Pupils’ grades will be based on teacher assessments and coursework – but Higher exams will still take place.
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‘Cities as friendly to strangers as towns and villages’
Researchers test reactions to strangers in need of assistance – with Nottingham the most helpful.
Coronavirus: Manchester universities move teaching online
The move in Manchester comes after hundreds of students in the city tested positive for coronavirus.
Covid: Northumbria University staff back ballot for industrial action
Union members raise concerns over in-person teaching after 770 students tested positive for virus.
Hungary broke EU law by forcing out university, says European Court
The top EU court rules against Orban government over rules affecting Central European University.
Kent council leader promises ‘fair’ 11-plus amid lockdown concerns
About 20,500 children are preparing to sit the assessment for grammar school in Kent alone.
Minister rejects fee discounts for all students
Universities minister says students should take fee complaints to universities or the adjudicator.
Coronavirus: 18% of secondaries send pupils home to isolate
New official data reveals almost a fifth of secondary schools have pupils isolating.
‘I changed my name because it sounded foreign’
Aaliyah Harris recollects how she was called ‘liar’ by classmates who mispronounced her name.
Youth jail plans therapy rather than steel doors
“Secure schools” will try to cut youth reoffending with neuroscience and education – not prison cells.
Boris Johnson urged to intervene to ‘save outdoor education’
Outdoor centres warn coronavirus rules mean they cannot reopen and could fold.
Covid-19: Government launches £238m scheme for jobseekers
Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey says it will give unemployed people a “helping hand”.