News archive for 8th August 2021

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Number of school kids in overcrowded classes has surged by 150,000 under Tory rule - Mirror Soaring numbers of pupils taught in ‘supersized’ classes - Independent Middle class students will have upper hand in exam appeals system - Telegraph Exam results expected to be 'substantially higher' than normal this year - Wales Online SQA results 2021: Don't scrap exams in push for change - Times Educational Supplement | TES Leading UK universities have refused to end online learning when autumn term starts - Mail All the problems facing people running exams after there have been none for two years - Wales Online SQA results 2021: What now after most stressful year? - Times Educational Supplement | TES What the outdoors can teach us about the classroom - Times Educational Supplement | TES Making the difference - UKEdChat Can Ofqual recover? - HEPI The difference between ‘needing’ and ‘wanting’ - Teacher Toolkit Why public schoolboys like me and Boris Johnson aren’t fit to run our country - Observer The expectation of 45 days work placement for T Levels is unrealistic - FE Week Preventing student cheating will require more than AI or legislation - Times Higher Education | THE Calls for government apology to young people as results day looms - Scotsman Universities refuse to end online lessons - Sunday Times Why go to university in 2021? - Sunday Times Catholic primary school sought terrorism advice over girl, 6, who wore hijab - Sunday Times Universities have no excuse — full service must resume - Sunday Times Andy Bird tears up the Pearson textbook - Sunday Times Grade inflation is selling our children short — their A will stand for airhead - Sunday Times Head of UCAS explains how clearing and adjustment works - Sunday Times Scotland: Benefits of smaller classes called into doubt by study - Sunday Times Exams 2021: Will Covid grades be taken seriously? - BBC