University students around the UK are beginning their journeys home for Christmas, after mass testing to screen them for coronavirus. Those in England and Wales are being asked to return home during the week-long ”travel window” starting on Thursday after taking the tests, while Scotland is planning a more staggered return. It is hoped this will […]
It’s a tough time in the jobs market, as firms shed staff or freeze recruitment to cut costs. The UK has fallen into recession and suffered the largest drop in employment in more than a decade,. But things are gradually improving, with early August seeing the biggest weekly increase in online job vacancies this year. How do I […]
There is anger among schools, colleges and students, after nearly 40% of A-level grades awarded on Thursday were lower than teachers’ predictions. In England, 36% of entries had a lower grade than teachers predicted and 3% were down two grades, in results after exams were cancelled by the pandemic. School and college leaders are calling […]
The summer ritual of A-level results day is so well known it’s easy to forget the thousands of students receiving their BTec National results. Coronavirus has disrupted all courses, including vocational qualifications, so what is happening to ensure vocational students are getting fair grades? What are BTec Nationals? Studied over one or two years, BTec […]
Schools and colleges in England are being told by the exams watchdog to be more lenient this year about letting pupils stay on to take A-levels. Even if pupils do not get the required GCSE grades, Ofqual is calling for “greater flexibility”. A-levels and GCSE exams were cancelled in the pandemic and exam boards will […]
Stranded abroad by the coronavirus pandemic and squeezed by political tensions, Chinese students in the United States are rethinking their attitudes to their host and home countries. Eight years ago, Shizheng Tie, then aged 13, moved alone from China to rural Ohio for one sole purpose: education. She once had a budding American dream, but […]
University leaders in the UK and Europe have signed a joint statement calling for UK universities to remain part of European research schemes after Brexit. As the UK leaves the European Union, 36 higher education groups have called for a “swift agreement” to allow UK universities to rejoin EU research networks and Erasmus student exchanges. […]
The NHS in England is hiring 10,000 school leavers given training by the Prince’s Trust charity. The new staff will go some way towards solving the shortage caused by rising demands on the service and falling EU migration. The trust’s research suggests there is concern among public-sector employers that jobs are becoming harder to fill. The […]
