Education
Government to U-turn on A-level results
All A-level and GCSE pupils in England will get teacher assessed grades, with an announcement expected at 4pm.
Stormzy donates half a million pounds to scholarships for students from disadvantaged backgrounds
He already awards “Stormzy scholarships” to two black students each year at the University of Cambridge.
Ofqual’s algorithm resulted in “rampant” inflation in elitist subjects such as Latin and classics
Subjects which are mainly offered by independent schools were inflated because they're not subjected to the standardisation process.
“Invisible” Boris Johnson faces calls to intervene to end A-levels crisis
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer called on the Prime Minister to take “personal responsibility” for fixing the issue.
A most unusual year for the Class of 2020
By Fiona Maida
“Losing patience” with Govt’s demand to have all children back in school
Teachers, scientists, opposition politicians and the children’s commissioner for England Anne Longfield have all called for improvements to testing.
Uni slammed after spending nearly £500,000 on pianos despite staff cuts
The decision has been branded as a “display of elitism” and an “obtuse gesture” by baffled faculty members.
Parents who don’t send children back to school in Sept could be fined
A detailed plan on how all pupils in England will return to the classroom will be set out later this week.
Cambridge Uni backs academic who received racist death threats after Tweeting “White lives Don’t Matter”
Dr Gopal, a Fellow of Churchill College at the university, shared some of the hate speech she was receiving, including one man sending her a picture of a noose and writing: "We are coming for you you n***er loving piece of s*it".