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• Exam marking boycott by UK university staff could delay graduations this summer

  18-04-2023 17:50
  
  University and College Union to go ahead with industrial action after members reject offer on pay and working conditionsStudents face potential delays in their degree results and graduations this summer after the University and College Union said it would go ahead with industrial action over pay that could result in exams and essays being left unmarked.While UCU members called a halt to the union’s long-running dispute over pensions, after 85% voted to accept a deal to improve retirement b
  
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• Help! Should Australians rush to pay down student loans before indexation?

  18-04-2023 17:00
  
  While general financial wisdom once suggested Help-Hecs debt was fine to pay down slowly, the current economic climate may rewrite the rules for someGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailIn 2018, arts worker Sarah began paying off her student loan debt of $31,330. She didn’t think too much about it until this year, when she logged on to her MyGov account to check the balance – and saw it had only gone down to $30,630.59. Despite having paid $5,721 from her salary over the past f
  
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• Guidance: Co-ordinated admissions 2024: series 20 files

  18-04-2023 16:56 via gov.uk
  
  Files for the electronic transfer of 2024 co-ordinated admissions data, primarily for use by software suppliers.
  
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• Ministers consider rule to let single-sex schools bar transgender pupils

  18-04-2023 12:43
  
  Guidance for England also likely to tell teachers to inform parents when children question their gender identityThe government is considering issuing guidance to single-sex schools in England saying that they cannot be legally obliged to take transgender pupils, as part of advice to be released this term.The advice, first reported by the Telegraph, is also likely to include direction for schools to inform parents about children questioning gender identity. Continue reading...
  
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• Sunak’s maths to 18 plan ‘misguided’, says man asked to promote it

  18-04-2023 10:18
  
  Film-maker asked by No 10 to be ‘maths champion’ says ‘nobody thought to ask me whether I support this policy’Downing Street has reportedly ditched a campaign to promote Rishi Sunak’s “maths to 18” policy after officials obtained only one case study – a film-maker who believes the proposal to be “misguided” and “tone deaf”.The prime minister’s office appears to have left it until the last minute to seek endorsements fr
  
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• Starmer under pressure to commit to universal free school meals in England

  18-04-2023 08:00
  
  Exclusive: National Education Union includes call in submission to forum that will determine Labour’s general election manifestoKeir Starmer is facing mounting calls to extend free school meals to every child in England if Labour makes it into power, to help families struggling with the cost of living and close the educational attainment gap.The National Education Union has also called for long-term funding for the holiday activities and food programme fronted by the England footballer Mar
  
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