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UK university applications fall for the first time since fee rise in 2012
Despite a record 38% of 18-year-olds in the UK applying for further education, UCAS applications to UK universities fell by 4% this year, amongst Brexit fears and student support grant cuts. Mature, EU and nursing students show the biggest fall in applications.
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New GCSE grade system causes University admission confusion
Just weeks before the first batch of GCSEs using the new numerical grade system are published, updated university admission requirements for UK universities cause more confusion around what is considered a passing mark.
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Teens stage school uniform protest during summer heat
Students in Devon took the ongoing uniform row into their own hands by wearing skirts to school in the summer heat wave.
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Yet more exam paper mistakes, this time for A level
Just weeks after admitting a mistake in a GCSE exam paper, OCR have apologised for mistakes in this year’s A level psychology and biology exam papers. Yet they are not alone, with AQA facing a humiliating admission that one of its A level chemistry questions was ‘unanswerable’.
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OCR English GCSE exam question has major mistake
Students, teachers and parents are all outraged at the blatant error in this year’s English literature GCSE exam administered by OCR exam board.
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Teresa May proposes scrapping free school lunches for infants
Teresa May states that the Tories are looking to abolish universal infant school lunches, proposing to replace it with ‘breakfast clubs’.
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Government is considering scrapping KS1 SATs in favour of earlier assessment
The Department of Education have proposed that extremely unpopular SATs for 7 year olds be replaced by teacher assessments of incoming year one students.
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Segregation in UK schools intakes: ethnic and socio-economic divide between schools appears to be increasing
An investigation into diversity in schools across the UK suggests that in most areas, the distribution of students between schools shows significant segregation based on both ethnicity and socio-economic background.
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Ofstead crack down on schools cheating league tables
Rather than individual students, the new Ofstead chief is determined to curb cheating by schools to manipulate results for advancement in league tables.
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