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Does taking A-Level maths improve your grades in physics and computer science?
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Education outcomes
May 13, 2022
Do disadvantaged students choose different subjects from their peers at Key Stage 5?
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Apr 1, 2022
A spotlight on Design and Technology study in England
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Mar 23, 2022
ASCL comment on EPI report into declining design and technology take-up in schools
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Mar 23, 2022
Low take-up of design and technology threatens the government’s ambitions
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Mar 23, 2022
Design and technology take-up has halved in a decade
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Mar 23, 2022
GCSEs: Design and technology take-up halves in a decade
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Mar 23, 2022
EBacc to blame for decline in design and technology, say headteachers
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Mar 23, 2022
I wish FE offered a broader range of subjects to study
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Jan 16, 2022
How does A-Level subject choice vary around the country?
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Jan 12, 2022
Language GCSEs: Under 100 'to take French, German in Wales by 2030'
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Dec 9, 2021
Why aren’t students choosing to study English and the arts at A-Level? (Part one)
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Oct 5, 2021
Why aren’t students choosing to study English and the arts at A-Level? (Part two)
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Oct 5, 2021
A call for maths, humanities and a foreign language to be mandatory at A-Level
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Oct 4, 2021
Gender differences in subject choice leads to gender pay gap immediately after graduation
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Oct 4, 2021
Calls for A-Level maths, humanities and a foreign language to be mandatory
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Oct 4, 2021
Should some subject areas be compulsory for A-Level students? The debate rages on
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Sep 27, 2021
A-level pupils should be required to study humanities subject, maths and foreign language, report suggests
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Sep 23, 2021
Maths, humanities and foreign languages should be compulsory for A-level pupils, report claims
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Sep 23, 2021
Narrowing A level choices put students’ futures at risk
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Sep 19, 2021
Which A-Level subjects have the best (and worst) gender balance?
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Sep 17, 2021
‘Exceedingly narrow’: A-level subject choices reducing students’ career opportunities, report warns
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Sep 14, 2021
A narrowing path to success? 16-19 curriculum breadth and employment outcomes
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Sep 14, 2021
ASCL responds to EPI warning of declining diversity in A level choices
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Sep 14, 2021
NEU comment on EPI report on narrowing diversity in A levels
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Sep 14, 2021
Drop in A-levels diversity, and 4 more EPI findings
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Sep 14, 2021
Drop in A-levels diversity, and 4 more EPI findings
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Sep 14, 2021
Headteachers condemn 'disastrous' AS level downgrade
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Sep 14, 2021
Government reforms and funding cuts led to narrower subject choices at A-level
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Sep 14, 2021
Why Scottish pupils' disinterest in thriving sector doesn't compute
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Aug 18, 2021
Too many pupils get just two years of MFL at key stage 3, Ofsted warns
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Jun 8, 2021
Ofsted: Brexit ‘insecurity’ and lack of CPD pose languages ‘challenges’
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Jun 7, 2021
‘Disappointing’ number of primaries ‘barely out of the starting block’ on languages, Ofsted finds
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May 4, 2021
Want to increase the take-up of STEM studies? Use carrots and flexibility, and target female students!
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Apr 30, 2021
Model curriculum has potential to reverse decline in GCSE music take-up
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Apr 5, 2021
What are the most popular subject combinations at A-Level?
