In any other year the headlines for these A-level results would have been about the highest ever number of top A* and A grades. There would probably have been some sniping about grade inflation – with almost 28% getting top…
Read MoreAlmost 40% of A-level assessments in England downgraded
Teachers in England had nearly 40% of their A-level assessments downgraded by the exam regulator’s algorithm, according to official figures published on Thursday morning as sixth-formers around the UK received their results. A-level entries awarded A or A* increased to…
Read MoreScottish students to get grades in results day after exam-free year
Students in Scotland are set to receive their grades in the first ever results day where exams have been cancelled. Pupils will find out the outcome of their Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) courses and awards on Tuesday, with their course…
Read MoreConcerns persist over plan to reopen schools in England
In four weeks’ time, 9 million schoolchildren in England are due to put on their uniforms and return to schools that most of them will not have set foot in since March. As Covid infections and death rates have fallen,…
Read MoreDenver Public Schools reopening: In-person learning pushed to mid-October
Denver Public Schools is again delaying the start of in-person classes and extending remote learning for most students through at least mid-October, the district announced Wednesday. Most of the more than 93,000 students who attend schools in Colorado’s largest district…
Read MoreStudent loans new repayment tool ‘irresponsible’
Changes to the Student Loans Company’s website are “irresponsible and dangerous”, the consumer finance expert Martin Lewis has claimed. Mr Lewis says a new “quick repayment” tool gives UK graduates a “damaging, demoralising” picture of their debts. He says the…
Read MoreMartin Lewis accuses Student Loan Company of misleading graduates
The Student Loans Company is giving graduates a “demoralising, damaging and dangerous” picture of their debts, according to the consumer finance champion Martin Lewis, who accused the company of pushing its users into making needless repayments. Lewis, the founder of…
Read MoreColorado’s international students face uncertainty after ICE says they must leave country if schools go online-only again
International students at Colorado universities are worried about their educational futures following a new directive from federal immigration officials that would require them to change schools or leave the country should their institution revert to full online learning this fall….
Read MoreRhodes’ statue is going. Now universities must ask: what about John Locke, Elizabeth I and others?
The academic world, noted FM Cornford in 1908, runs on the principle of “unripe time”. The new proposal might be an excellent idea, but the time is not yet ripe. And, he remarked, time is like the medlar fruit: “it…
Read MoreYear groups kept isolated in back-to-school plan
The full-time return to school in September for all pupils in England will be based on keeping year groups apart in separate “bubbles”. The Department for Education is expected to confirm safety plans based on reducing contact, rather than social…
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