After six long months, our children are finally returning to school and that news has cheered me enormously. Initial reports suggest attendance rates are high. Parents and teachers know that being back in the classroom has incalculable benefits not only for children’s education and futures, but for their mental health and family life, too. If … Read more
Universities could become ground zero for a coronavirus second wave unless they scrap face-to-face teaching, unions warn as students prepare to return next month The movement of around one million students ‘could spark cases in universities’ University and College Union warns Government is ‘encouraging a health crisis’ UCU general secretary Jo Grady has now said … Read more
The 15,000 students rejected by universities due to low A-level grades can reapply today with their upgraded marks – but middle-class students could miss out as institutes look to ‘prioritise disadvantaged pupils’. Devastated pupils hit by Ofqual’s dreaded algorithm had originally seen their marks reduced to the point where they were turned down by their … Read more
Universities minister Michelle Donelan wrote to vice-chancellors requesting their flexibility around admissions and asking them to honour all offers accepted The Government is asking universities to prioritise students from disadvantaged backgrounds for admission ‘where possible’ following the U-turn on A-level grades – meaning Middle-Class pupils may be forced to take gap years. Universities minister Michelle … Read more
Universities could face legal action from A-level students if they have to defer a place for a year after receiving an offer, say lawyers Thousands of students are scrambling to get places at first choice university A number of top schools have already said students may have to defer to 2021 Lawyers said that universities … Read more
Universities are demanding more money in order to cope with taking in extra students following a Government U-turn – as thousands of A-level students face waiting until 2021 to go to university. The sudden change in policy over exam grades left 55,000 pupils scrambling for places, leaving elite universities facing the prospect of being overwhelmed. … Read more
Universities have been thrown into chaos over the Government’s exams U-turn last night as 55,000 pupils scramble for the remaining places and 80,000 students plan to appeal their results. The industry’s main umbrella body said universities were seeking ‘urgent clarification’ on how to accommodate students they had earlier refused because of A-level results downgrades. 55,000 … Read more
Universities have pledged to ‘soften’ admissions rules with 40 per cent of A-Level results set to be downgraded today – and Gavin Williamson defying calls to scrap the process of ‘standardising’ marks. Hundreds of thousands of students are learning their fate this morning after their courses were blighted by coronavirus, with exams having to be … Read more
The number of first- class degrees awarded by the UK’s top universities has almost tripled over the past two decades leading to accusations they have become ‘meaningless.’ The elite Russell Group intuitions – that includes schools such as Oxford, Cambridge and LSE – have seen huge increases in students getting the highest level of academic … Read more
The number of first- class degrees awarded by the UK’s top universities has almost tripled over the past two decades leading to accusations they have become ‘meaningless.’ The elite Russell Group intuitions – that includes schools such as Oxford, Cambridge and LSE – have seen huge increases in students getting the highest level of academic … Read more