by cristahazell | Feb 25, 2021 | Teacher Briefings
Theme: Outcomes of OFQUAL / DfE Consultation on how GCSE, AS and A-level grades should be awarded in Summer 2021 Background: A consultation (See Briefing 27) was carried out in January 2021. The rationale for proposing changes to traditional exams was this: Given...
by cristahazell | Jan 18, 2021 | ALL News, News, Secondary, Secondary News, Teacher Briefings
Theme: OFQUAL / DfE Consultation on how GCSE, AS and A-level grades should be awarded in Summer 2021 Background: The remit for this consultation emerged from letters on 13th January between the Secretary of State and OFQUAL. Consultation is open until Friday 29...
by cristahazell | Oct 14, 2020 | ALL News, Corporate Member News, Discussion Area, Language News, News, Secondary News, Teacher Briefings
Theme: GCSE Languages 2021 Background: OFQUAL was tasked by the Secretary of State in Autumn 2020 with mitigating the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on schooling in the academic years 2019-20 and 2020-21. For Languages the major recommendation was to make...
by cristahazell | Jul 9, 2020 | Teacher Briefings
Theme: Proposals for a national languages strategy 2020 Background: The British Academy published Towards a National Languages Strategy: Education and Skills in July 2020, with proposals from The British Academy, AHRC, ASCL, The British Council, Universities...
by cristahazell | Jul 1, 2020 | ALL News, Corporate Member, Corporate Member News, Discussion Area, Language News, News, Teacher Briefings, What's New
Theme: Language Trends 2020 Background: The annual Language Trends report was published here in late June: https://www.britishcouncil.org/research-policy-insight/research-reports/language-trends-2020 Key messages: We have extracted here some of the key findings of...
by cristahazell | May 21, 2020 | Teacher Briefings
Theme: Cultural Capital – the contribution of Language learning Background: OfSTED writes in the Education Inspection Handbook that cultural capital is the essential knowledge that pupils need to be educated citizens, introducing them to the best that has been thought...
