There are warnings of confusion over university admissions from changes to GCSE exams in England which will create two different pass grades. A number of universities have minimum entry grades at GCSE level – such as a C grade pass at maths and English. But GCSEs are switching...
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June 28, 2017 Loknath Das
Universities
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Ministers are being asked to order urgent checks of fire safety measures in England’s schools. The National Union of Teachers, Fire Brigades Union and Association of Teachers and Lecturers are calling for cladding to be analysed urgently, in the wake of the Grenfell fire. The unions also asked...
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June 28, 2017 Loknath Das
Schools
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Funding an MBA can be a challenge, especially for women. In March this year, GMAC released a white paper to mark International Women’s Day, based on a survey of 5,900 business school applicants worldwide. 29% of female survey respondents cited financial issues as the key reason why they had not...
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June 27, 2017 Loknath Das
Scholarship
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Higher educational institutions offering open and distance learning (ODL) courses with the approval of the University Grants Commission (UGC) will now have to apply afresh with it for grant of recognition. The higher education regulator has made it mandatory for all universities, notifying revised regulations for the institutions...
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June 27, 2017 Loknath Das
Distance Learning
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The Delhi University has activated the admit card link of PG, M.Phil and PhD entrance exams. These exams will start from July onwards and the applicants can download their admission ticket from official portal. After getting delayed twice, the online registration for the exam had started from June 12...
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June 27, 2017 Loknath Das
Admit Card
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An examination board investigating allegations of leaks has been forced to make last-minute changes to two A-level papers that were taken on Monday after another apparent breach of security. Pearson, which owns the Edexcel exam board, said it had replaced questions in its statistics and further pure maths...
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June 26, 2017 Loknath Das
Exam preparation
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