News archive for 17th August 2020

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U-turn chaos leaves students in limbo as Keir Starmer grades Tories 'incompetent' - Mirror Kids are far less likely to catch coronavirus in the classroom than they are at home, major study finds - The Sun Screeching A-levels U-turn is absolutely necessary – Gavin Williamson made the wrong call - The Sun The exams grade scandal leaves us wondering how pupils will ever feel they can trust the system - Mail A-levels U-turn throws university admissions into chaos - Mail Gavin Williamson blames Ofqual as he confirms A-level and GCSE exam results U-turn - Telegraph Fears U-turn on A-level results will create problems for years to come - Financial Times Gavin Williamson seeks to blame Ofqual for exams debacle - Guardian 'You stupid boy': Boris takes Private Williamson to task over exams U-turn | John Crace - Guardian Students react after A-level u-turn - but it's 'little consolation' for many - Mirror Exam regulator fears it could be scrapped as it warns ministers not to make it a 'scapegoat' - Telegraph Not all UK students will get first-choice place, universities warn - Guardian Universities admissions chaos predicted as Oxbridge faces having to let down over 1,500 students - Telegraph What went wrong with the A-level algorithm? - Financial Times Students celebrate after U-turn on exam grading system - Metro U-turn on exams may create new set of problems in England - Guardian Williamson suggests he didn’t analyse Ofqual algorithm until after it was published - FE Week The Guardian view on an exam U-turn: the rot is at the top | Editorial - Guardian Gavin Williamson resists calls to resign as top Tory says he should go - Mirror 'A rollercoaster of emotions': students describe sharp end of exams fiasco - Guardian Pressure on Gavin Williamson as poll shows almost half of Brits think he should resign over exam crisis - PoliticsHome Students’ grades revised upwards after exam furore in England - Financial Times Exam results: Where did it go wrong and what happens next? - BBC Students mock government's exam U-turn on social media - Mail A-levels and GCSEs: How did the exam algorithm work? - BBC Martin Rowson on the Tories' exam fiasco – cartoon - Guardian A-level and GCSE announcement: What is happening with exam results? - The Sun Results fiasco U-turn: your questions answered - Schools Week Exam results: How will universities cope with extra students? And other questions - BBC Williamson's A-level debacle has damaged the Tory brand. But don't expect a resignation | Katy Balls - Guardian What do the U-turns on exam results mean for the UK's students? - Guardian A-level grades U-turn: HE student number cap removed - Times Educational Supplement | TES Williamson will not confirm confidence in Ofqual - Times Educational Supplement | TES Grades U-turn lesson for the DfE: 'Listen to teachers' - Times Educational Supplement | TES No guarantee every A-level student will get their uni place - even after U-turn - Mirror A-Levels fiasco: Gavin Williamson lifts university places cap amid calls to ‘step up’ help for higher education - PoliticsHome Boris Johnson has flunked his exams - Financial Times Education secretary ‘hoping’ BTEC results can be included in grading U-turn - Schools Week Williamson suggests he didn’t analyse Ofqual algorithm until after it was published - Schools Week Education Secretary hopeful BTEC results will be included in grading U-turn - FE Week Manchester Mayor reaffirms legal threat after grading U-turn excludes BTEC results - FE Week The British government has created a hostile environment for young people | Suzanne Moore - Guardian Exams protest at education secretary's office in Codsall - BBC 3 reasons the exams U-turn has a sting in the tail - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teacher grades aren't a panacea – far from it - Times Educational Supplement | TES England scraps A-level & GCSE grades & replaces marks with teachers’ scores as Gavin Williamson says sorry for distress - The Sun Coronavirus: Poor pupils facing 'two-year catch up after lockdown' - BBC How the coronavirus pandemic is affecting young people’s career plans - The Conversation Cap on university admissions lifted as government U-turns on exam results - Metro Two government U-turns have placed many of Britain’s universities on life support - New Statesman Tory backbencher says Gavin Williamson could be in line for autumn axeing - City