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Mar 2, 2021
Languages decline sees numbers drop to zero at UK universities
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Feb 24, 2021
Gibb: ‘Challenge’ schools with low EBacc entries to address ‘unequal opportunities’
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Feb 9, 2021
No wonder fewer students want arts degrees when Lefty lecturers make them such a waste of time
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Feb 5, 2021
Britain risks becoming a 'monolingual society' after Brexit, headteachers warn amid steep decline in modern language degrees
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Feb 4, 2021
ASCL comment on students turning to technology courses at university
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Feb 4, 2021
Number of students accepted on to language degrees drops by more than third
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Feb 4, 2021
University students ditch arts degrees and opt for medicine
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Feb 4, 2021
Scotland: Hundreds more pupils take up the Scots language
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Jan 26, 2021
Number of music pupils drops for third year in a row
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Dec 10, 2020
Applying behavioural insights to increase female students’ uptake of STEM subjects at A level
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Nov 26, 2020
Royal Geographical Society report
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Sep 7, 2020
A levels: Boys shun English as girls avoid physics
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Sep 1, 2020
The Guardian view on poetry in schools: don't let it go
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Aug 7, 2020
Making poetry optional in GCSE English literature is out of tune with the times
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Aug 5, 2020
Pupils who avoid poetry will lose out in the long run
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Aug 5, 2020
Coronavirus: GCSE students allowed to drop poetry in 2021 exams
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Aug 4, 2020
Ofsted gives schools green light to cut back curriculum but warns this should not be out of 'convenience'
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Jul 6, 2020
Spielman: Dropping a GCSE 'may make sense' for some
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Jul 6, 2020
School subjects may be retaught, dropped or narrowed in England
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Jul 2, 2020
Dropping GCSEs only for ‘exceptional circumstances’, leaked DfE guidance states
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Jun 30, 2020
Research finds when it comes to earning it’s what you study at college… not where
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Jun 25, 2020
How FE choices affect earnings and academic achievement
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Jun 23, 2020
FE outcomes more affected by subject than college
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Jun 23, 2020
GCSE entries: Stats, citizenship and Spanish up, PE, media and engineering down
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Jun 11, 2020
Learning foreign languages in primary schools
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Mar 3, 2020
Secondaries failing to deliver ‘right’ to languages
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Feb 20, 2020
EBacc take-up varies massively across England, figures show
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Feb 6, 2020
EBacc entry rate reaches peak of 40%
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Feb 6, 2020
Narrowing the curriculum: What subjects do disadvantaged pupils take?
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Jan 30, 2020
Narrowing the curriculum: How widespread are mass entry policies?
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Jan 30, 2020
Boys studying modern foreign languages at GCSE in schools in England
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Jan 27, 2020
Gender gap in foreign languages - EPI report
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Jan 27, 2020
Testing Dementors are sucking the joy from English GCSE
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Dec 20, 2019
Are disadvantaged pupils really offered fewer subjects?
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Dec 13, 2019
Number of students taking English A-levels has slumped because they are put off by a 'dull' GCSE cours
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Dec 10, 2019
Geography 'suits posh pupils struggling with three Rs'
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Nov 27, 2019
Geography seen as ‘soft option’ by ‘posh’ students, warns Dorling
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Nov 27, 2019
Our schools are free of narrow EBacc, says private head
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Nov 18, 2019
Subject snobbery and cap on class choices mean testing time for third years
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Nov 17, 2019
Teenagers shouldn't be lured into studying maths and science A-levels just for high-paying jobs
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Nov 7, 2019
Nicola Sturgeon accused of 'mantra of denial' over decline of subject choice in schools
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Nov 7, 2019
More people than ever want to be a doctor
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Nov 7, 2019
First minister grilled over pupils' subject choices
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Nov 7, 2019
More students apply to study medicine
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Nov 6, 2019
Subject uptake reduces across ‘entire senior phase’
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Nov 6, 2019
John Swinney and Nicola Sturgeon 'misled parliament' over school subject choice cut
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Nov 6, 2019
Young people to benefit from £155 million funding boost
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Nov 4, 2019
T levels: Coca-Cola official questions subject choices
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Oct 29, 2019
The other Brexit effect: more pupils see a future in politics
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Oct 13, 2019
John Swinney warns subject choice could suffer if pupils studying different qualifications are not taught in same class
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Sep 25, 2019
Plea to halt dramatic drop in pupils learning Gaelic
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Sep 20, 2019
SNP launch review into schools after concerns over subject choice
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Sep 16, 2019
Scottish education subjects review ordered
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Sep 16, 2019
Fewer sign up for degree courses in English and maths
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Aug 28, 2019
University departments squeezed by English and maths decline
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Aug 27, 2019
This year, for the first time ever, more young women than men took science A Level … but it’s not yet time to celebrate
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Aug 27, 2019
What are the most popular subjects in Scotland?
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Aug 23, 2019
Ebacc squeezes out the subjects that most develop the skills employers demand
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Aug 22, 2019
GCSE entries: How are non-EBacc subjects faring since the introduction of Progress 8?
