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Number of mature students applying for university courses in UK plummets

The Royal College of Nursing has called on the Government to address the ‘workforce crisis’ and urgently launch a student recruitment campaign.

Evening Standard

Fewer 18-year-olds from UK apply to most selective universities and courses

The number of applicants for medicine courses has fallen to the lowest point since 2020, Ucas figures show.

The Independent UK

Number of Turkish students seeking UK university place jumps 37%

But international applications to nursing courses have fallen once again, prompting concerns about the development of the workforce

Evening Standard

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Top GCSE results fall in return to pre-Covid grading system

Around 203,000 fewer top GCSE grades were awarded in England, Wales and Northern Ireland compared to last year.

The Independent UK

Top A-level results fall in return to pre-pandemic grading system

Some 73,000 fewer top A-level grades were awarded in England, Wales and Northern Ireland than last year, exams boards said.

The Independent UK

Exam results must return to normal so qualifications ‘carry credibility’ – Gibb

There is an ‘expectation’ exam aids given to students in some GCSE subjects this summer will not be in place next year, the schools minister said.

The Independent UK

Assessing pupils under exam conditions avoids plagiarism in age of AI – minister

The ‘dangers’ ‘of generative artificial intelligence in education need to be addressed, the schools minister has said.

The Independent UK

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School leavers face competition for university places amid population growth

Students have been told to ‘thoroughly consider’ all options available ahead of A-level results day next month.

The Independent UK

British Sign Language GCSE one step closer as Government launches consultation

The Department for Education is aiming for the new qualification to be taught in schools from September 2025.

The Independent UK

Some Covid measures stay in place as GCSEs and A Levels begin

Ofqual says some 'protections' remain in place

Wales Online

England’s exam results to return to pre-pandemic levels as modifications removed

Students in England have not been given advance information about the topics they were likely to be tested on – as they had during Covid.

The Independent UK

Parents and schools warned GCSE and A Level results in England will plunge in 2023

Head of Ofqual in bombshell letter to school head teachers saying many students will get lower grades than they hope for as marking returning to pre pandemic rules

Wales Online

ChatGPT warning to schools over amid fears over use in coursework

A think tank has said "the advent of ChatGPT is a significant threat to the integrity of formal assessments"

Nottingham Post

Coursework ‘will deliver less trustworthy grades than exams’ in age of ChatGPT

Detecting whether a student’s work is their own has now become ‘a virtually impossible task’ for teachers and exam boards, think tank says.

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Wales Online

Fears over ChatGPT could see pupils doing coursework under exam conditions

However Ofqual’s chief regulator said 'we’re not seeing the end of desks and pens and paper anytime soon'

The Independent UK

Pupils should do coursework under exam conditions amid ChatGPT fears, heads told

The examined approach is ‘more important than ever because you’ve got that integrity of whose work it is’, Ofqual’s chief regulator said.

The Independent UK

BTec results delay ‘left pupils feeling like second-class citizens’, MP suggests

Chairman of the education committee Robert Halfon was critical of exam boards after thousands did not receive their results on August 18.

The Guardian - UK

England’s A-level and GCSE grades to fall to pre-Covid levels in 2023

Some warn about impact on disadvantaged students, who suffered greatest learning loss during pandemic

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The Independent UK

Exam boards criticised by Ofqual for pupil ‘distress’ over mistakes

Exam boards have had to apologise for multiple errors in this year’s papers.

The Guardian - UK

Girls do like hard maths, says children’s commissioner for England

Rachel de Souza says lack of female role models a bigger issue, after social mobility head said girls would ‘rather not’ do hard maths

Wales Online

Exam boards call for GCSE and A-level examiners to be generous in 2022

Pupils will also be given notice about the topics to be covered in this summer’s exams in most subjects

The Independent UK

Government exams chief: 2022 test changes will not advantage more able pupils

No standardisation model will be used to decide grades, Ofqual’s chief regulator said.

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