News archive for 5th August 2021

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Ministers must stop obsession with exams, says former Government catch-up tsar - Mail Universities turn to entrance exams because they can 'no longer rely on grades' - Mirror When do Scottish exam results come out? - Scotsman Covid: 16 and 17-year-olds in Wales could get jab before term starts - BBC Essay mills could be used to launch cyber attacks on universities, experts warn - Telegraph School exam grades in England: how the system will work this year - Guardian Grade inflation forces ministers to pay for extra medical school places - Guardian NUS calls on government for aid as international students face quarantine hotel price hike - Herald Scotland Warning over growing special needs postcode funding gap - Times Educational Supplement | TES Behind the scenes at the UK's biggest college group - Times Educational Supplement | TES When can Primary 4 and 5 pupils in Scotland receive free lunches? - Herald Scotland Private schools are set to take the lion's share of top A-Level grades this year - Mail Nine principles to empower workers with the skills they need for the future of work - Nesta Extra places on medical and dentistry courses for 2021 - DfE GCSE and A-level grades will be fair but higher than normal, says London head - Evening Standard Education and Skills Funding Agency review to ensure continued effectiveness - Education & Skills Funding Agency Survey findings of the impact of COVID-19 on researchers - UKRI Teenagers with underlying health conditions praise vaccine roll-out for young people - CYPN | Children & Young People Now EYA alerts regulator over DfE ‘refusal’ to release funding information - CYPN | Children & Young People Now ‘Avalanche’ of government guidance held schools back in first Covid wave - IOE London Blog Covid-19: how youth unemployment is taking on worrying new patterns - IOE London Blog Universities urged to be vigilant over essay mill hacking risk - Jisc We can’t be Global Britain without EU staff and students - Wonkhe Funding for £1 million education programme for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children announced - NAHT COVID-19 apprenticeship measures to run to end of 2021 - IfATE What works for adult online learning: An evaluation of the CareerTech Challenge - Learning & Work Institute Upskilling and retraining. How do we motivate workers in a constantly changing labour market? - Learning & Work Institute Government: ESFA to face independent review - Times Educational Supplement | TES Independent review to check ESFA ‘remains effective’ - Schools Week Independent review to check ESFA ‘remains effective’ - FE Week GCSE results 2021: When do results come out? - BBC Covid: Are universities going to be in-person this year? - Herald Scotland No plans to vaccinate 16 and 17 year-olds in schools as headteachers warn they must not be asked to promote it - Wales Online SNP and SQA's pitiful attempt to fix Scotland's exam mess is astonishing - Herald Scotland NSPCC school sex abuse line receives more than 600 calls since being set up four months ago - Evening Standard Magazine podcast: Less is more, stories, creative maths - Times Educational Supplement | TES Durham University failing on bullying, staff say - Guardian Remote apprenticeship assessment to be made permanent option - FE Week GCSEs 2021: The 9-1 grading system explained - BBC Apprenticeship provider register to open to all new applicants later this month - FE Week GCSE and A-level results 2021: What is grade inflation? - Times Educational Supplement | TES ASCL comment on new UCAS research on post-18 plans - ASCL New UCAS research shows strong demand for apprenticeships from students keen to keep learning in the autumn - UCAS What is the student voice? 13 essays on how to listen to students and how to act on what they say - HEPI SQA results day 2021: how we got here - Times Educational Supplement | TES 2021 NTFS and CATE winners honoured with teaching excellence awards - Advance HE ‘Therapy culture’ in schools making young adults too sensitive - Telegraph Universities to improve external examining systems - Universities UK Schools faced ‘avalanche’ of confusing Covid advice, with 200 updates in three months - Telegraph DfE swamped teachers with new rules at Covid outbreak, study finds - Guardian New HEPI report considers when and how universities and policymakers should listen to students - HEPI External examiners are in the last chance saloon - Wonkhe Ucas: Half of school leavers considering apprenticeship - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid: 'Avalanche' of DfE updates 'impeded' schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Hackers target private computer systems of six Isle of Wight schools in server-crippling 'ransomware' attack - Mail DfE tried to avoid ‘bringing attention’ to face mask guidance error despite confusion - Schools Week Avalanche of shifting Government guidance severely impeded schools, heads say - Mail Universities ‘must win value argument’ as lectures stay online - Times Higher Education | THE UK universities seek to improve external examining standards - Times Higher Education | THE Picking fights with students ‘deflection strategy’ for ministers - Times Higher Education | THE Cautious optimism worst of Covid finally over as jab programme expands to teens - Mirror School leavers turn to university due to job fears amid the pandemic - Mail Private schools poised to widen lead over state pupils at A-level - The Times UK approves Pfizer vaccine for over-16s and younger children may follow - The Times Scotland: Teachers ordered to promote ‘social justice’ - The Times Covid in Scotland: Over-12s will be jabbed at school or as parents get boosters - The Times Ireland: Children need arts classes open to protect mental health, teachers say - The Times Now all over-12s are likely to be offered Covid jabs, say scientific advisers - Mail