AM Gavin Williamson makes double u-turn on A level results as he says he's 'sorry' for chaos - Express Educational inequality begins with schools admissions, not A-level results | Polly Toynbee - Guardian All downgraded A-level and GCSE results axed in government U-turn - Mirror The Ofqual algorithm is dead. But the chaos it has caused is far from over - Telegraph Gavin Williamson apologises to A-level students for 'distress' caused by results chaos - Evening Standard Major U-turn as A levels AND GCSEs will now be based on teachers' assessments - Mail Gavin Williamson apologises as he backs down on A-level and GCSE results - Times Parents demand answers on self-isolation schooling - Scotsman Westminster’s U-turn over exam grades is a case study in how not to use algorithms - New Statesman Exams U-turn: How will they stop grade inflation now? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Downgraded A-Level and GCSE results ditched as Gavin Williamson U-turns on grade algorithm - PoliticsHome In full: Ofqual's A-level and GCSE U-turn statement - Times Educational Supplement | TES Results fiasco: Ofqual ‘extremely sorry’ for creating ‘real anguish and damaging public confidence’ - FE Week Ofqual U-turn on A level and GCSE results: FE reacts - Times Educational Supplement | TES England U-turns on A-levels and GCSEs as Ofqual bins algorithm and uses teacher predictions - HuffPost 10 easy ways to demonstrate progress in a lesson - UKEdChat Postpone GCSE results after A-levels uproar, minister told - Express A long week of U (and A*) turns - Teacher Tapp International Baccalaureate announces change to awarded results - Times Higher Education | THE U-turn on A-level grades leaves university admissions in disarray - Times Higher Education | THE Confirmed: A-level and GCSE pupils to get teacher grades - FE Week UCU response to Gavin Williamson's U-turn on A-level results - UCU A-levels: pupils in England to receive predicted grades after major U-turn - City AM ASCL comment on decision to revert to teacher-assessed grades - ASCL ASCL Cymru comment on decision to revert to teacher-assessed grades - ASCL U-turn on A-level results as pupils will now get predicted grades - Metro Government announces U-turn on A Level and GCSE results - AoC responds - AoC | Association of Colleges Government forced into U-turn on A-level exam grades - National Education Union Voice comments on Government decision on A Level grading - Voice A level results u-turn: Gavin Williamson makes humiliating reversal on predicted grades - Express A-Level results 2020: Another reason why results might have gone up in small-entry subjects - FFT Education Datalab Students’ ‘devastating’ week after ‘shambolic’ handling of A-level results - FE Week Students to be awarded predicted grades for A-levels and GCSEs in major U-turn - Telegraph NASUWT comments on exam grades U-turn - NASUWT Primary school closures created substantial inequality in time spent learning between pupils from poorer and better-off families - and re-opening schools may be the only remedy - Institute for Fiscal Studies | IFS Registration isn’t working for the sector’s SMEs - Wonkhe A process that locks in unfairness for state school students - Wonkhe Statement on exams results announcement - Russell Group SFCA responds to Ofqual's climbdown on A level results - Sixth Form Colleges Assocation | SFCA NEU Cymru welcomes use of assessed grades in Wales - National Education Union A-level and GCSE results in England to be based on teacher assessments in U-turn - Guardian International Baccalaureate latest to review results - Scotsman A-level and GCSE grades U-turn: How did we get here? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Confirmed: A-level and GCSE pupils to be awarded teacher grades - Schools Week Results fiasco: Ofqual ‘extremely sorry’ for creating ‘real anguish and damaging public confidence’ - Schools Week A-level and GCSE students to have downgraded results restored - Financial Times Grading of vocational and technical qualifications - Ofqual Grading U-turn: 'Finally they're trusting teachers’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSEs and A-levels: key questions after the U-Turn - Times Educational Supplement | TES What they said: Consequences of teacher grades U-turn - Times Educational Supplement | TES UCAS' response to government announcement on the awarding of A levels or Welsh Baccs 2020 - UCAS Statement from Roger Taylor, Chair, Ofqual - Ofqual Ofqual