UK Music reveals 2020 music diversity survey and unveils "game-changing" plan to boost diversity
UK Music today reveals the findings of its 2020 Workforce Diversity Survey in its UK Music Diversity Report...
Thursday, 29 October 2020 00:01
Sutton Trust: university applicants support overhaul of admissions, as polling shows working class students would benefit most from reform
The Sutton Trust has published a new research brief looking at university admissions reform, in particular a move to a system of post-qualification applications, where young people decide which universities to apply to after they have their grades...
Thursday, 29 October 2020 00:01
Justin Madders responds to Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch report on hospital Covid-19 infections
Justin Madders MP, Labour’s Shadow Health Minister, responding to the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB) report, said...
Thursday, 29 October 2020 00:01
New analysis by EPI shows poorest pupils face “double blow” to their education after missing the most learning during the lockdown and autumn term
New analysis published today (Thursday 29th October) by the Education Policy Institute (EPI), supported by the Nuffield Foundation, finds that the most disadvantaged and vulnerable pupils in the UK are more likely to have missed the most learning time as a result of the disruption to schools...
Thursday, 29 October 2020 00:01
Funding allocated for 3,300 new homes for rough sleepers
More than 3,300 new long-term homes for rough sleepers and other vulnerable people have been approved, the Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick MP has announced today...
Thursday, 29 October 2020 00:01
ASCL responds to Sutton Trust research into reforming university applications
Responding to research from the Sutton Trust showing most university applicants favour a move to post qualification applications, Geoff Barton, General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said...
Thursday, 29 October 2020 00:01
UUK response to UCAS analysis of 2021 cycle applicants (as of October deadline)
In response to UCAS’ analysis of the 2021 cycle as of the October deadline, which showed an increase in the number of applicants from this time last year and across all age groups, Universities UK said...
Thursday, 29 October 2020 00:01
Update from the Education Minister on qualifications in Wales
Education Minister Kirsty Williams said: "I know how important an issue next year’s exams are for many learners and their families...
Thursday, 29 October 2020 00:01
ASCL responds to EPI report on school attendance rates
Commenting on the report from the Education Policy Institute ‘School attendance rates across the UK since full reopening’, Geoff Barton, General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said...
Thursday, 29 October 2020 00:01
NEU comments on EPI analysis of school attendance rates
Responding to School attendance rates across the UK since full reopening, an analysis by the Education Policy Institute (EPI), Avis Gilmore, Deputy General Secretary of the National Education Union, said...
Thursday, 29 October 2020 00:01