News archive for 22nd August 2020

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Strict new rules devised by heads to keep schools safe when all pupils return - Mirror Ofqual threatened with legal action over exams contract awarded to company with links to Gove and Cummings - Independent Why education needs to throw off the shackles of data - Times Educational Supplement | TES Students demand education secretary's resignation as protests continue over exams chaos - Independent Shortage of 6,000 public buses puts UK’s school return at risk - Guardian University World News 22/08/2020 - University World News Relief and frustration for A-level students as universities decide on places - Guardian Edinburgh school announces compulsory face coverings for all pupils and staff - Scotsman How am I going to meet anyone? Student societies and clubs race to go digital - Guardian How to avoid an exams fiasco? Trust teachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES School reopening boycott: Left-wing teaching union threaten walkout over Covid safety - Express School reopening boycott: Left-wing teaching union threaten walkout over Covid safety - Express It's never too early to think about jobs: how students can get a foot in the door - Guardian Be warned, Mr Williamson – students won't forget this - Times Educational Supplement | TES How might Ofqual have avoided this turmoil? - HEPI A-level students, I promise you - there is more to life than this | Candice Carty-Williams - Guardian Nest egg that will help dance student Freya step up to adult life - Guardian UK universities' promise of in-person teaching is risking academics' health | Steven Fielding - Guardian What are the best student laptops for every budget? - Guardian Letter from Roger Taylor to Royal Statistical Society: 21 August 2020 - Ofqual GCSE resits: 5 steps to get pupils ready - Times Educational Supplement | TES SQA told to draw up plans to 'rebuild trust' as concerns remain over appeals - Herald Scotland Poorer children's education could take over a year to recover - BBC