Nearly a quarter of girlsâ entries received one of the higher grades against around a fifth of those from boysAlmost one in four boys in England get top grades in mathsMyles McGinley, managing director of the Cambridge OCR exam board, said more pupils are taking GCSE business studies than in previous years, describing this generation […]
Overall results slightly better than last year, with share receiving grades 7, 8 and 9 rising by 0.1 of a percentage point to 23.1%Almost one in four boys in England received top grades in maths while results in English improved across the board, helping to propel improved GCSE results for this yearâs cohort of 16-year-olds.The […]
Zvezdelina Stankova says she used AI to âhelp editâ an article about some of her students being âfive to eight yearsâ behindA math professor at the University of California, Berkeley, criticizing a âsevereâ math deficiency among students in an op-ed for the San Francisco Standard, admitted to using artificial intelligence to help edit the piece.The […]
UCL researchers warn repeated exam attempts may dent studentsâ confidence and raise risk of dropping outForcing teenagers who fail GCSEs into multiple resits has a negative impact on their mental health, according to research to be published as pupils receive their grades on Thursday.The study by academics at University College London (UCL) compared the mental […]
The English language can seem designed to trip us up, whether weâre greeting a colonel or travelling to Worcestershire. Here are some of the biggest stumbling blocksName: AçaĂ.Age: First imported to western countries from South America as freeze-dried pulp in the 1990s. Continue reading...
From bank accounts to rent and food, students and recent graduates offer advice to those beginning to studyStudent bank accounts: donât be swayed by freebiesThe best student deals and discountsAn insiderâs tips on student moneyWe asked students, and recent graduates, to tell us about the biggest financial shock they had when they started university, and […]
Harvard, Stanford and others face directive to review and cut alliances Pentagon deems national security riskThirty US universities could lose federal funding unless they review and cut foreign academic partnerships the Pentagon considers a national security risk within the next two weeks, under a Pentagon directive aimed largely at ties to Chinese institutions.Harvard, the Massachusetts […]
My cherished first-born will soon be off to start a big new phase of his life, shiny saucepans in tow. âEmpty nestingâ implies this is as nature intended, but itâs knocked me for sixMy son sent me a picture of his university accommodation, which looked perfectly nice, but there was something off about it. It […]