News archive for 6th August 2021

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Law firm accused of cashing in on exam chaos with ‘immoral’ £3,000 appeals service - Telegraph Steve Besley's Education Eye: week ending 06 August 2021 - Education Eye Delayed 2020 grading fiasco data finally to be released by Ofqual - Schools Week Still no date for national music plan, but another expert panel - Schools Week To boldly go in a different direction - UKEdChat Panel of experts to shape future of music education - DfE 40,000 students to study across the world with new Turing Scheme - DfE 2020 grade data-sharing agreement reached - Ofqual 2021 to 22 exams arrangements for VTQs confirmed after consultation - Ofqual Exams appeals 2021: How to run a centre review - Times Educational Supplement | TES UKRI announces new Open Access Policy - UKRI Funding agreed for a platform that will change research culture - UKRI UKRI open access policy mandates free-to-read monographs - Times Higher Education | THE Fund colleges ‘in-year’ to avoid damaging the prospects of growing number of students - AoC | Association of Colleges Funding agreed to develop platform that will change research culture - Jisc UCAS Clearing : why could it be so hard to get a place at university this year - Wales Online Medical students told they can defer a year despite funding for extra places - Mail Hire more teachers to boost music in schools, DfE told - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofqual confirms vocational and technical qualification exam arrangements for 2021-22 - Schools Week Ofqual confirms vocational and technical qualification exam arrangements for 2021/22 - FE Week GCSE and A-level grades will be fair but higher than normal, says London head - Evening Standard GCSE and A Level results: Appeals legal bid 'immoral' - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSE and A level results: 'Don't blame hero teachers' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Exam results 2021: What you need to know about Ofqual appeals - Schools Week Nurseries included on wages ‘naming and shaming’ list - Nursery World Colleges need guaranteed funding for significant surge in student enrolments, says AoC - FE Week Coronavirus: Teaching assistants worried about inadequate ventilation in schools - Nursery World EU humiliated as French MEP admits UK's Turing scheme could surpass Erasmus - Express How to appeal exam results in Wales and why it’s different to England - Wales Online Meet the women leading the green skills revolution - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSEs and A levels 2021: A guide to appealing grades - Times Educational Supplement | TES EEF commissioned evaluations of Read Write Inc. Phonics and Fresh Start - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF The Times view on GCSE and A-level grades: Points at Issue - The Times Thousands of extra learners need funding support – AoC - Times Educational Supplement | TES RSC adviser roles thrown open to CEOs, with elections set for September - Schools Week GCSE and A levels 2021: How Ofqual will review appeals - Times Educational Supplement | TES A-levels 2021: Key dates and information about clearing - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Stop exam obsession' says former catch-up tsar - Times Educational Supplement | TES Universities may introduce entrance exams over fears of inflated A-level grades - Metro Childnet International: ensuring that all children are educated about online safety - NAHT Advice I wish I could give to my younger self - Careers & Enterprise Company Listening to higher education communities about mental health - HEPI National Teaching Fellowship for ARU academic - Cambridge Network 87% of teachers lacked GCSE and A-level grade aid - Times Educational Supplement | TES UK universities brace for squeeze on places ahead of A-level results - Financial Times A-levels: Bumper year for top grades predicted - BBC Universities must warn students of essay mill scams ahead of September - Wonkhe Only way you'll get to Oxford is on a bus - BBC A levels 2021: Higher grades could become 'new norm' - Times Educational Supplement | TES UK universities brace for ‘significant’ A-level grade inflation - Times Higher Education | THE Inflated A-level grades may force universities to set entrance tests - The Times Emma Duncan: The education arms race is out of control - The Times Sturgeon adviser calls for every Scottish child to be vaccinated - The Times Universities expand entrance exams as Vice-Chancellors say pandemic A level grades are no longer objective - Mail