Top A-level Grades Fall But University Offers Rise

For the fifth time in a row, A-level grades have taken a hit. The amount of A-A* grades was 25.8% this year, a decrease of 0/1% from last year. Michael Turner, the director general of the Joint Council for Qualifications,...

Double Olympic Medallist Louis Smith MBE Officially Launches BCU Sports and Life Sciences Course

Louis Smith MBE, who won silver at the Rio Olympics, was at the Rotunda, Birmingham over the weekend to officially launch the new BCU sports and life sciences courses. Smith, along with a cohort of beaming cheerleaders, was at the...

West Midlands’ GCSE’s Scores ‘Deeply Disturbing’ Compared to London

The latest government figures, published mid October, show that children in the north perform worse in their GCSE’s than those in the South. Data from this year’s courses showed that 66.5% of pupils in the outer London catchment area...

Bangladeshi Teacher Nominated for Global Teacher Prize

A Bangladeshi teacher has been nominated for an international teaching prize. Shahanaj Parvin is included in the top 50 short list for the Best Global Teacher Prize, the biggest and hence most coveted award in the education world. The award...

Why Worry

What if? Why Worry? One in four people will suffer from an anxiety disorder in their lifetime. And the rest of us will worry, fuss, and fret far more than we need to. Worry is amazingly common. Worry is like blood...

Unhappy University Lecturers

Staff at Birmingham Universities are committed to a strike running for two-days due to a pay dispute. The University and College Union have said: “The 1.1% rise offered by the universities is “an insult”. However, the Universities and Colleges Employers Association...

Missing the Signs

Researchers have cautioned that teachers are missing all hints of poor mental health among pupils by handling behavioural issues with discipline and punishment. A lack of suitable mental health training means that teachers repeatedly fail to spot psychological distress and...

Five West Midlands schools to compete for prestigious award backed by HRH The Prince...

Five schools from across the West Midlands are set to battle it out to be crowned the region’s most enterprising school as part of a flagship education initiative from Mosaic, the mentoring charity founded by HRH The Prince of Wales...

Five West Midlands Schools Set To Battle For Prestigious Award Backed By HRH The...

Five schools from across the West Midlands are set to battle it out to be crowned as the region’s most enterprising school as part of a flagship education initiative driven by Mosaic, HRH The Prince of Wales’ mentoring charity. Teams...

A Level Results Day 2019

Thousands of students across the UK will be nervously waiting for one of the most life-changing days on Thursday 15 August. A-Level Results Day will see students who have continued into Further Education at Colleges and Sixth Forms get their...