News archive for 10th August 2021

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Warning over A-level grade inflation as almost half of pupils get A or A* results - Mail Over-subscribed universities offer applicants cash to change colleges amid scramble for top places - Mail First Scottish pupils back at school for new term beyond level zero - BBC Even with record hauls of top A Level grades – exams must return - The Sun Private school pupils likely to ‘elbow out’ state students in scramble for university places, experts warn - Independent Uni leader warns A-level assessment may need to be reviewed as top grades awarded - Wales Online A-level grades could be scrapped to end top marks ‘free-for-all’ - Telegraph Scottish exams 2021: SQA accused of 'casting doubt' over results after rapid rise in proportion of A grade results - Scotsman The Guardian view on record A-level results: a triumph over adversity - Guardian ‘You didn’t have much support’: A-level students share their experiences - Guardian Gavin Williamson's 'Prizes For Everyone' exam system has made a mockery of our children's efforts - Telegraph A-level results: Will exams ever return in full? - Independent How A-level top grades reached a record high in UK - Financial Times After record A-level results, government must manage next year’s hangover - Guardian Record A-level results create problems for the future - Financial Times Private schools in England give pupils top grades in 70% of A-level entries - Guardian SQA results day 2021: by the numbers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Results day 2021: What has it been like on the ground? - Times Educational Supplement | TES A levels 2021: The subjects with biggest rise in A/A*s - Times Educational Supplement | TES Is status more important than earning potential for today’s A-level students? - New Statesman Alice Thomson: Ignore the doubters, go to university if you can - The Times Gavin Williamson wants student fees cut at universities not returning to face-to-face teaching - PoliticsHome Unconscious bias could have widened A-level attainment gap between black and white pupils - PoliticsHome New Covid isolation rules will continue to cause disruption when schools return - PoliticsHome A-level results 2021: Attainment gap widens for disadvantaged pupils and black students - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Students celebrate record A-level grades after torrid year across UK - Financial Times SLC offers support to students receiving exam results - Student Loans Company Guide to the 2021 Level 3 qualification results for VTQs in England - Ofqual Record number of students accepted into their first choice of university - UCAS Record numbers of students take up university places - DfE Guide to AS and A level results for England, 2021 - Ofqual A-Level results 2021: The main trends in grades and entries - FFT Education Datalab A level and vocational results day 2021 - AoC comment - AoC | Association of Colleges UK: non-EU UCAS applications up 56%, EU down 9% - PIE News The Sutton Trust comment on Results Day 2021 - Sutton Trust Another omnishambles? Inequality and A-level results in 2021 - Sutton Trust East London state school gets more pupils to Oxbridge than Eton - Mail Results may have arrived – but reform has only just begun - FE Week A levels: record number win place at first-choice university - Times Higher Education | THE Minister ‘goading v-cs to ignore health fears’ with fees warning - Times Higher Education | THE Elite UK universities take lion’s share of bump in recruitment - Times Higher Education | THE Scottish exams 2021: Another year, another failure to tackle the attainment gap - Scotsman The Covid class divide: How more than 70% of teacher-assessed A-levels were marked A or A* at private schools - Mail Planning without a map - UKEdChat British Council statement on modern foreign languages A-level results - British Council Analysis: A Level Results 2021 - EPI A History of Employer Engagement: Plus ça Change, Plus C'est La Même Chose? - Edge Foundation Who goes to school in the summer holidays? - Teacher Tapp Impact of ESOL on refugees’ education and employment explored in new partnerships - Bell Foundation A Levels & Highers – well done & good luck - GSA Universities welcome record numbers of students - Universities UK CBI responds to A-Level results day - CBI CBI Scotland responds to SQA results day - CBI CBI Wales responds to A and AS level results day - CBI A-level data shows record grades and biggest gender gap in a decade - Guardian Gavin Williamson should reflect on own failures before criticising university staff - UCU Bumper exam results must lead to pay rise - UCU NASUWT comments on A-level results - NASUWT NASUWT comments on Scottish results - NASUWT ASCL comment on A level results - ASCL ASCL Northern Ireland comment on A level results - ASCL ASCL Cymru comment on A level results - ASCL Results Day 2021 - Sixth Form Colleges Assocation | SFCA SFCA congratulates students on 2021 results - Sixth Form Colleges Assocation | SFCA Vocational and Technical Qualifications - National Education Union A-Level Results - National Education Union NFER statement on A-level results - NFER A level results and university entry 2021 - Wonkhe A-level results, analysis and reaction in Wales as record number of