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GCSE and A-level teacher assessments: benefits of replacing exams undermined by lack of transparency
NuPenDekDee/Shutterstock In January, UK education secretary Gavin Williamson announced that GCSE and A-level exams in England would not go ahead. Now, Williamson has outlined further information about how assessments for pupils will take place. Teachers’ judgements will be at the heart of grading decisions this year, based on a rangeContinue Reading
We sequenced the cave bear genome using a 360,000-year-old ear bone and had to rewrite their evolutionary history
Cave bears are now extinct. Shutterstock/Liliya Butenko Cave bears were giant plant eating bears that roamed Europe and northern Asia, and went extinct around 25 thousand years ago. They hibernated in caves during the winter. This was a dangerous time, as those which had failed to fatten up enough duringContinue Reading
Fake letters to politicians: the timing may be bad but it’s OK to test whether MPs reply to constituents
UK Parliament , CC BY-NC You may have heard about the research project which involved sending MPs emails from imaginary people, just to see how they might respond. It involved sending marginally different letters to test whether a certain type of person might be more likely to receive a responseContinue Reading
The LIFE of a BOAT
The ‘Nautobiography’ of a 90-year-old lifesaver— with tales of shipwreck, heroic rescue, wartime tragedy and its later resurrection Ninety years ago, on February 26, 1931, the RNLI took charge of new lifeboat which is still surviving after a heroic career and a longer period of retirement. Nearing the conclusion ofContinue Reading
ECS Pupils Keep Fit4Feb
ECS pupils and brothers, Edward and Hector have taken on the Charlie Waller Fit4Feb challenge to make the most of the 28 days in February and to raise awareness for the mental health charity. Edward, who is in Year 6 at ECS, is running 28 miles in 28 days andContinue Reading
Umar Akmal’s 18-Month Ban Reduced To One Year By Sports Court | Cricket News
Umar Akmal had been suspended after failing to report details of a match-fixing approach.© AFP Pakistani cricketer Umar Akmal’s 18-month ban over corruption charges was reduced to a year, the Court of Arbitration for Sports said Friday. The verdict from the Lausanne-based body will likely come as a relief forContinue Reading
USWNT’s Alex Morgan scores first goal since becoming a mom
Alex Morgan scores off a beautiful assist from Sophia Smith to put the USWNT up 5-0 over Argentina in the SheBelieves Cup.Continue Reading
IND vs ENG, 3rd Test: Virat Kohli Tips His Hat To “Modern Day Legend” Ravichandran Ashwin | Cricket News
Virat Kohli was full of praise of his off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin after emphatic win in Ahmedabad.© BCCI Virat Kohli lavished praise on Ravichandran Ashwin, calling him a “modern day legend” after the off-spinner became the fastest Indian bowler to 400 Test wickets on Thursday. India beat England by 10 wicketsContinue Reading
COVID vaccine weekly: Britain’s successful rollout paves the way for the end of lockdown
With the UK on track to vaccinate all its priority groups with a first dose by mid-April, the target date for getting an initial vaccine to the rest of the British population has been brought forward by a month, to the end of July. In conjunction with this, prime ministerContinue Reading
The UK’s speedy COVID-19 vaccine rollout: surprise success or planned perfection?
The UK’s COVID-19 response has been criticised severely. Britain is among the countries with the highest number of recorded COVID-19 cases and deaths. But with its vaccination campaign, its fortunes seem to have turned. The UK is one of the world’s front runners when it comes to vaccine coverage. OnContinue Reading