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Welcome to our November 2021 Newsletter!
Dear All
We hope you are all keeping well. The world is slowly starting to open up again and it is wonderful to see international pupils & students back in the UK and also now more easily able to travel home to see their families. We hope everyone who wants to can get home to see their loved ones in December!
Latest articles from UK Education Guide
A summary of some of our most recent published pieces:
Online learning success-Assessment of international students in a non-exam year
A summary of how UK Boarding schools have adapted to help pupils studying remotely successfully continue their studies, excel in their Teacher assessments and get great GCSE and A Level results.
Standardized tests for UK boarding schools?
Many schools continue to use their own tests for international students, but isn’t a standardised test the answer to reduce the number of tests required? We explore the pros and cons…
Have GCSEs become outdated?
Is it time to replace GCSE’s? What might take their place?
Which exam is best for a world in flux?
The post pandemic world requires students and workers to be more flexible, resourceful and accept, probably, that no career will last a lifetime and that developing skills that transfer across careers will be increasingly important. In this scenario which qualification is best-A Levels or IB?
Teen brain development - how it can affect international students learning in a second language
In this article for ST Magazine we explore how the way the teen brain develops needs to be closely considered when teaching in a second language. The value of repetition and reward cannot be overestimated.
Citizenship Award
Delighted to announce another worthy winner of our November Award:
Johnny Pride aged 12 from Pangbourne College took on a challenge of walking to Wembley to coincide with one of the England Euro games. Having planned and trained hard, he walked 81 miles and in the process raised £10,699 for Parkinson’s UK – an impressive feat which attracted significant radio and press coverage.
Johnny’s grandfather had suffered with Parkinson’s for 20 years before his death this summer and Johnny wanted to raise awareness of the disease as well as much needed funds for research.
Congratulations Johnny!
International Education Round-up
Focus on China
With our partner’s Westwin, we recently ran a webinar explaining how the new policy of ‘Common prosperity’ is affecting the education market in China.
Already some private schools have been put under state ownership and this trend is expected to continue.
The webinar, can be viewed here: youtube.com/watch?v=j0HLQWbNpEY
Once Worth $3B, Online Tutoring Giant VIPKid Will End Flagship Program in China
The announcement, which first appeared on the company’s online teacher portal on Oct. 15, comes after months of tumult and change in the multibillion-dollar online tutoring industry, precipitated by new education regulations from the Chinese government that effectively ban private tutoring lessons with foreign educators. Started in 2013, VIPKid mostly hosts live, one-on-one language lessons between native English speakers, many of whom are American, and children in China.
edsurge.com/news/2021-10-20-once-worth-3b-online-tutoring-giant-vipkid-will-end-flagship-program-in-china
UK university population becoming ‘more British’ post-Brexit
From Times Higher Education: “The UK’s university population is already becoming ‘more British’ post-Brexit, as plummeting numbers of European Union students means the proportion of UK students is on the rise. Data from admissions service Ucas, 15 days after A-level results, show that UK students now account for 89 per cent of placed applicants, up from 86 per cent last year.”
View the full article from Times Higher Education
Essay mills set to be outlawed in England – at last
From Times Higher Education: “Contract cheating is set to be outlawed in England, in a victory for politicians and sector leaders who have long pushed for action against essay mills. The Department for Education said that it would introduce an amendment to the Skills and Post-16 Education Bill, which is currently working its way through Parliament, that would make it a criminal offence to ‘provide, arrange or advertise… cheating services for financial gain to students taking a qualification at any institution in England providing post-16 education, including universities.’ ”
View the full article from Times Higher Education
Student engagement slips as pandemic curtails collaboration
From Times Higher Education: “Less than two-thirds of UK undergraduates feel that their universities have ensured the quality of their academic experience during the pandemic, according to a survey that reveals significant declines in key areas of student engagement. The UK Engagement Survey, published by Advance HE on 11 November and based on the responses of 11,905 students across 19 institutions, found that 65 per cent of respondents definitely or mostly agreed that their institution had worked to ensure the quality of their academic experience during Covid-19.”
View the full article from Times Higher Education
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