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Aug 22, 2019
Religious studies GCSE in sharp decline
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Aug 22, 2019
'Students don't see the value': why A-level English is in decline
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Aug 16, 2019
Government welcomes more pupils studying science
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Aug 15, 2019
A level entry patterns: How much influence did the Russell Group’s list of facilitating subjects have?
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Aug 15, 2019
Number of students taking arts A-levels continues to fall
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Aug 15, 2019
Brexit and climate change said to be behind surge in politics A-level
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Aug 15, 2019
A-levels: What subjects are students dropping and why?
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Aug 15, 2019
Review urged as A-level entries in English plummet
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Aug 14, 2019
Tell us what's driving the drop in take-up of English A-level
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Aug 14, 2019
A levels: Call for urgent action to revive English
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Aug 14, 2019
'Less fun' English declines as choice for A-level pupils
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Aug 14, 2019
Education leaders are warning of an 'alarming decline' in number of students taking A-level English
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Aug 14, 2019
Government urged to act over declining popularity of A-level English
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Aug 14, 2019
Michael Gove’s reforms make English a joyless slog, warn teachers
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Aug 14, 2019
Tougher new GCSE deters pupils from A-level maths
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Aug 13, 2019
'Formulaic' GCSEs putting students off English A levels
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Aug 12, 2019
T levels: what subjects can you take?
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Aug 8, 2019
Why computing exam entries have dropped
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Aug 7, 2019
A-level English is under threat. Can we save it?
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Jul 31, 2019
Career-minded pupils abandon English A levels
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Jul 29, 2019
Hinds calls for pupils to study languages and computing
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Jul 19, 2019
Music education hit by 'relentless' focus on Stem
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Jul 17, 2019
As A-level STEM subjects surge - English and the Arts are in decline
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Jul 16, 2019
An obsession with Stem subjects is causing a decline in English A-levels I Laura McInerney
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Jul 16, 2019
Brexit widens the UK’s language divide
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Jul 9, 2019
Want a truly mind-expanding experience? Learn another language | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
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Jul 4, 2019
How Informed Choices can help support access to competitive universities
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Jul 3, 2019
ASCL comment on language trends survey
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Jul 3, 2019
Tough new exams discouraging pupils in England from learning languages, say teachers
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Jul 3, 2019
Computer 'geek' stereotype puts girls off subject
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Jun 19, 2019
Davidson tests Sturgeon over subject choice in Scottish schools
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Jun 14, 2019
New figures add fuel to subject choice debate
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Jun 13, 2019
Scottish Tory leader challenges First Minister over subject choice figures
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Jun 13, 2019
Academics: Scotland's school subject squeeze hitting deprived pupils
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Jun 5, 2019
Scotland: Why greater choice also means a subject squeeze
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Jun 5, 2019
A-level English can lead to a variety of careers
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Jun 4, 2019
If the EBacc were scrapped, would anything change?
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Jun 3, 2019
Poorer pupils missing out on A-level music
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May 31, 2019
Investigation into Scottish school subject choice
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May 30, 2019
John Swinney 'does not believe' subject choice reduced in Scots schools
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May 29, 2019
School subject choice has not narrowed, insists Education Secretary
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May 29, 2019
Provisional entry statistics for GCSE, AS and A Level
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May 24, 2019
Fewer students taking design and technology and music at GCSE, figures reveal
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May 24, 2019
EBacc GCSE entries up as other subjects decline
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May 24, 2019
A-level entries: English down and sciences up
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May 24, 2019
GCSE entries: Engineering and design technology flop as EBacc subjects soar
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May 24, 2019
Will new online guidance on ‘facilitating subjects’ help or hinder fair access to highly-selective universities?