students get top grades - Wales Online NERC researchers contribute to key UN climate change report - UKRI A-level results day 2021 - Russell Group Universities’ role in meeting Sustainable Development Goals during a crisis - HEPI Year 13 results: 'Pupils deserve to move forward with confidence in the grades they have achieved' - Independent Schools Council | ISC A levels 2021: Williamson 'can't remember' own grades - Times Educational Supplement | TES SQA exams reform: 'rushed policy is bad policy' - Times Educational Supplement | TES A levels 2021: 'Disproportionate' Covid impact in North - Times Educational Supplement | TES CBI responds to Btec results day - CBI A-levels: This year the usual rules don't apply - BBC Scotland exams 2021: Covid blamed for widening of attainment gap between poorest and richest students - Scotsman A-Levels 2021: Students should celebrate — but some will struggle - Evening Standard ‘We’ve had to adapt’: A-level students react to record-breaking results - Guardian School results in Scotland dip slightly after year of disruption - Guardian Students at London state school secure more Oxbridge places than Eton - Telegraph A-level results 2021: Which subjects saw the biggest rise in top grades? - Schools Week Btecs 2021: How they were graded this year - Times Educational Supplement | TES A-level results 2021 podcast: What next for schools? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Top A-level grades soar at private schools in widening divide with state students - Independent Predicted A-level system disadvantages Black students, experts warn - Independent Scotland exams 2021: SQA boss faces fresh calls to resign amid exams shambles - Scotsman 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: Students 'should be proud' - Times Educational Supplement | TES SQA results day 2021: Attainment gap wider than in 2020 - Times Educational Supplement | TES Medical schools in England offering new students £10,000 to study elsewhere - Guardian Top A-level grades surge at private schools as gap widens for Black and poorer pupils - Mirror A levels 2021: Girls outperform boys for top grades - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid Cohort: How do A-level students feel about results day 2021? - New Statesman A-Level results: Top grades nearly double in 2 years since exams ditched as 45% get A* or A - The Sun A levels 2021: A*s rise by 3x more at private schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES A levels 2021: International results mix exams and TAGs - Times Educational Supplement | TES A-grade passes hit record high on SQA results day 2021 - Times Educational Supplement | TES In charts: The A-level subjects that saw the most and least grade inflation - Telegraph A-level results 2021: What’s behind the north-south divide? - Schools Week Universities can have 'full confidence' in Scottish results, claim exam heads - Telegraph GCSE and A level exams will be different again next year, says Wales' education minister Jeremy Miles - Wales Online A-level results 2021: Attainment gap widens for black and poorer pupils - Schools Week A level results: Self-assessment chaos could last another year as Covid threatens 2022 exams - The Sun A-level results will be fair despite no exams, says Boris Johnson - Express How did Ofqual verify this year's A-level results? - BBC Call for more teens to combine higher education with work as 'too many go to uni' - Express Results Day 2021: When do GCSE results come out? - Metro SQA boss should 'step aside' following this year's results, say LibDems - Herald Scotland A levels 2021: Rising disadvantage gap for poor pupils - Times Educational Supplement | TES Results day 2021: Celebrating the day lives get changed - Times Educational Supplement | TES The proposed changes to 2022 GCSE and A-level exams, explained - Telegraph A levels 2021: Record rate of A*s and As awarded in Wales as top grades almost double from before Covid - Wales Online Plans for exams in 2022 explained - from study aids to advance notice of topics - Mirror 'You didn't plan properly!' Williamson shamed as A Level students admit fears of future - Express School results in Scotland dip slightly after year of disruption - Guardian SQA Results: Attainment gap between rich and poor Scottish pupils grows - Herald Scotland The Irish language can give us all a sense of home – if we save it from sectarianism - Guardian A-Level 2021: London teens score best results in the country as grades reach record highs - Evening Standard Record results for 'Class of Covid' with four times as many students getting three A*s compared to 2019 - Mail Boris Johnson congratulates A-level students after a 'difficult year' - Mail A-level results day: Record numbers of students get A grades or higher - Independent A-level results hit all-time high in lockdown - with 45% of grades at A or A* - Mirror A-level results 2021: Top grades reach record high - BBC Pass rate falls slightly as Scottish pupils receive results - BBC SQA results day 2021: Pass rates drop across the board - Times Educational Supplement | TES London state school is sending 55 students to Oxbridge – more than Eton College - Metro Universities refusing to give in-person lectures should slash ‘rip-off’ £9k-a-year fees, Gavin Williamson says - The Sun Gavin Williamson hints he may back