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Ucas looking at replacing free form university personal statements

Ucas looking at replacing free form university personal statements with series of questions to boost fairness  Ucas is looking at a more ‘structured’ approach to university personal statements to balance out the unfairness of middle class students receiving extra support from parents, teachers and tutors  By Will Hazell, INEWS  March 24, 2022 6:00 am (Updated …

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Poetry made optional for English Literature GCSE exams next year

It comes after a consultation was launched to help resolve issues around pupils missing school during lockdown. By Isobel Frodsham, news reporter Tuesday 4 August 2020 17:11, UK Image:Students can now either study poetry, a 19th century novel or a post-1914 British fiction or drama Read Full Article

School openings across globe suggest ways to keep coronavirus at bay despite outbreaks

Science‘s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center. Early this spring, school gates around the world slammed shut. By early April, an astonishing 1.5 billion young people were staying home as part of broader shutdowns to protect people from the novel coronavirus. The drastic measures worked in many places, dramatically slowing the spread of …

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