Universities say they want to reverse the grade inflation seen during the Covid pandemicThe proportion of top degree grades awarded to undergraduates in England could fall by nearly 25% after universities said they want to reverse the grade inflation seen during the Covid pandemic.Universities UK...
Effect of cost of living crisis also felt by canteens struggling to provide beef and chicken, finds trade body surveySchool caterers warn that more children are “falling through the cracks” because of the cost of living crisis, with many reporting a steep fall in the...
Move scraps or amends clauses that would have given DfE greater control over academy trusts in EnglandPolitics latest – liveMinisters have announced a U-turn on key elements of the government’s schools bill, scrapping or amending clauses that would have given the Department for Education (DfE)...
Young people need broader range of skills to create more equal society, says Sir Adrian SmithThe president of the UK’s most prestigious science academy is to call for A-levels to be replaced with a baccalaureate-style qualification to “break the stranglehold of academic snobbery” towards learning...
Education secretary denounces exam board’s decision to replace two poets in English literature courseShelley said “poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world”, but politicians may be more powerful after the education secretary attacked the removal of poems by Philip Larkin and Wilfred Owen from...
Figures reveal 10% rise in FSM across England as school leaders warn real child poverty level is even higherNearly one in three children in the north-east are receiving free school meals (FSM), according to figures that reveal a 10% rise across England, as school leaders...
Rebecca Tuck says internal investigation into president-elect Shaima Dallali will take priorityThe QC leading the independent investigation into antisemitism within the National Union of Students has announced she will examine the election of the organisation’s incoming president as well as wider allegations of antisemitism within...