calls for refunds on tuition fees - Guardian Nearly 45% of A-level entries across UK awarded top grades - Guardian Universities not teaching in person shouldn’t charge full fees, says Education Secretary - Evening Standard SQA results: Drop in pass rates for Scottish pupils amid Covid disruption - Herald Scotland Scotland exams 2021: Results fall overall from last year - Scotsman A-levels 2021: How is results day in Wales different this year - BBC Highers and Nat 5s: Four things to look out for on results day - BBC Universities UK: 'No case to lower university fees' (video) - BBC A-levels 2021 in Wales: Grades above pre-Covid levels - BBC A-levels 2021: How do I appeal my results? - BBC A-level results: Record rate of top grades for NI students - BBC Universities that refuse to offer face-to-face learning should not charge full £9,250 fees, says Gavin Williamson - Mail Results day 2021: Results should lead to better pay - Times Educational Supplement | TES Williamson: 'We expect students to be getting better grades' (video) - BBC Record 45% of A-level entries awarded top grades - Financial Times A levels 2021: Results at a glance - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSEs and A levels 2021: A guide to appealing grades - Times Educational Supplement | TES A-level results hit all-time high as 45% of grades are A or A* - Metro Results day 2021: 230,000 get level 3 Btec results - Times Educational Supplement | TES Results day 2021: No evidence of teacher bias in VTQs - Times Educational Supplement | TES A level 2021: Under 1% teacher grades changed by boards - Times Educational Supplement | TES A-level results 2021: A-grades awarded in almost half of exams - The Times A-level results 2021: Top grades rise to 44% in record-breaking year - Schools Week A-level results 2021: Private schools see bigger jump in top grades - Schools Week A-level results 2021: 6 key trends in England’s data - Schools Week A-level results 2021: Less than 1% of teacher grades changed - Schools Week Gavin Williamson defends A-level grade inflation and says teacher-assessments could continue next year - Mail Almost half of all A-level results awarded A or A* as grade inflation reaches record high - Telegraph Nicola Woolcock: An A-level year like no other which poses big questions for the future - The Times A-level results 2021: Top grades rise to 44% in record-breaking year - FE Week Can I resit my A-levels in 2021? Everything you need to know on Results Day - Mirror Can you appeal A-Level results? What to do if you didn’t get the grades you wanted - Express Gavin Williamson says universities offering online lectures should slash fees - Metro Results Day 2021: Can you resit A-levels and does it look bad to universities? - Metro Today more than 230,000 Level 3 BTEC students receive their grades - Pearson A-Level results day 2021 explained: From grades and Clearing to how to appeal - The Sun SQA Results Day: Scottish exam results to be released - Herald Scotland ‘Worst nightmare come true’: Students on life since being caught up in the 2020 A-level fiasco - Independent ISC praises efforts of pupils and teachers ahead of the publication of A-level results - Independent Schools Council | ISC Q&A: A-level results day in Northern Ireland - BBC Universities failing to offer in-person classes should not charge £9,250 fees, says top Tory - Mirror How to appeal A-level teacher-assessed grades if you're not happy on Results Day 2021 - Mirror Half of A-level pupils ‘awarded A-grades’ as thousands set to get results - Metro How have GCSE and A-level exam results been decided? - Metro How to appeal your A-Level and GCSE results if you didn’t get the grades you hoped for - Metro SQA results day: Demands for SNP ministerial apology as final grades published - Herald Scotland SQA results for high school pupils in Scotland will be released today after second year of covid disruption - Scotsman When do schools go back in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland? - Metro It's A-level results day. Here's why students aren't celebrating - HuffPost University access fears as application rejection rate jumps - Herald Scotland A levels 2021: Third of teachers fear excess appeals - Times Educational Supplement | TES Three things to remember about the applicants of 2021 - Wonkhe Scottish exams 2021: Warnings around results' impact on pupil mental health - Scotsman Education secretary accused of 'secret meetings' with SQA on eve of exam results - Scotsman SNP ministers to have shield of deniability over second exams scandal - Scotsman Almost half of teacher-assessed A Levels awarded today will be grade As - Mail Universities will give poorer pupils priority - Mail High grades expected as A-level results revealed - BBC How to survive the stress of A-Level results day even if you don’t get grades you want - The Sun Average classroom master’s fee jumps £1,200 for UK students - Times Higher Education | THE Govt slammed as GCSE and A Level students tell of 'suffering' after exams - Mirror Almost 150,000 A-level students in scramble for university places - Guardian Clearing 2021: Russell Group universities cut courses - The Times Scotland: Call to focus on skills not exam results - The Times Don‘t diss this year’s A-level results: predicted grades have many virtues - Times Higher Education | THE