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The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 3d

🔺 EXCLUSIVE: Prince Andrew has not paid rent on Royal Lodge for two decades

Prince Andrew has not paid rent on Royal Lodge for two decades

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Tom Richmond @tom-richmond.com · 20d

And I complete agree with Dr Henry Shevlin from @cfi-cambridge.bsky.social that "most [degree] courses are still figuring out how to adapt to the post-ChatGPT era when the take-home essay assignment is basically dead".

They need to adapt soon if their degrees are to retain any value.

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The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 28d

Teenagers will sit a compulsory school reading test at 13 under changes planned by Bridget Phillipson, the education secretary ⬇️

Mandatory reading test to be introduced for 13-year-olds

A national assessment, expected to be set out in a white paper, will check children’s progress at the end of year 8

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ednews.bsky.social @ednews.bsky.social · 28d

Mandatory reading test to be introduced for 13-year-olds | The Times

Mandatory reading test to be introduced for 13-year-olds

A national assessment, expected to be set out in a white paper, will check children’s progress at the end of year 8

www.thetimes.com

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Tom Richmond @tom-richmond.com · 28d

A potentially big development.

It will be interesting to see if the Curriculum and Assessment Review cites the lack of a secondary reading test as a problem that needs solving. I'm certainly not convinced that a new compulsory reading test would count as an 'evolution' of the current system...

Nicola Woolcock @nicolawoolcock.bsky.social · 28d

Exclusive: Bridget Phillipson wants compulsory reading tests for 13-year-olds and will set out plans in forthcoming white paper

www.thetimes.com/uk/education...

Mandatory reading test to be introduced for 13-year-olds

A national assessment, expected to be set out in a white paper, will check children’s progress at the end of year 8

www.thetimes.com

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Nicola Woolcock @nicolawoolcock.bsky.social · 28d

Exclusive: Bridget Phillipson wants compulsory reading tests for 13-year-olds and will set out plans in forthcoming white paper

www.thetimes.com/uk/education...

Mandatory reading test to be introduced for 13-year-olds

A national assessment, expected to be set out in a white paper, will check children’s progress at the end of year 8

www.thetimes.com

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PLMR Education @plmr.education · Sep 4

The Office for Students is considering using official rankings of teaching quality to determine how much institutions can charge for tuition.
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Failing universities risk having their tuition fees cut

The Office for Students is considering using official rankings of teaching quality to determine how much institutions can charge

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 3

Nigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him

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Nicola Woolcock @nicolawoolcock.bsky.social · Sep 4

Universities with poor teaching records could be stopped from charging full tuition fees under plans being considered by the Office for Students (and its new chair calls for more TikTok and gaming-style teaching from academics)
Exclusive in The Times
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Failing universities risk having their tuition fees cut

The Office for Students is considering using official rankings of teaching quality to determine how much institutions can charge

www.thetimes.com

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Tom Richmond @tom-richmond.com · Aug 22

And if you want to understand why scrapping GCSE resits could be a controversial move, my podcast with @sarahjwaite.bsky.social and Prof Lee Elliot Major discussed the arguments for and against the resits policy.

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GCSE resits: should we keep them, reform them or scrap them? - Inside Your Ed

It is hard not to raise an eyebrow when a government policy is described by some as a ‘vital lifeline’ for students, while others describe the same policy as ‘demoralising’ and ‘soul destroying’.The G...

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Tom Richmond @tom-richmond.com · Aug 22

@nicolawoolcock.bsky.social reporting that GCSE resits could be on the way out, with "a functional skills test or a driving exam-style competency assessment" cited as possible replacements.

Can the DfE make this switch without it being seen as lowering standards?

www.thetimes.com/uk/education...

Endless resits of maths and English to be scrapped in GCSE reform

Review of assessments is expected to suggest that the government create alternative routes for pupils who repeatedly fail core subjects

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The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · Aug 22

Review of assessments is expected to suggest that the government create alternative routes for pupils who repeatedly fail core subjects

Endless resits of maths and English to be scrapped in GCSE reform

Review of assessments is expected to suggest that the government create alternative routes for pupils who repeatedly fail core subjects

www.thetimes.com

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Nicola Woolcock @nicolawoolcock.bsky.social · Aug 20

Nine students in Gaza with offers from British universities have been told the UK will attempt to bring them out to start their studies.
The students have Chevening scholarships funded by the government but had no access to biometric data to prove their ID

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Gaza scholarship students to be evacuated to Britain

Nine Chevening scholars will be helped to leave before their courses start next month but dozens of other Palestinian students will be left behind

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The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · Aug 13

