Exams watchdog warns over high-tech cheating
The head of the national watchdog overseeing exams and qualifications has issued a warning over the growing threat of cheating enabled by smart devices.
Improving reading with the R.E.A.D.S Framework
Reading in class should be one of the richest experiences a teacher can offer.
The purpose of school inspection is what it does
Just as teachers don’t always do what their leaders hope they’ll do, neither do schools always behave in ways system leads expect.
Is it time for a Graduate Excellence Framework?
Graduate outcomes have become one of the defining measures of success in higher education.
Built for stability: quality assurance in an age of uncertainty
There is a particular clarity that comes from distance. After 25 years inside UK higher education’s quality architecture, reviewing institutions for the QAA; serving on the subject benchmark panels; directing undergraduate programmes through to professional doctorate...
Change the Prescription: Update
England’s systems to support children with additional needs are out of control, while failing those they were designed to protect.
AQA to develop and award new V Levels, Foundation Certificates and Occupational Certificates
AQA has set out its plans to develop and award new V Levels and Level 2 Certificates, supporting the next phase of post-16 education reform.
More leading researchers brought to the UK, while Horizon Europe performance strengthens in 2024
The UK is cementing its status as a global magnet for cutting-edge scientific research, with a cohort of ten leading researchers set to take up new roles supported by the Global Talent Fund.
Boosting UK participation in Horizon Europe
New Horizon Europe participation statistics from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) published today (Friday 5 June) show that in 2024, researchers and innovators in the UK won €994m in funding to support R&D in everything from global health to low...
Glamorgan teachers speak out
Teachers at Llantwit Major High School are speaking out following a contentious email sent to parents by the school’s headteacher. NASUWT has been taking industrial action at Llantwit Major High School since March over concerns about teachers’ welfare and workload.
M&S launches new traineeship for 1,000 young people
Marks and Spencer is launching a new training scheme for young people trying to get on the career ladder in a bid to tackle the "growing youth unemployment challenge".
Gear change needed but universities are still engines of social mobility
Dr Omar Khan reflects on the growing scepticism about the value of higher education, arguing that while degrees still improve outcomes, action is needed to reduce costs, close equality gaps and better explain universities’ wider social value.
Child poverty should be a 'priority from day one', say young people
Young people want the Scottish Government to make tackling child poverty a “priority from day one”, according to a new poll.
Local areas prepare new Experts at Hand teams
More children and young people with SEND will get specialist support without needing a diagnosis, as the government begins rolling out a new Experts at Hand service across England backed by new £1.8 billion investment.
Lords debates welfare reforms and youth unemployment
On Thursday 11 June, members of the House of Lords will debate welfare reforms and youth unemployment.
Experts at Hand: Everything you need to know
We're making it easier for children to get specialist support in schools, early years and post-16 settings.
Parent complaints ‘contributing to school staff quitting’
Research comes amid a rise in the volume and complexity of complaints faced by schools, including an increase in AI-written grievances.
Ofqual ‘closely monitoring’ A-level maths paper that sparked petition
Around 23,000 people have signed a petition calling for ‘unusally difficult’ exam to be reviewed, but Pearson Edexcel says the paper was ‘rigorously checked’.
Experts at Hand guidance calls for ‘innovative’ staff deployment
DfE advice seeks to allay fears that severe shortages of staff such as educational psychologists will put the brakes on its Experts at Hand service, on same day as it reveals members of key SEND panel.
'Indefinite' strike by Goldsmiths staff over cuts
Staff at Goldsmiths, University of London, are taking "indefinite" strike action in a row over potential cuts and job losses.