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May 24, 2019
Russell Group universities scrap list of 'facilitating subjects'
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May 23, 2019
Bright teenagers risk having university plans 'scuppered' by bad A-levels advice, Russell Group warns
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May 23, 2019
Russell Group ditches ‘facilitating subjects’ A-level list
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May 23, 2019
Theology and Religious Studies risk 'disappearing' from universities, report warns
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May 23, 2019
Beware ‘lazy typecasting’ of working-class pupils
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May 20, 2019
Non-EBacc subjects being taught after-school, during tutor time or on ‘intensive’ days, DfE study finds
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May 17, 2019
Attack on drive to give Scottish pupils ‘what they want, when they want it’
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May 17, 2019
Scottish pupils lose subject choices as schools endure staff shortages
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May 16, 2019
Response to Guardian story about language learning in schools
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May 11, 2019
The Welsh language A-level problem as numbers plummet
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May 9, 2019
Scotland: Staff shortages in schools are hitting subject choice, teachers have warned
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May 8, 2019
Computing education in ‘steep decline’ after government reforms, warns report
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May 8, 2019
Computing in schools in 'steep decline'
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May 8, 2019
Scotland: Subject choice has narrowed, surveyed teachers say
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May 7, 2019
Scotland: Eight out of 10 teachers say subject choice has narrowed in S4
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May 7, 2019
Scotland: Cutting number of exams is creating an opportunity gap
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May 3, 2019
Scotland: Deprived areas ‘place greater restrictions on school subjects’
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May 2, 2019
Curriculum: ‘Get over this fixation on subjects and exams'
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Apr 30, 2019
Scottish pupils 'forced to take subjects they hate'
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Apr 30, 2019
Scottish pupils 'forced to take subjects they hate'
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Apr 30, 2019
Scotland: Nicola Sturgeon accused of ignoring 'mounting evidence' over school subject choice
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Apr 25, 2019
Scotland: Narrowing curriculum putting education of generation of pupils at risk
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Apr 24, 2019
Scotland: Narrowing of curriculum 'putting education of generation of pupils at risk'
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Apr 24, 2019
Choice of subjects in Scottish schools falls
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Apr 23, 2019
'New attainment gap' opening up between Scotland's state and private schools thanks to subject choice
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Apr 23, 2019
Warning as subject choice at Scottish secondary schools continues to decline
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Apr 23, 2019
Scotland: Lack of teachers ‘limiting’ school subject choices
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Apr 3, 2019
Concern over subject-choice in Scotland
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Apr 3, 2019
'Sad decline' of music in schools revealed
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Apr 2, 2019
Almost three-quarters of Scottish schools warn teacher shortages restrict pupils' subject choice
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Apr 2, 2019
Scotland: Teacher recruitment troubles limiting subject choice, MSPs told
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Apr 2, 2019
School music report reveals cuts, inequality and demoralised teachers
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Apr 2, 2019
Scotland: Schools warn of ‘postcode lottery’ for fourth-year subject choice
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Apr 2, 2019
Schools invited to help close physics gender gap
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Apr 1, 2019
Why learning another language is still a sign of privilege
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Mar 13, 2019
The Guardian view on humanities degrees: art for society’s sake | Editorial
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Mar 12, 2019
Scotland: Lack of choice in school subjects hits job prospects
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Mar 12, 2019
Scotland: 'Narrowing' of curriculum limiting pupil choice, politicians told
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Mar 11, 2019
‘Narrowing’ curriculum restricts subject choice for pupils at Scottish schools
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Mar 11, 2019
Scotland: School subject choice reduction a 'catastrophe', MSPs told
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Mar 11, 2019
Bright Scottish state pupils 'forced to enrol in private schools to study subjects they need', teachers warn
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Mar 11, 2019
New funding to support young women into maritime careers
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Mar 8, 2019
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Britain's dwindling language skills are a disaster for the country and needs action, MPs warn
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Mar 3, 2019
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Mar 1, 2019
Language learning: German and French drop by half in UK schools
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Feb 27, 2019
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Feb 11, 2019
Why study English? We’re poorer in every sense without it | Susanna Rustin
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Feb 10, 2019
When it comes to deciding what subjects should be studied, the gentleman in Whitehall really doesn’t know best
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Feb 5, 2019
Scotland: Subject choice in schools to be reviewed by MSPs
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Feb 4, 2019
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History is a victim of Gove's back-of-an-envelope policies
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Feb 2, 2019
Gove reforms 'have created a two-tier system'
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Jan 30, 2019
Poorer students less likely to study history at GCSE under government reforms, study says
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Jan 30, 2019
Are immigrant children more likely to pursue STEM careers?