announces A Levels and GCSE results U-turn as students will now get teachers' predicted grades - Evening Standard Ofqual U-turn will see A-level and GCSE teacher grades stand - Times Educational Supplement | TES U-turn on centre-assessed grades is fairest solution - GSA Eton College headmaster leads calls for the government to scrap 'unfair' A-level algorithm - Mail Welsh U-turn over GCSE and A level grading - Times Educational Supplement | TES Wilshaw: Ministers 'must carry can for A-level farce' - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSE students will get predicted grades as their final results in Northern Ireland - Metro UK exams debacle: how did this year's results end up in chaos? - Guardian Ofqual board members 'want to ditch their own A-level algorithm' - Mail GCSEs and A-level exams: Estimated results to be used for Welsh grades - BBC A-level results chaos: Boris Johnson insists he has 'confidence' in Gavin Williamson - Mail BTec missing results: 'We've been forgotten about' - BBC A-level 'fiasco': Virtual heads concerned over impact on care-experienced children - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Ministers and Tory MPs join calls for A-level results rethink in England - Financial Times What to learn from A-level chaos? GCSE results should now be thrown in the bin | Simon Jenkins - Guardian Huge pressure on Gavin Williamson to ditch A-Level and GSCE algorithm after Wales follows Northern Ireland in using teacher assessments - PoliticsHome 2/3 teachers want Ofqual to ditch algorithm - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofqual advisor: A-level and GCSE results a 'shambles' - Times Educational Supplement | TES A-level and GCSE grades in Wales will be decided by teachers - HuffPost Lance the boil – give GCSE grades teachers predicted - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland: Stop crowding outside schools, parents are warned - Times Educational Supplement | TES Wales gives all A-level and GCSE pupils the grades teachers recommended - Wales Online Hadlow concludes transfer of sites after entering administration - FE Week All A-level and GCSE students in Wales will use teachers' predicted grades after U-turn - Mirror Welsh government makes U-turn on A-level and GCSE results - Guardian Headteachers turn on Welsh Government over A-levels fiasco - Wales Online International Baccalaureate to revise student grades - Financial Times Expectations of A-level and GCSE grades U-turn grow - Times Educational Supplement | TES A levels 2020: Use teacher grades say grammar heads - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teacher grades to be awarded in major government U-turn after results fiasco – reports - FE Week Teacher grades to be awarded in major government U-turn after results fiasco – reports - Schools Week Boris Johnson given 24-hour deadline to fix A Level 'shambles' by furious Tory MPs - Evening Standard Don’t defer university place, London academic urges - Evening Standard ‘Bloodbath’ in A Level exam grades blamed on faulty algorithm - Evening Standard Penny Mordaunt becomes first minister to voice concerns about A-level crisis - Guardian Colleges urge Education Secretary to admit there was bias in A Level grading - AoC | Association of Colleges IB offers new grades to tackle 'algorithm' controversy - Times Educational Supplement | TES Don't blame an algorithm – blame the people behind it - Times Educational Supplement | TES Williamson must admit A-level bias, say colleges - Times Educational Supplement | TES A levels: 'Reverting to CAGs is the fairest solution' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Government launches campaign to reassure parents schools are safe - Nursery World There has never been a better time to invest in skills to prepare for Brexit customs complexity - AELP A Level exams 2020 results debacle - Voice Ofqual cancels meeting with sector body amid wave of anger over results and appeals - FE Week Improving Student Loans Company service for customers in repayment - Student Loans Company GCSE grades in Northern Ireland to be based on teacher predictions - Evening Standard Ofsted: coronavirus (COVID-19) rolling update - Ofsted A-levels: Three more Oxford University colleges to honour offers - BBC Exam results: Gavin Williamson poised for algorithm climbdown - Guardian The A-level fiasco shows why Boris Johnson is profoundly unfit to be Prime Minister - New Statesman College insolvency: Sites transferred to North