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  • Internship diary: How much can you learn in two months?

    Internship diary: How much can you learn in two months?

    Summer intern Maddy reflects on the skills she’s developed and the challenges she’s taken on in her second month at Oriel Square.

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  • Internship diary: First impressions of Oriel Square and educational publishing

    Internship diary: First impressions of Oriel Square and educational publishing

    Summer intern Maddy reflects on her first month at Oriel Square.

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  • Calling time on the ‘gold standard’? The future of assessment in England

    Calling time on the ‘gold standard’? The future of assessment in England

    The Westminster Education Forum in February 2022 brought together nearly twenty experts from the world of education to discuss the future of assessment in England. Claire Gilbert reports back on the key talking points.

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  • Teacher training: Putting the past behind us

    Teacher training: Putting the past behind us

    Whatever training route is chosen, it needs trainees. A lack of graduates willing to become teachers has posed a threat to children’s education over the past few years and has become an important issue for the school sector. John Howson looks at teacher training, supply and retention in a post-Covid world.*

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  • Internship diary: Going remote with Oriel Square

    Internship diary: Going remote with Oriel Square

    Thanks to Oxford University Careers and Santander UK’s internship scheme, our first intern joined Oriel Square this summer for an 8-week paid internship. Ben is a fourth-year PhD student at the University of Oxford with a keen interest in education policy.

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  • Exams 2020: What have we learnt?

    Exams 2020: What have we learnt?

    The exams process is an emotionally charged experience for families and education professionals at the best of times, but 2020 really has to take the cake. Watching the drama play out, with a host of unexpected plot twists, has truly tested the nerves of all involved and led to terrible heartache for many.

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  • A-levels: 2021 and beyond

    A-levels: 2021 and beyond

    Oriel Square Director John Deans reflects on the current conversations about A-level student exams as we see a return to school, and potential impacts that changes in university admissions processes could have.

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