Summarize this content to 1000 words Getty ImagesGoing to school, college or university five days a week is not your only option if you want to earn a qualification.Tens of thousands of young people start apprenticeships every year - getting a wage and on-the-job experience, as well as time to train and study.But, with dropout rates at about 50% and concern about low pay, there is a lot to consider
Summarize this content to 1000 words Getty ImagesStudents in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will receive GCSE, BTec Tech Awards and other level 2 qualifications on Thursday.It is the first year that GCSE grades are expected to be similar to 2019 across all three nations.It follows a growth in the percentage of passes in 2020 and 2021, when exams were cancelled because of Covid, and a phased effort to bring
Summarize this content to 1000 words PA MediaAn Afghan student with Lorna Norgrove of the Linda Norgrove FoundationNineteen female medical students banned from attending university in Afghanistan are to complete their studies in Scotland.They were forced to give up medicine after the Taliban retook control of Afghanistan three years ago and clamped down on women’s rights.Lewis-based charity the Linda Norgrove Foundation worked with UK and Scottish governments to arrange visas
Summarize this content to 1000 words Meet the primary school class who are all boysA primary school in Orkney has welcomed an unusual new intake of pupils, with a class made up entirely of 18 boys.The very rare occurrence at Stromness Primary is a first for P1 class teachers, Joanna Tulloch and Susan Begley. Mrs Tulloch said the situation was "quite something". "I think it's very unusual. It's never happened
Summarize this content to 1000 words Anna ChampneysAnna was one of the first students to study wildlife conservation at Nottingham Trent University - she is now course leaderAs GCSE and BTec First students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland prepare to receive their results this week, one university lecturer tells BBC News it's never too late to go back into education, no matter what grades you achieve.Anna Champneys admits there
Summarize this content to 1000 words PA MediaAfter results day, last Thursday, many 18-year-olds have secured a university place - including thousands through clearingUniversities asking for the highest entry grades have so far accepted 8% more students this year than in 2023. The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (Ucas) data suggests universities are being more flexible about students' grades. Many universities are keen to fill places on their courses, to
Summarize this content to 1000 words Grade boundaries show the minimum number of marks you need for each grade. They are decided by examiners and published on results day.Qualifications Wales, which oversees Welsh exams, has said there is still a risk that performance in some subjects has not fully recovered since the pandemic. So, it will use statistics to help set the grade boundaries, external, to prevent marks dropping below
Summarize this content to 1000 words PA MediaPotential students are being offered the chance of rent-free accommodation and cash prizes as part of universities' attempts to encourage them to apply through clearing.At St Mary's University, Twickenham, students were offered entry into a cash prize draw for applying early.While at University of Gloucestershire, the prize in a similar draw was a year of rent-free accommodation. These are "inappropriate inducements", according to
Summarize this content to 1000 words Getty ImagesFinally, after five years of changing approaches to exams and grading, this is it.This is the year that A-level grades across England, Wales and Northern Ireland are back, more or less, to where they were before Covid.Most students getting level three results were in Year 9 when the pandemic started.They were the first year group to sit in-person GCSEs after Covid lockdowns, when
Summarize this content to 1000 words Most students will leave university owing money. The Student Loans Company says graduates in England leave university with average debts of £44,940.In general, most graduates can expect to earn more than non-graduates, according to the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA)., externalHowever, it suggests the extra money earned from a university education has declined.According to HESA's survey of 2020-21 graduates, the average salary reported 15