Kent - Times Educational Supplement | TES A-level: Top private schools want teacher grades U-turn - Times Educational Supplement | TES A-level and GCSE results: Pressure mounts on ministers to solve exam crisis - BBC Northern Ireland will award GCSE students the marks their teachers gave them - HuffPost Delayed BTEC results: Students told to contact Pearson - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSE U-turn: Northern Ireland moves to teacher grades - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSE results in Northern Ireland to be based on predicted grades - City AM Ofqual adviser: ‘Schools are tearing their hair out – it’s an absolute shambles’ - Schools Week Ofqual adviser: Staff are ‘tearing their hair out – it’s an absolute shambles’ - FE Week Stormzy's Merky Foundation pledges £500,000 to fund further or higher education for young people - Mail How to use evidence when you’re time-poor - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF GCSE results day 2020: All you need to know - Times Educational Supplement | TES A levels: 20% of SFC grades lower than in other years - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofqual removes mock exam appeals policy just hours after publication - FE Week Ofqual blames government 'policy changes every 12 hours' for A-level exam chaos - Mail COVID-19 recession is having a disproportionate impact on the most vulnerable - London School of Economics | LSE Northern Ireland pupils to be awarded GCSE grades based on teacher predictions - Guardian Northern Ireland: GCSEs to be based on teacher predictions - BBC NI GCSEs students to be awarded grades predicted by teachers - Mail The UK has £10bn skills gap, so investors must back the ‘edtech’ boom - City AM Tories told to delay GCSE results amid fears pupils face same 'unfair' fate as A-levels - Mirror Boris Johnson faces calls to intervene to end A Level crisis as grades 'drop below three-year average' - Evening Standard Stormzy gives £500,000 to fund scholarships for disadvantaged students - Guardian Top Tories call on Boris Johnson to postpone GCSE marks as A-level grade confusion drags on - Mail Coronavirus: Another pupil at Bannerman High School in Glasgow tests positive for Covid-19 - Herald Scotland Northern Ireland to let teachers decide GCSE grades after A-level algorithm fiasco - Independent Future students won’t forgive universities for poor learning technology - City AM Robert Halfon: Accepting all predicted grades may be our only way out of this mess - Telegraph Soon there won't be anyone left this government hasn't blamed for its mistakes | Nesrine Malik - Guardian GCSE results could be delayed after A-Level fiasco as top Tories ‘urge Boris Johnson to postpone’ - The Sun What next for A levels and GCSEs? - HEPI Exam results: Some BTec students still do not have grades - BBC A-level bosses 'want Government to U-turn and award students predicted grades' - Mirror What can be done to help fix this year’s A level results shambles? - Wonkhe It’s time to think about scrapping A levels entirely - Wonkhe Registration isn’t working for the sector’s SMEs - Wonkhe A-level results: Colleges pledge school-leaver support - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid-19: £8m grant to support students’ mental health - Times Educational Supplement | TES Students urged to talk frankly about Covid-19 closures - Times Educational Supplement | TES A-Level exam bosses ‘want results overturned and replaced with teachers’ predicted grades’ after fury - The Sun Gavin Williamson told to ‘get a grip’ by furious Tories over A levels meltdown - The Sun A-level grades 'drop below three-year average', new analysis suggests - BBC End exam shambles, Tories tell Boris Johnson - Times A-level and GCSE results: Appeals fiasco threatens school reopenings, head teachers warn - Times A-level results: Anger boils over after regulator drops guidelines within hours - Times GCSE creator calls for delay in results to repair flawed system - Times A-level results: Grades by algorithm face legal test - Times A-level and GCSE results: Absurd solution in tatters and minister in jeopardy - Times Scotland: Sex assault allegations double at St Andrews University in six weeks - Times Scotland: Lecturers’ union UCU laments ‘fat-cat’ pay and costly overseas campuses - Times Coronavirus in Scotland: Make freshers sit exams, urges professor - Times Coronavirus in Scotland: Social gatherings blamed as another pupil tests positive - Times