The latest education news and what is being done to deliver fairer educational services to all individuals. We cover topics such as special educational needs (SEND), child mental health, women’s place in STEM, plus updates on fees and educational policy.
Ofqual will fine WJEC £350,000 after over 1,500 GCSE students received incorrect results due to moderation and marking review failures in a 2022 exam series.
Exam results released in Scotland create waves of anger after a mass downgrading of teacher-assessed grades, likely to be similar for England in late August.
Stewart Watts, Vice-President EMEA, D2L, explores how UK universities can best prepare themselves for blended learning, a mix of online curriculums and offline experiences.
Mark Lee, Key Accounts – Public Sector, Commvault, discusses the importance of carrying out a first-class data management strategy during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.
Jon Faulkner, Managing Director, Domain7 UK, discusses the future of higher education and the inevitable move towards online learning in order to survive.
The American Psychological Association (APA) published research showing that prospective teachers are more likely to see Black children as angry than white.
Graham Glass, CEO of Cypher Learning, discusses how schools can use this time as an opportunity to implement an effective edtech strategy for when they reopen.
Here, we highlight how parents can continue to encourage children into STEM (Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) subjects during lockdown and beyond.
Kevin Mills, Head of Public Sector Partnerships at Coursera, discusses how there is a wake-up call during COVID-19 about upskilling and reskilling needs for global workers.
Here, Takahira Yamaguchi from Keio University in Japan explores how an artificial intelligence robot works as part of a group discussion at a primary school.
Schools have a huge task at hand before they reopen, so to help them out, Where The Trade Buys has compiled a guide which outlines some of the priority areas around hygiene, PPE, social distancing and mental health.
