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• A-levels: Over a third of NI grades lower than predicted by teachers

  14-08-2020 00:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  There is a mixed picture as thousands of pupils receive their results, after exams were cancelled due to Covid-19.
  
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• A-levels: Anger over 'unfair' results this year

  13-08-2020 18:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  There are calls for a review and free appeals as concern grows over "volatility" in this year's results.
  
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• A-level pupils in Wales find out 'cancelled summer' results

  13-08-2020 18:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Record A-level results are reported but unions say there is a real concern at grades for some pupils.
  
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• Exam results: Do I have a right to know my child's results? And other questions

  13-08-2020 13:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Are you concerned about your results? Experts answer some of your questions.
  
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• How have my exam results been decided this year?

  13-08-2020 10:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  With exams in the UK cancelled this year, students' grades have been 'calculated' instead.
  
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• BTec students awaiting results 'hopeful for the future'

  13-08-2020 01:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As they await BTec results, students are confident about their careers despite Covid-19 disruption.
  
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• Exam results: 'Mocks aren't a fair way to decide grades'

  12-08-2020 20:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A-level student Mia Cleal-Bramley explains why she doesn't want to rely on her mock exam results.
  
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• Williamson apologises for school and exam disruption

  12-08-2020 20:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England's Education Secretary Gavin Williamson tells children he is 'incredibly sorry' they have suffered.
  
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• A-levels in Wales: Minister makes pledge on this year's grades

  12-08-2020 20:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Education minister says grades will be no lower than those pupils achieved at AS-level last year.
  
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• Students warn mock grades 'make mockery' of exams

  12-08-2020 18:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Last-minute changes have been made to the way A-level and GCSE results in England are to be decided.
  
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• Coronavirus: More pupils return to Scotland's schools

  12-08-2020 12:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Physical distancing among students is not required but hand sanitisers and one-way systems are the new norm.
  
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• Coronavirus: Exam results day rituals put on hold

  12-08-2020 01:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The struggle to balance social distancing with the emotional need to celebrate and commiserate.
  
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• Universities told to keep places open for A-level appeals

  11-08-2020 03:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  With uncertainty over replacement grades, universities are told to wait for the outcome of appeals.
  
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• Coronavirus: Pupils begin return to the classroom

  11-08-2020 01:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Schools in the Borders and Shetland will be the first to reopen after the coronavirus lockdown.
  
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• Coronavirus: PM understands 'anxiety' over exam grading

  10-08-2020 20:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Boris Johnson says he is "very keen" that exams should go ahead as normal in the coming year.
  
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• Nicola Sturgeon 'sorry' over Scottish exam results

  10-08-2020 15:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The first minister accepts her government "did not get it right" with the system for calculating pupils' grades.
  
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• How will I get my A-level, GCSE or BTEC exam results this year?

  10-08-2020 12:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Exams in the UK were cancelled this year, but how are students learning their results?
  
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• Coronavirus: Little evidence of Covid transmission in schools, says Williamson

  10-08-2020 11:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The education secretary says a new coronavirus study supports the government decision to reopen schools.
  
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• Coronavirus: Students 'selling clothes to pay rent'

  10-08-2020 02:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  There has been a large increase in students applying for emergency help since lockdown.
  
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• John Swinney 'hears anger' of pupils over SQA results

  09-08-2020 18:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The education secretary is to make a statement on Tuesday after the row over exam grading.
  
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• John Swinney could face no-confidence vote over exams controversy

  07-08-2020 20:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Some opposition parties are calling for John Swinney to resign over the handling of exam grades.
  
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• A-level and GCSE results: 'Improved' schools can challenge grades

  07-08-2020 12:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The exam regulator broadens rights of appeal amid concerns about unfair results in the pandemic.
  
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• School funding plan 'benefits wealthier pupils most'

  07-08-2020 03:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The government's latest funding plan could "disproportionately benefit schools in better-off areas".
  
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• Coronavirus: Universities 'face collapse in student numbers'

  07-08-2020 02:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It comes as a former vice-chancellor says universities face a "perfect storm".
  
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• Child died after becoming trapped between two stairgates, report finds

  06-08-2020 12:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A health visitor reported worrying signs of "squalor" at the four-year-old's home days before.
  