Risk of collapse shouldn’t stop students graduating, the skills minister says

Clearing system to rescue students whose universities go bust

Risk of collapse shouldn’t stop students graduating, the skills minister says

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Nicola Woolcock @nicolawoolcock.bsky.social · Aug 12

Teenagers are supposedly addicted to their devices - but are anxious about making phone calls.
Now schools are teaching them how to ring universities ahead of A-level results day.
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Schools give pupils lessons in phone calls to cope with clearing

As A-level results day approaches, teenagers are learning to overcome worries about ringing Ucas and admissions officers to secure degree places

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The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · Aug 12

Lara, a postgraduate student at the University of York, speaks about identifying as asexual and her perspective of hookup culture at university, as told to Sian Bradley

I’m asexual and aromantic. Here’s what university was like for me

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Nicola Woolcock @nicolawoolcock.bsky.social · Jul 16

As families brace themselves for the long summer break... should it be cut to a month? Most parents think so according to new polling by Parentkind
www.thetimes.com/uk/education...

Parents want four-week school summer holidays to ease costs

More than half of families support trimming the break, citing childcare pressures and financial strain — and many teachers say they would welcome the change too

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Nicola Woolcock @nicolawoolcock.bsky.social · Jul 11

Difficult but important read by my colleague @georgiamay.bsky.social on the safeguarding failings at a special needs school

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Special needs school faces safeguarding claims after head teacher sacked

A damning Ofsted report reveals safeguarding failures and inadequate leadership at an Essex school rocked by allegations of neglect and potential sexual abuse

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PLMR Education @plmr.education · Jun 30

Education secretary plans to overhaul school complaints system.
With more than 5 million formal complaints last year, @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social says system is failing both parents and teachers.
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Education secretary plans to overhaul school complaints system

With more than five million formal complaints last year, Bridget Phillipson said that the system is failing both parents and teachers

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PLMR Education @plmr.education · Jun 11

‘No ball games’ signs silence children — ban them, says peer.
Former children’s commissioner calls for outdoor play to be revived to tackle ‘scourge’ of phone addiction.
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‘No ball games’ signs silence children — ban them, says peer

Former children’s commissioner Baroness Longfield calls for outdoor play to be revived to tackle ‘scourge’ of phone addiction

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Nicola Woolcock @nicolawoolcock.bsky.social · Jun 10

Rachel Reeves announces £17.8bn stake in Sizewell C - here's my interview with the English literature graduate and Cambridge choral scholar running the project

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Former choral scholar and CND member running new nuclear power station

Cambridge alumna Julia Pyke wants the Sizewell C nuclear facility to attract women to the sector and boost opportunities for young people

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Dani Payne @danihpayne.bsky.social · Jun 9

Thanks to @nicolawoolcock.bsky.social for the coverage of our new report in @thetimes.com today. Regional disparities in access to HE are significant: a place-based approach to widening access, one that encourages & facilitates collaboration within regions, is needed to help close these gaps.

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Jim Lauder @mrjlauder.bsky.social · Jun 9

Worth a read. What I found most interesting is both schools here had relatively low % PP - so part of the answer might be more integrated/diverse school populations (in all respects).

Would mirror research findings that fully comprehensive intake schools can do better for all.

Nicola Woolcock @nicolawoolcock.bsky.social · Jun 9

Yoga, wild animals, Scottish dancing - and no silent corridors.

Bridget Phillipson wants white working class pupils to do better - I spoke to two rural schools boosting results.
www.thetimes.com/uk/education...

Yoga and animal clubs boost GCSE results for disadvantaged pupils

A rural school is using extracurricular activities from astronomy to Scottish dancing as part of a range of measures to help white working-class pupils

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Nicola Woolcock @nicolawoolcock.bsky.social · Jun 9

Yoga, wild animals, Scottish dancing - and no silent corridors.

Bridget Phillipson wants white working class pupils to do better - I spoke to two rural schools boosting results.
www.thetimes.com/uk/education...

Yoga and animal clubs boost GCSE results for disadvantaged pupils

A rural school is using extracurricular activities from astronomy to Scottish dancing as part of a range of measures to help white working-class pupils

www.thetimes.com

Nicola Woolcock @nicolawoolcock.bsky.social · May 22

Becontree Primary School in Dagenham is a template for government reform of special needs. Its methods could be adopted across the country.
Was such a pleasure to meet their incredibly impressive children and staff
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Labour plans to fix special needs system with more inclusive schools

Bridget Phillipson, the education secretary, intends for more children to be taught in mainstream schools to address absenteeism and spiralling costs

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