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Jan 22, 2019
Future skills: we all have a role to play
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Jan 18, 2019
Scotland: Subjects ‘disappearing’ amid staff shortages
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Jan 18, 2019
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T levels: What subjects can you take?
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Jan 8, 2019
EBacc ‘not had much effect’ on MFL uptake, admits DfE official
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Nov 29, 2018
Slump in school language learning hits Scottish universities
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Nov 6, 2018
Music education hubs struggle to attract older pupils
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Oct 24, 2018
Genes play major role in university choice and success, study suggests
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Oct 18, 2018
Lord Black: UK music is facing an existential crisis
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Oct 15, 2018
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Oct 10, 2018
‘Crisis' as most schools end compulsory music from Year 9
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Oct 10, 2018
Music disappearing from curriculum, schools survey shows
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Music is ‘at risk of disappearing’ from schools, research finds
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Oct 10, 2018
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Oct 10, 2018
Music lessons in schools at risk unless government funds teacher pay rise, councils warn
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UK space sector ‘unites the World’ for World Space Week
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Sep 21, 2018
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First Minister’s Questions dominated by education
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Cuts in S4 subject choices impacting on pupils, committee told
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Sep 19, 2018
Hopes of languages revival snuffed out
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The new computer science GCSE is already being reviewed
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Pupils forced to make GCSE choices in Year 7
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A lost generation of scientists? UK schools urged to do more to turn kids on to science
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Aug 30, 2018
Reality Check: Are exam changes affecting what students study?
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Aug 22, 2018
Boom in pupils taking sciences at GCSE but languages falter
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Aug 22, 2018
5 least popular GCSE subjects 2018
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Aug 20, 2018
A-level results 2018: Business studies surges in popularity but geography declines
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The arts teach us how to express ourselves – and give us freedom to fail | Daisy Buchanan
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Decline in humanities A levels 'disadvantages' UK
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Ireland: Exam joy, but are students sitting the right subjects?
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It’s time to ‘open up physics’ if we want to bring in more girls and shift the subject’s declining uptake
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Teenagers turn backs on A-level French and German
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Degree subject matters more than university status if you want to become rich, new research shows
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Aug 13, 2018
Review call after fall in pupils studying languages and science
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Geography a force for broadening the mind, says Michael Palin
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Decline in creative subjects at GCSE prompts fears that arts industry could be damaged
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Aug 2, 2018
SNP fees policy blamed as fewer Scots study medicine
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Jun 27, 2018
Poor pupils risk missing out on language learning
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The Brexit effect and six other languages findings
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Jun 27, 2018
Students lose interest in languages after Brexit vote
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Jun 27, 2018
Adios French! Spanish will become the most widely-taught language in Britain within a decade
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Spanish exam entries on track to surpass French in English schools
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Jun 27, 2018
Language lesson gap means poorest miss out, says report
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Jun 27, 2018
Spanish heads to top of class as pupils fall out of love with French
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Jun 27, 2018
Parents to blame for science and maths skills gap because they put children off the subjects, industry leader warns
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Jun 7, 2018
Teenager claims he can't study subject he loves because teachers don't think he will pass
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May 10, 2018
Wales is struggling to get pupils to study science, technology, engineering and maths, minister warns
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Apr 13, 2018
School science clubs can encourage poorer pupils to study the subject, say researchers
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Mar 16, 2018
Sharp drop in subject specialists at Scottish secondary schools
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Mar 10, 2018
OCR suffers 20% drop in awards as schools flee iGCSE
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Arts subjects are seen as the least important, poll shows
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Feb 15, 2018
Defence of the arts classes needed
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Jan 21, 2018
Budget cuts pave way for a further reduction in exam choice
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Jan 18, 2018
Delivering STEM skills for the economy
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Creativity can be taught to anyone. So why are we leaving it to private schools? | Rufus Norris
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Jan 17, 2018
Women with Stem skills 'lost to the economy because of A-level gender gap'
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Jan 17, 2018
New study on STEM popularity among girls
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Jan 15, 2018
Engineering in the spotlight for 2018 as government launches campaign to inspire the next generation
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Jan 15, 2018
Science degrees not appealing to girls despite rise in A-level take-up
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Jan 15, 2018
Don’t stop pupils taking triple science based on results alone, Spielman tells schools
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Jan 8, 2018
A fifth of Britons plan to learn a language in 2018
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Dec 29, 2017
STEM: time to ditch the acronym and focus on inspiring the next generation
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Dec 19, 2017
Prof Mary Beard backs school Classics funding appeal
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Dec 14, 2017
Students drop languages but take maths and nursing
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DfE ‘watching it closely’ as management becomes England’s second most popular apprenticeship subject
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Oct 13, 2017
GCSE reforms hit by decline of languages
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Oct 13, 2017
Number of children taking the EBacc falls significantly for first time amid concern over decline in language students
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Oct 12, 2017
Global Britain needs more linguists if we are to succeed after Brexit
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Oct 12, 2017
Gaelic study sees decline in its heartland of the Outer Hebrides
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Subject cost data add fuel to England's variable fees debate
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Oct 5, 2017
Scotland: Pupils switch to private schools over subject limits
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Sep 22, 2017
Comment on arts at Key Stage 4
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10 ways to broaden your child's horizons
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Government must review decline of arts subjects
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Private and state schools slump on creative arts GCSEs – but why?
