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GCSE results: pupils in England bounce back from pandemic as top grades rise

Proportion awarded grades 7 or above up on last year despite concerns over Covid era’s impact on cohort

The Guardian - UK

How the Covid-19 pandemic affected GCSE students

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The Independent UK

GCSE cohort receiving results ‘undoubtedly affected by Covid disruption’

Many of the pupils who sat their GCSEs this summer were in Year 6 when schools closed because of the pandemic.

Evening Standard

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GCSE students receiving results ‘undoubtedly affected by Covid disruption’

The Education Secretary said students showed “remarkable resilience” despite the disruption to their education

The Independent UK

Educational inequalities have ‘grown wider’ since the pandemic

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The Independent UK

10 Sci-Fi Books With Terrifying Viruses and Plagues

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The Mary Sue

Why where you live can affect your school grades – and the gap between areas is only widening

Educational inequalities in England have ‘grown wider and more pronounced’ since the Covid pandemic

The Independent UK

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Aged pensioners to feel impact of asset test changes

Rates the government assumes people earn money on savings from will increase for the first time since they were lowered during the global pandemic.

AAP

UK economy bigger than previously estimated by end of 2023 – ONS

The ONS said revised data showed that the economy was 2.2% bigger than its peak shortly before the coronavirus pandemic.

Evening Standard

Molly-Mae says daughter Bambi has been part of ‘biting pandemic’ at nursery

Molly-Mae Hague has revealed that her daughter Bambi is part of a “biting pandemic” at her nursery, as she admits she “doesn’t know” the best way to deal with her two-year-old’s behaviour.

The Independent UK

The ‘wrong kind of sorry’: will a record fine for Qantas deter other companies from breaking the law?

On Monday, the Federal Court of Australia handed Qantas a record fine of A$90 million for breaching the Fair Work Act by unlawfully terminating the employment of 1,820 ground workers during the pandemic.

The Conversation

Major airline fined £43 million for sacking workers during pandemic

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The Independent UK

Airline fined over £43 million for illegally sacking 1,800 workers during Covid pandemic

Australia’s federal court ruling calls it the most serious breach of labour laws in the country’s history

The Independent UK

Australian Court Fines Qantas US$59 Million For Illegal Layoffs

An Australian court fined Qantas Aus$90 million (US$59 million) on Monday for illegally laying off 1,800 ground staff during the Covid-19 pandemic, ending a five-year legal battle over the workers' rights.

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'Ruthless' sacking of staff lands Qantas with $90m fine

Qantas has vowed to rebuild trust after the embattled airline was fined $90 million for illegally sacking more than 1800 ground staff during the pandemic.

Al Jazeera

How a father’s love and a pandemic created a household name

Made by a pharmacist whose son was sick with croup, Vicks VapoRub saw skyrocketing sales during the 1918 Spanish flu.

The Guardian - UK

Ministers vow to tackle England’s ‘entrenched divides’ in A-level results

Better-off areas set pace for raised national grades but results in north-east remain below pre-pandemic levels

The Independent UK

We weren’t actually more anxious during Covid, researchers discover

The pandemic was cited by Biden administration officials as worsening America’s mental health crisis in 2023

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The Independent UK

US applications for jobless benefits fell last week and remain in historically healthy range

The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits fell modestly last week, remaining in the historically low range since the U.S. economy emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic

Evening Standard

A-level top grades reach record high outside of Covid years

Hundreds of thousands of pupils across England, Wales and Northern Ireland are finding out their exam results on Thursday.

Newslaundry

The swagger’s gone: What the last two decades taught me about India’s fading growth dream

Because something is happening here but you don't know what it is Do you, Mr. Jones?– Bob Dylan, Ballad of a Thin Man, Highway 61 Revisited, 1965. I was offered my first job in Mumbai on a very rainy day in September 2005, a few weeks after we had celebrated the…

The Guardian - UK

A-level top grades in England reach record high outside of Covid years – as it happened

Proportion of A*, A, B or C grades outstrip all but pandemic era in England, with similar picture in Northern Ireland and Wales

The Independent UK

Voices: Forget poor ‘Generation Covid’ – me and my A-level classmates never had it so bad

COMMENT: We studied for GCSEs in the aftermath of the pandemic but missed out on the grade-inflated results handed out by teachers. Now, on A-level results day, we’ll be at the mercy of an education system that’s keen to re-establish its reputation for rigorous assessment. Wish us luck, says Tristan…

The Independent UK

Takeaways from AP's investigation into online school for incarcerated teens

Florida has moved the education of students in juvenile detention online, despite evidence that many students struggled with online school during the pandemic

The Independent UK

More than a quarter of A-level students expected to secure top grades

Students across England, Wales and Northern Ireland will receive their A-level results on Thursday

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