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1. COVID-19 and universities.

Subjects
*COVID-19 pandemic, *UNIVERSITIES & colleges, *HEALTH of college students, *INFECTIOUS disease transmission, *HIGHER education
Abstract

The article informs on a paper "Isaac Newton Institute: COVIDdiseases--tra-19 and universities" by the Higher Education Working Group at the Isaac Newton Institute on the imapct of COVID-19 pandemic on Great Britain universities. It mentions that transmission importations into the student population from the community AND to the community from student populations do occur.

Published
2021

2. ASCL's proposals for grading GCSEs and A-levels.

Subjects
*GENERAL certificate of education examination (Great Britain), *GENERAL Certificate of Secondary Education, *A-level examinations, *COVID-19 pandemic, *SCHOOLS, *UNIVERSITIES & colleges
Abstract

The article reports on the Association of School and College Leaders' (ASCL) proposals for grading general certificate of secondary education and A-levels amid the COVID-19 pandemic, as of February 2021. Topics covered include ASCL's warning that plans for assessing grades must not become exams by another name, the idea of exam boards providing a range of papers or banks of questions that teachers could use to assess their students and how schools and colleges should submit grades.

Published
2021