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Dozens of students working in Waterford/SE mental health services receive qualification

Dozens of students working in mental health services across Waterford and the South East have been presented with their qualifications. The presentation comes following completion of four years of study on the B.Sc. (Honours) in Psychiatric Nursing ...

07 Oct 2022 at 21:33

A-level grades down from pandemic highs but still above 2019 levels

A-level grades for students across the UK have dropped from pandemic highs, but remain above 2019 levels, with girls still outperforming boys and geography pushing English literature out of the top 10 most popular subjects. Hundreds of thousands ...

18 Aug 2022 at 18:44

A-level grades down on last year but remain higher than pre-pandemic

A-level grades received by UK students are down on the past two years but remain higher than pre-pandemic levels. Hundreds of thousands of pupils across England, Wales and Northern Ireland got results on Thursday, having sat exams for the first ...

18 Aug 2022 at 13:26

Scotland

Students can be confident grades ‘fairly demonstrate skills’

Scotland’s Education Secretary has said the exam results tens of thousands of youngsters are set to receive on Tuesday will “fairly demonstrate their skills, knowledge and understanding”. Pupils north of the border have faced an anxious wait ...

08 Aug 2022 at 01:35

Scotland

More than 100,000 pupils due to receive exam results across Scotland

More than 100,000 pupils across Scotland are due to receive their grades on Tuesday morning, after the first full exam diet since the pandemic. The Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) will contact students with their results, putting an ...

09 Aug 2022 at 03:45

Attainment gap between most and least deprived areas widens, exam results show

The attainment gap between the most and least deprived areas of Scotland has grown wider since last year, exam result figures show. Figures from the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) show that for pupils in the 20% most deprived ...

09 Aug 2022 at 17:39

Scotland

Pass rate down from last year as more than 100,000 pupils receive exam results

The pass rate for Scotland’s Higher qualifications is down from last year, as thousands of pupils receive their exam results. More than 100,000 pupils across Scotland began to receive their grades on Tuesday morning, following the ...

09 Aug 2022 at 15:50

Scotland

School pupils urged to share views on education reform in Scotland

School pupils in Scotland have been urged to share their views on the future of education to help establish new qualifications and assessment bodies. A national discussion called Let’s Talk Scottish Education has been launched ...

21 Sept 2022 at 13:20

Scotland

Shirley-Anne Somerville: Schoolchildren can help reform Scottish education

Schoolchildren can help the Scottish Government make education better, Shirley-Anne Somerville has said. The Education Secretary visited pupils at Carnegie Primary School in Dunfermline to seek their views on how to shape the ...

21 Sept 2022 at 17:21

Scotland

Education Scotland successor responsible for closing attainment gap, say MSPs

Reform plans for Scotland’s top education agency should include “taking ownership” of closing the poverty-related attainment gap, MSPs have said. Holyrood’s Education, Children and Young People Committee has recommended that ...

02 Aug 2022 at 01:01

Scotland

SQA staff could strike during exams appeal process, union warns

Staff at Scotland’s exams body could go on strike during the busy appeals process in a row over pay, a union has warned. Unite will launch an industrial action ballot involving workers at the Scottish Qualifications ...

22 Jul 2022 at 17:01

Scotland

SQA should ‘take a short, hard look at themselves’, says expert

The Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) should “take a short, hard look at themselves”, an education expert has said. Professor Ken Muir published a report earlier this month on reforms to the Scottish ...

23 Mar 2022 at 14:25

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