News archive for 14th August 2021

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Education union says GCSE exams 'no longer fit for purpose' and should be scrapped - Mirror Confessions of a private-school teacher: the kids are all right but the parents have been a total nightmare - The Times The Government are determined to cling onto one miserable aspect of school - exams - Mirror A* surge creates financial headaches for universities - Telegraph Elite UK universities send students out of town as housing squeeze bites - Observer How senior leaders like me are often curriculum chocolate teapots - JohnTomsett Learning STEM-ing from the Buzz - UKEdChat FE Chatter: Results week special 2021 - Times Educational Supplement | TES Building ‘layers of knowledge’ – what makes a great history education? - Ofsted We must remember this year – even if we'd rather forget - Times Educational Supplement | TES UK universities open vaccination centres on campus to encourage student uptake - Guardian GCSE and A level results 2021: What did teachers learn? - Times Educational Supplement | TES English schools turn to AI to help students catch up after Covid - Financial Times Exam grades could be fixed at 2020 levels over the next few years for 'fairness' - Mail University deferrals hit 16,800: Highest level in nearly 10 years amid record GCSE results - Mail Covid vaccine: Parents upset at jabs wait for high-risk children - BBC Pupils face new personal statements for university - The Times Ireland: 60 teachers forced to take leave after ‘non-deliberate’ assaults at schools - The Times Covid in Scotland: Pupils to be given ‘less invasive’ lateral flow tests - The Times