News archive for 9th August 2021

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Covid in Scotland: Results day despite cancelled exams - BBC 'Are degrees worth it?' Professor demands more vocational options as 'UK too academic' - Express Gavin Williamson: Students ‘deserve’ top A-level grades - Telegraph A-level results week is no time to lecture our neglected children, minister - Telegraph Gavin Williamson: Let’s celebrate students and teachers, and worry about a return to formal exams later - Telegraph Scotland’s teenagers warned to expect ‘chaotic and unfair’ results day - Telegraph Rachel De Souza: Let's celebrate children's achievements - not scrabble for debates about systems - Telegraph Sturgeon urged to apologise after failing Scottish pupils for second year - Express Exams 2021: How will teacher assessed grades for GCSEs and A-levels work and how do I appeal my grades? - Evening Standard Results day 2021: More apprenticeships needed - Times Educational Supplement | TES The pandemic cost pupils more than grades - Financial Times A-level results 2021: The 4 things to watch out for this week - Schools Week Figures reveal young people who swap college for work are better off as students are urged to consider ditching degrees - Mail FE Hero: 'Communities of colleges come together' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Latest information and updates from the Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) - NAHT Latest updates and information from Ofqual - NAHT ASCL pays tribute to students and teachers ahead of A-level results day - ASCL ASCL Cymru pays tribute to students and learners ahead of A-level results day - ASCL The grand designs of diversity and inclusion - AoC | Association of Colleges A-level Results Day 2021 and Vocational Results Day 2021 - sector reaction - FE News Teachers have ‘earned country’s trust and admiration’, says Williamson - FE Week Scottish exams 2021: Early results make case for retention of traditional tests, claim Scottish Tories - Scotsman Teacher-assessed A-levels are 'much more accurate' than cancelled exams and students will get 'fair' results - Mail UK funds ‘as it happens’ research publishing platform - Times Higher Education | THE Education Secretary congratulates students on A level results day - DfE Russell Group comment on plans for autumn term teaching - Russell Group A-Level results 2021: Five things to look out for - FFT Education Datalab SQA results day 2021 follows a year like no other - Times Educational Supplement | TES Where to get your news on SQA results day 2021 - Times Educational Supplement | TES Chief Executive David Hughes writes to Tes Chairman, Jo Johnson in response to the decision to scrap FE coverage - AoC | Association of Colleges Longfield to lead independent commission on gangs and criminal exploitation - CYPN | Children & Young People Now A-level results 2021: What the Ucas data can tell us - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSE and A-level appeals 2021: Your questions answered - Schools Week Ofqual chief criticised over ’embarrassing’ claim teacher grades ‘more accurate’ than exams - Schools Week 'Educating Yorkshire' headteacher praises way pupils adapted to pandemic - Express SQA results 2021: Are exams best guarantee of fairness? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Results day 2021: We need to celebrate achievement - Times Educational Supplement | TES £50m funding announced for new teacher recruitment in Scotland - BBC Teachers have ‘earned country’s trust and admiration’, says Williamson - Schools Week GCSE grade boundaries for 2021 explained - Express SQA results 2021: Don't scrap exams in push for change - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSEs 2021: Appeals 'will help well-heeled pupils' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ahead of results, let’s remember how hard everyone’s worked - FE Week Search begins for sixth Hull College leader in two years - FE Week Ahead of results, let’s remember how hard everyone’s worked - Schools Week Too many young people going to university, says education charity chief - Independent We need to stop telling students that their grades are meaningless – they've worked hard for them - Telegraph Scotland: Government announces funding for 1,000 new teachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Furious uni students call for tuition fee reimbursement as courses remain online - Express Careers support for young people: second coming – exam results and beyond - FE News Exams 2021: Why the IB's MYP could inspire GCSE reform - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSEs 2021: TAGs 'more accurate' than exams says Ofqual - Times Educational Supplement | TES Will Scotland go back to traditional school exams? - BBC A-Level grade boundaries for 2021 explained after exams cancelled for second year - Express 5 key ingredients for a successful Ed tech rollout - UKEdChat Pupils can feel satisfied their exam results are fair - Ofqual chief - Mail Why highly selective universities need to demystify admissions for student applicants - HEPI 'Students have worked very hard’: headteacher rejects grade inflation fears - Guardian Spike in students calling ChildLine about exam stress, report reveals - Guardian Scotland: Alternative certification was best solution - Herald Scotland Results Day 2021: Alternative certification 'should be kept' - Herald Scotland GCSE and A levels 2021: How teachers got to results day - Times Educational Supplement | TES Exams still the best guarantee of fairness, expert group says - Scotsman Scottish Government announces £50 million fund to recruit 1,000 teachers - Scotsman In higher education, we need to know what full looks like - Wonkhe Narrowing of awarding gaps is down to changes to assessment practice, not no detriment - Wonkhe A-level results: Students have been treated fairly - watchdog - BBC High number of people enrolling on university courses will cause 'astronomical' debts - Mail Apprenticeship funding rules are still proving a challenge, but why? - FE News Former Harrow head warns that male pupils need tests to inspire them because they are 'afraid' of exams - Mail How A Level and GCSE results are calculated (video) - BBC Exams remain 'best way' to guarantee standards, experts say - BBC Work-shy university lecturers ordered back to class as students face more online learning - The Sun Thousands of children being taught in ‘super-sized’ classes leaving them struggling to catch up with peers - The Sun Middle classes urged to consider an apprenticeship after A-levels - The Times Don’t blame teachers for grade inflation, says National Education Union - The Times County lines: Off-grid children ‘at risk from drug gangs’ - The Times Scotland: Confidence booms after assessment replaces exams, says lecturer - The Times Magnus Linklater: Our universities are stuck in a Covid inertia - The Times Exams fail the test for teaching a fulfilling career - The Times Ireland: Deprived families risk losing out under new national childcare scheme - The Times