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University Grades Significantly Higher than 10 Years Ago
New data has emerged which shows that the grades of British university students have dramatically improved, prompting speculation that universities may be manipulating results in order to maintain their place in league tables.
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Debate Heats Up Over Higher Education Funding
Talks are underway between senior government ministers as to whether the student opportunity fund will be maintained. The fund, currently £327m, is in place to support students from disadvantaged backgrounds in completing their university studies.
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Labour's Plan to Licence Teachers
Shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt has proposed that all state school teachers should be required to have professional teaching qualifications. He criticised the government’s policy of allowing unqualified teachers to work in academies and free schools, and said that under a Labour government only qualified teachers would work in state schools.
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Aysmmetric School Week Proposed
Called the “asymmetric week’, the proposals would mean that students served by the council would spend four and a half days in school each week instead of 5.
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Schools Complain About Pushy Parents
The head of a prep school in North London has complained that parents are putting their children under too much pressure. The head of St Aubyns has said that the issue was highlighted by school sports days, where parents were being overly competitive and yelling inappropriately
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Students Moving Further Afield
New research has shown that students are now more likely to want to go to university further away from their home areas than in previous years.
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Concerns Over Inaccurate Predicted A Level Grades
Concerns have been raised over the inaccuracy of predicted A Level grades with only 48% of predictions being correct in 2012.
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2013 a Record Year for 18 Year Olds Entering University
UCAS have reported that more young students than ever before began full-time undergraduate courses in 2013.
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Record Numbers of Students Enter University
New figures released by university admissions service UCAS show that a record number of students were accepted onto full times university courses this year.
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