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The features of effective school groups: Measuring pupil inclusion at school-group level
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Jan 31, 2022
ASCL comment on EPI proposal for schools to be assessed on pupil inclusion as well as attainment
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Jan 31, 2022
Judge schools on exclusion rates not just on pupils’ progress in exams, experts urge
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Jan 31, 2022
Judge school groups on inclusion, says EPI
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Schools should be judged on pupil inclusion – not just exams, think tank says
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Jan 31, 2022
NI College makes another bid to use transfer test results
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Jan 15, 2022
NAHT(NI) response to pre school admissions consultation July 2021
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Jul 8, 2021
New schools offer cure for medical student ‘elitism’
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Oct 10, 2020
Why colleges must be open for enrolment in January
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Oct 1, 2020
Relief and frustration for A-level students as universities decide on places
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Aug 22, 2020
Medical schools face admissions chaos after A-level climbdown
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Aug 18, 2020
Schools should consider greater flexibility over GCSE grades for sixth form
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Jul 27, 2020
Ofqual wants admissions ‘flexibility’ for students with ‘one or two lower grades’
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Jul 27, 2020
Ofqual wants admissions ‘flexibility’ for pupils with ‘one or two lower grades’
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Jul 27, 2020
Schools told to delay 11+ tests until October because of coronavirus
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Jul 24, 2020
Full-time enrolment of 14 to 16 year olds in further education and sixth-form colleges
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May 5, 2020
Fewer pupils may get first choice school place offer
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Apr 16, 2020
Competition for overseas students is going to be fierce
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Apr 12, 2020
Unconditional offers leave colleges open to criticism
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Feb 7, 2020
Unconditional offers made by colleges up by 60%
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The decline in MBA applications sparks innovation in schools
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Jan 20, 2020
Global interest to study music at the UK’s prestigious conservatoires hits new high
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Nov 14, 2019
More UTCs to recruit from year 7 as trust softens stance on entry age
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Oct 20, 2019
UK universities have run out of excuses for not switching to PQA
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Oct 19, 2019
‘Common sense’ needed on English post-qualification admissions plans
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Sep 22, 2019
More vice-chancellors with Oxbridge educations appointed
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Jun 25, 2019
Top state college tells parents: pay us £250 or we may withdraw offer
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Apr 15, 2019
Female-only college sparks backlash after saying it will admit men to boost diversity
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Mar 12, 2019
Weaker pupils removed before exams
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Mar 11, 2019
NI education: New online admissions system begins
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Oct 30, 2018
Ministers lobby for change in UTC admission age
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Oct 15, 2018
Ministers lobby for change in UTC admission age
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Oct 15, 2018
Ministers lobby for change in UTC admission age
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'Damning' report calls for overhaul of UTCs
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Oct 11, 2018
'UTCs' shortcomings are down to their design'
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Oct 11, 2018
ASCL comment on EPI’s University Technical Colleges report
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University Technical Colleges get green light for 11+ entry
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Halt UTC expansion and recruit at 16, says think tank
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Oct 11, 2018
Technical colleges accused of failure
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Oct 11, 2018
Universities are racing to recruit through clearing – but is it in the students’ interests?
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Aug 16, 2018
Call to let UTCs and studio schools select
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Aug 15, 2018
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May 31, 2018
Primary school places - not got what you wanted?
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Apr 16, 2018
Grammar school entry test ‘unfair’ for children born in summer
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Apr 4, 2018
Academy independent admission appeal panel complaints
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Mar 22, 2018
Written answer from Sam Gyimah re steps DfE is taking to improve HE & FE participation of students from under-represented areas
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Mar 16, 2018
Private schools find ‘tutor-proof’ selection test
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Jan 14, 2018
In the news: 17 November
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Nov 17, 2017
Universities to drop grade bar for poorer Scots
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Nov 12, 2017
Families flocking to Scotland’s sought after school catchment areas
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Nov 7, 2017
3 tips for primary school marketing
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Nov 5, 2017
University admissions: equal opportunity should not penalise good schools
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Nov 2, 2017
Warning over lower university entry grades for poor students
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Nov 1, 2017
We must change attitudes of less privileged pupils
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Nov 1, 2017
USA: Manhattan moms live in dread of the ultimate school selection test
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Oct 7, 2017
A council told parents their children had places at school nurseries and then retracted the offers
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Oct 4, 2017
Admissions season: What parents should really be looking for in a school
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Oct 3, 2017
Atypical age admissions letters: funding for local authorities
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Aug 18, 2017
Universities to be stopped from sidelining British students for foreign teens who can pay more
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Aug 6, 2017
Patterns and trends in UK higher education 2017
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Jul 21, 2017
DfE clarifies nursery schools & classes not limited by Published Admissions Number (PAN)
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Jul 18, 2017
Disadvantaged students face a "jungle" when applying to university
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Jun 21, 2017
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Jun 20, 2017
Pupils lack information about alternative routes through higher education, teachers warn
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Jun 20, 2017
Population bulge prompts fall in proportion of pupils receiving first choice secondary place
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Jun 13, 2017
British universities slip down world rankings as experts blame pressure to admit more disadvantaged students
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Jun 8, 2017
USA: Harvard withdraws students’ offers over memes posted in private Facebook group
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Jun 6, 2017
Theresa May’s forgotten pledge: how does the UK get more white working class boys into university?
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USA: Harvard bars students for posting 'obscene memes'
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Jun 6, 2017
USA: Harvard rescinds admissions offers over offensive memes on Facebook – report
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Jun 5, 2017
US HE: quality concerns main reason for eschewing pathways
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Jun 1, 2017
Dutch business school rocked by criticism of its links to Shell
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May 30, 2017
'Inspirational' state school teachers honoured for encouraging pupils to apply to Oxford
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May 22, 2017
Sutton Trust US programme 2017 cohort announced
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May 19, 2017
Sutton Trust US programme 2017 cohort announced
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May 19, 2017
UCU election manifesto calls for more investment in education
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May 9, 2017
Powerful picture challenges lack of black male students at Cambridge university
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May 3, 2017
Cambridge University criticised for ‘shocking’ lack of representation over photo of black students
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May 3, 2017
NCS graduates 'more likely to go to university', study claims
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May 3, 2017
Why 14 black male Cambridge students posed for this photo
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May 3, 2017
Leicester must create 2,200 school places – in just one year
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Apr 8, 2017
Denmark: cut in study places aimed at culling EU student intake
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Parents face £52,000 premium to live near an ‘outstanding’ primary school
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Free school meals is 'unreliable poverty measure'
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Apr 3, 2017
Netherlands: foreign university student total doubles in 10 years
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Mar 31, 2017
More than third of grammar schools change admissions policies to prioritise poor pupils
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Mar 31, 2017
Governors under fire for not questioning why pupils 'disappear' from school rolls
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Mar 30, 2017
This is how to get into Oxbridge - according to admissions tutors
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Mar 29, 2017
Lack of Welsh admissions to Oxbridge examined
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Mar 27, 2017
Looking fair and wide on university access
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Mar 27, 2017
If Oxbridge is the only solution, we’re asking the wrong questions
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Mar 27, 2017
Outrage at decision to widen admissions for small sixth form
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Mar 17, 2017
Oxford University can't save deprived white kids – the problems begin much earlier
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Mar 3, 2017
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Feb 7, 2017
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DfE rejected almost 90 per cent of requests to force academies to accept excluded pupils
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'Not clear' if surge in number of Americans applying to Canadian universities is Trump-related
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UCAS publishes 2016 data for individual universities
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Number of Scots in further education falls by 150,000
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Oxford University college sorry for rejection email errors
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