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• Coronavirus: University life may 'pose further risk' to young shielders

  06-08-2020 09:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A lack of information from universities will pose a "further risk to lives", the NUS warns.
  
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• Coronavirus: The childcare 'jigsaw' parents are facing this summer

  06-08-2020 03:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Many holiday clubs aren't running and some have had to hike up prices - how are parents coping?
  
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• Schools 'must come before pubs and restaurants in future'

  05-08-2020 04:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England's children's commissioner says the fundamental right to an education should be prioritised ahead of pubs.
  
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• Early-years workers quit 'underpaid and undervalued' jobs

  05-08-2020 03:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  You could earn more in Tesco, admits one pre-school leader as thousands leave the profession.
  
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• Testing and tracing 'key to schools returning', scientists say

  04-08-2020 20:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The UK's test and trace schemes are not yet good enough to stop a virus resurgence, scientists say.
  
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• GCSEs: Here's why you shouldn't give up on poetry

  04-08-2020 18:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Poetry will become an optional subject area in GCSE English literature exams next year.
  
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• Scotland's results day: Thousands of pupils have exam grades lowered

  04-08-2020 15:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The exam body says it lowered 125,000 grades that had been estimated by teachers to "maintain credibility".
  
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• Coronavirus: GCSE students allowed to drop poetry in 2021 exams

  04-08-2020 08:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Other English and history topics will also become optional in England after disruption to lessons.
  
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• Coronavirus: How pandemic pods and zutors are changing home-schooling

  04-08-2020 01:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  US parents are resorting to "pandemic pods" and garden classrooms - but will it deepen inequalities?
  
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• Coronavirus: Schools will be ready for September - minister

  02-08-2020 19:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Reopening schools is a priority for the government and it will be safe, a cabinet minister says.
  
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• Coronavirus: Teachers' union urges clarity on school reopening

  02-08-2020 13:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  More details are needed to prepare for pupils' return amid a rise in virus cases, a leading union says.
  
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• Prison launches take-away meal delivery service

  31-07-2020 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Brixton prison is taking orders for take-aways from its professional-standard training restaurant.
  
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• Coronavirus in Scotland: Charity's plea to increase school uniform grant

  31-07-2020 01:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Child Poverty Action Group says coronavirus has left many parents facing "extraordinary financial pressure."
  
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• Coronavirus: Scottish schools to fully reopen from 11 August

  30-07-2020 14:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Scottish government wants to see all pupils back in classrooms by 18 August "at the very latest".
  
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• Black pupils face trebled exclusion rate in some areas of England

  30-07-2020 12:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An analysis shows they are more likely to be excluded than their peers in most council areas of England.
  
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• More universities join victims of Blackbaud hack

  30-07-2020 11:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The charity says a database containing details of its volunteers and fundraisers has been affected.
  
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• Yazidi children still haunted by Islamic State, Amnesty International says

  30-07-2020 03:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Large numbers of Yazidi were killed by the Islamic State when it overran their homeland in 2014.
  
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• PM's child poverty claims 'inaccurate,' says statistics watchdog

  30-07-2020 03:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Labour urges Boris Johnson to "correct the record" after criticism from the statistics authority.
  
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• Young people 'feel anxiety and terror' using fitness apps

  30-07-2020 01:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A study of young people finds a fine line between getting results and becoming "obsessed".
  
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• Coronavirus: Labour warns of 'perfect storm' for working parents

  30-07-2020 00:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Labour raises concerns about rising costs, but the government points to "significant" support for the sector.
  
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• Unhealthy diets are ‘slow-motion disaster’

  29-07-2020 14:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A national food strategy calls for wider access to free school meals and warns of misleading labels.
  
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• International students turn to food banks in lockdown

  29-07-2020 02:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of international students are unable afford fees, food or rent as funds dry up due to virus.
  
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• Coronavirus on campus: 'We already lost prom and graduation...'

  28-07-2020 21:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC spoke to three students about the uncertainty of schools reopening in the age of Covid-19.
  
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• Recordings show lockdown London quieter than 1928

  28-07-2020 14:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Museum records London's "silent streets" of 2020 and reveals much noisier streets of 1928.
  
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• Coronavirus: 'Teacher training application rise' during lockdown

  28-07-2020 01:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  After years of recruitment issues, more people are applying to be teachers in Wales.
  
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