Scotsman Five-pound notes and free pints used to lure students into gambling - Guardian Pedagogy Focus: Formative assessment - Times Educational Supplement | TES How schools can help tackle the scourge of homelessness - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why schools are not fundamentally about exam results - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSEs 2019: Girls predicted to maintain gender gulf - Times Educational Supplement | TES Five things not to worry about on GCSE results day - Times Educational Supplement | TES University – you know the fees, but what about the costs? - Guardian Super deluxe student accommodation for wealthy parents - Guardian £6,000 a year for a room? If I were a student, I’d probably go on strike too | Patrick Collinson - Guardian GCSE student disqualified after 'over zealous' examiner mistook vegetarianism for Islamophobia - Telegraph Cambridge offers places through clearing as university tries to boost students from disadvantaged backgrounds - Mail Edinburgh council gives green light for children to skip class for climate strikes - Times Despite the debt, going to university is still worth it - Times Cambridge University gives poorer students a place through clearing - Times How to manage money at university - Times