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Sep 21, 2017
Proportion of students taking arts subjects falls to lowest level in decade
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Sep 21, 2017
Number of pupils taking arts subjects at GCSE falls to lowest level in a decade, report finds
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Exam entries for arts subjects 'fall to lowest level in a decade'
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Number taking GCSEs in arts falls to ten-year low
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Lord Nash stubbornly defends EBacc in the face of cross party support for curriculum change
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Death knell for R.E. in schools: One in four secondary curriculums do not offer subject for GCSE pupils
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New OECD report finds benefits of university education remain high but vary widely across fields of study
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Sep 13, 2017
The Guardian view on musical education: it needs social harmony | Editorial
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Sep 8, 2017
Longer GCSE courses force pupils to drop key subjects such as history and languages
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Sep 8, 2017
UK schools subject divide among genders still an issue, finds report
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Sep 7, 2017
How to improve the quality and quantity of STEM students
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Sep 4, 2017
How can teachers encourage more girls to study mathematics?
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Aug 30, 2017
STEM subjects are key to cementing our digital standing
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Aug 29, 2017
Just speaking English won’t get us very far in the world | Letters
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Aug 28, 2017
Research round-up 25 August 2017
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Aug 25, 2017
Policy Eye - highlights of week ending Friday 25 August 2017
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Aug 25, 2017
Ignore the panic. There’s little point learning languages at school | Simon Jenkins
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Aug 25, 2017
GCSEs 2017: decline in languages gathers speed
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Aug 25, 2017
British Council comments on GCSE languages 2017
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Aug 24, 2017
Which A-levels to take for the most popular degrees
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Aug 21, 2017
Scotland: Scottish pupils are left behind in qualifying for ‘jobs of the future’
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Aug 21, 2017
Social mobility is vital to our prosperity, but we leave it too late by waiting until university to act
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Aug 18, 2017
A-level pupils drop English and history as big push for science pays off
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A-Levels 2017: ‘Politics yay, history boo’ – the changing tastes of 18-year-olds
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Aug 17, 2017
A Level students short-changed says the Association of Colleges
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Aug 15, 2017
Poorer students’ subject choices may be putting them at a disadvantage, study finds
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Aug 14, 2017
A-level maths is more useful for top university places than private school
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Aug 13, 2017
Students choosing A-levels in career specific subjects are less attractive to elite universities, new study suggests
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Aug 13, 2017
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Aug 12, 2017
Wrong A-level choices prevent poorer students gaining elite university places
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Aug 12, 2017
'Disappointing' decline in pupils sitting Gaelic qualifications
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Aug 10, 2017
Languages under pressure as pupils shun German and French
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Aug 9, 2017
Row over future of National 4 looms despite results day relief for pupils, ministers and exam officials
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Aug 9, 2017
Teachers' leader calls for scrapping of controversial qualification
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Aug 9, 2017
Scotland: Concern at decline in number of pupils entered for exams
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Aug 9, 2017
Colleges ditch A levels amid funding pressures
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‘Worrying’ fall in pupils taking foreign languages
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Jul 31, 2017
Scotland: Dramatic decline in number of pupils learning foreign languages
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Jul 31, 2017
Change to EBacc measure breaks DfE’s own rules
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Jul 24, 2017
Bacc to black - the dark truth of the EBacc
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Jul 21, 2017
Latest trends in UK higher education - sector response
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Jul 21, 2017
Changing the subject? How EBacc is changing school timetables
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Jul 20, 2017
£16 million drive to boost maths skills for post Brexit Britain - sector response
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Jul 20, 2017
We need a Bacc for the future, not a curriculum from 1904
