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Policy and regulation

Schools cutting the curriculum to ‘game’ GCSE results and league tables, Ofsted warns. iNews

Welsh parents lose opt-out for sex, relationship and religious education. Guardian

Data breach firm given access despite DfE probe. Schools Week

Ofsted blasts 'low-level arts and media' courses. TES

British Airways own apprenticeship recruitment faces grounding after Ofsted visit. FE Week
Primary and secondary education

Job cuts next year without more pay funding, heads warn. TES

'Maths whisperer': Cardiff teacher gets A* grades for entire class. Guardian

New maths GCSE curriculum for post-16 students unveiled. TES

Pioneering edtech trial to help pupils with SEND. TES

Exams agency says appeal charges are not affecting students. BBC News

Northern Ireland school children affected by academic selection. BBC News

‘Relaxed discipline’ helps pupils, research finds. TES | Read the report here

Schools failing in legal duty to implement ‘accessibility plans’. Schools Week

Gaelic becomes default language for island pupils. TES
Further Education

Psychology students carry out ‘unethical’ experiments (Scotland). TES

Provider challenging ‘flawed’ AEB tender in the high court. FE Week

17k college students receive regular counselling. TES
Higher Education

Labour MP Zarah Sultana waves letter showing £50,000 of student debt at Gavin Williamson. iNews

Minister criticises lack of senior black UK academics. Guardian
General and International Education

Sixteen new British independent schools to open in China in 2020. PIE News
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Postgraduate Advanced Certificate | September 2020
15 month, part time course | 4 day schools

Take your career to the next level with a postgraduate qualification in assessment.

In collaboration with the University of Cambridge Faculty of Education, Cambridge Assessment offer a pathway to postgraduate study with the Postgraduate Advanced Certificate in Educational Studies: Educational Assessent (PGCA). Upon successful completion of the course, students will be eligible to apply to undertake the part-time Master of Education (MEd).

Valuable to all professionals wishing to develop their understanding of educational assessment and its evaluation, the PGCA is a mix of online learning and four day schools held in Cambridge. Each student will have a supervisor for each unit of the course, ensuring that they are fully supported at each stage of the assignment writing process.

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