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An interesting article from the New York Times looking at the struggles that schools in the New York Area have had with trying to make hybrid education a success during the pandemic. In class are students seated . . .
With the cancelling of external exams for the GCE A Level and GCSE’s this year there are growing concerns of students being able to cheat on tests taken at home. This article from the Independent is lo . . .
The Collegeboard will discontinue the SAT Essay. The SAT II Subject tests are cancelled in the US. We expect that international SAT IIs will become increasingly obsolete. We know that the best schools hardl . . .
Eight Hong Kong universities are in line for grants totalling HK$165 million (US$21.3 million) aimed at developing better virtual teaching methods, which are anticipated to become part of the “new normal&rdq . . .
Short summer uni admissions process ‘feasible’ for UK (Full article - THE) Global exam disruption continues into its second year (Full article - UWN) ‘Biden bump’ boosts international app . . .
Children in England will be able to access books online free during school closures via a virtual library. The library was created after schools moved to remote learning for the majority of pupils until February . . .
A very concerning article from the BBC about how lack of access to digital learning for many lower income students is severely impacting on their education. A "whole generation of young people" could be lost to e . . .
Levels of stress, depression and anxiety among parents and careers have increased with the pressures of the lockdowns, suggests research from the University of Oxford. Issues include difficulty relaxing, feeling . . .
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