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Jul 20, 2017
EBacc is an unnecessary straight-jacket for schools and students, says NAHT
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Jul 19, 2017
Government response to EBacc consultation
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Jul 19, 2017
EBacc has not caused drop in entries to GCSE arts subjects, DfE claims
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EBacc target for 90% of pupils delayed
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Jul 19, 2017
Students find new English GCSE 'torturous' and may be deterred from continuing the subject, teaching unions warn
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Jul 18, 2017
Amanda Spielman of Ofsted warns about impact of new GCSEs
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Jul 16, 2017
Average graduate salaries by university and subject: Where to go and what to study to earn top dollar
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Jul 14, 2017
Maths 'disaster' as schools report 'alarming' decline in post-16 take-up
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Jul 14, 2017
Scotland: Teacher shortage limiting subject choice for highers
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Jul 13, 2017
Teachers shocked as OCR withdraws film-studies GCSE for September
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Jul 7, 2017
Parents are key to getting more girls in IT
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Jul 4, 2017
£200 million of the Department for Education’s sixth form budget goes unspent as schools & colleges cut courses & support to students
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Jul 3, 2017
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Jun 24, 2017
‘Pick a subject you love’
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Jun 24, 2017
Are more pupils really taking arts subjects?
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Jun 23, 2017
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Jun 22, 2017
Let’s inspire more young women to fall in love with engineering | Letters
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Jun 22, 2017
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Jun 21, 2017
Calls for IT qualification to be saved as computing take-up stalls
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Jun 19, 2017
Computing in schools - alarm bells over England's classes
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Jun 19, 2017
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Jun 16, 2017
‘Widening gap’ between London and rest of country in language GCSEs, warns report
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Jun 16, 2017
‘Red tape and terror killing off school foreign exchange trips’
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Jun 16, 2017
Why just speaking English isn’t going to cut it anymore
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Jun 15, 2017
AS-level exam entries plunge by 42% after government reforms
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Jun 15, 2017
Entries to EBacc subjects peak as fewer pupils take creative subjects
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Jun 15, 2017
Education funding – time for more than just talking
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May 31, 2017
Roger Crofts: Geography undervalued in understanding of world
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May 26, 2017
Young people are taking fewer A-Levels as qualification reforms kick in and per-student spending falls
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May 18, 2017
Tips from Bill Gates as richest man in the world tells A-level students exactly what they should study
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May 17, 2017
It's time we educated children for the future, rather than limiting them to subjects of the past
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May 12, 2017
Colleges block students from switching and ditching A levels
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May 5, 2017
How can schools prevent purdah purgatory paralysing student achievement?
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Apr 24, 2017
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Apr 10, 2017
Schools cut books and SEND spending as funding pressures bite
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Apr 10, 2017
'Our school ethos is now based on cost-cutting': Teachers reveal the true impact of budget cuts
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Apr 9, 2017
Students enjoy science at school, but most still don’t see it as a career option
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Mar 22, 2017
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Mar 20, 2017
GCSE and A level courses axed amid schools funding crisis, headteachers warn
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Mar 10, 2017
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Mar 10, 2017
Headteachers' anger as secondary class sizes swell to 35
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Mar 10, 2017
Ofsted to investigate schools 'gaming system' to move up league tables
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Mar 10, 2017
Design and technology GCSE axed from nearly half of schools, survey finds
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Mar 10, 2017
Teacher recruitment crisis limits pupils’ subject choices
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Mar 7, 2017
Fake news requires us to re-examine how we teach truth in the classroom
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Feb 13, 2017
The reality of budget cuts in schools – survey
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Jan 31, 2017
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