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Inside the climate-conscious schools: from supporting local biodiversity to running eco-clubs and energy saving initiatives, new research reveals the steps the country’s schools are taking to help protect the planet. However, with curriculum pressures threatening progress amidst an escalating climate crisis, leading learning company Pearson has partnered with the likes of IEMA, the Met Office, University of Reading and the Eden Project to help put students at the heart of finding solutions.

James Pembroke, Data Analyst at Insight/Sig+, analyses the changes and impact of assessment, post-COVID, on schools and pupils.

Claire Hodgson, Research Director at the National Foundation for Educational Research, leads perspectives from a range of experts, to share their view on the power of assessments, from the future of Computer-Adaptive and Computer-Based Assessments to taking a deep dive into what formative, summative and diagnostic assessments are.

18th August, 2022, LONDON: Around 200,000 students receive their Level 3 BTEC results today (18th Aug), according to Pearson, the awarding body for the qualifications.  Students were awarded grades ranging from a ‘Starred Distinction’ to a ‘Pass’. They will now progress into higher or further education, apprenticeships or full-time employment, often in key industries that suffer from drastic shortages of skilled, ambitious workers. 

Online tutoring rose to prominence following the first Covid lockdown – and appears set to continue throughout the next academic year and beyond. 

With the government’s White Paper, Opportunity for All: Strong schools with great teachers, outlining the key role of tutoring services in helping them reach their ambitious targets, and with an additional £349 million announced to support school-led tutoring in 2022/2023, it is clearly here to stay. But what will it look like?  

Applicants with disabilities need earlier support to transition to higher education in the UK, according to a report by UCAS in partnership with Pearson, the leading digital media learning company, and the Disabled Students Commission.