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Swedish National Agency for Education: Digital national exams cancelled

April 17, 2025

The Swedish National Agency for Education is canceling the digital national exams this spring, the agency wrote in a press release. The reason is that several serious shortcomings have been discovered, including students' personal data being leaked to teachers who should not have access to it.

Hong Kong schools on 鈥榝rontline鈥 of preventing 鈥榮oft resistance,鈥 education minister says

April 16, 2025

Hong Kong鈥檚 education minister has said that schools are on the 鈥渇rontline鈥 of preventing the spread of 鈥渟oft resistance,鈥 as students may develop 鈥渆xtreme, biased鈥 values due to online rumours.

172% surge of dependant enrolments into Hong Kong universities in past 2 years

April 16, 2025

Influx of children of non-local professionals admitted by the eight public universities has prompted angry backlash from local parents

Leaving Cert results will fall this year as pandemic grade inflation begins to be phased out

April 15, 2025

Leaving Cert results will fall this year as pandemic grade inflation begins to be phased out.

Number of Leaving and Junior Cert students caught cheating doubles in a year

April 14, 2025

The number of students caught cheating in their Leaving Cert and Junior Cert exams has more than doubled in the space of a year. The State Examinations Commission (SEC) said 86 results had been withheld for last year鈥檚 Leaving Cert compared to 39 in 2023.

UK-Egypt mission sparks new era of higher education partnerships

April 11, 2025

A UK delegation from top universities visited Egypt鈥檚 New Administrative Capital, marking the largest UK higher education delegation to the country.

NZ announces key education initiatives for Vietnamese students

April 10, 2025

With Vietnamese students playing a key role in New Zealand鈥檚 economy, the two countries are set to strengthen their educational ties.

Postgrad international student interest in US plunges by 40%

April 09, 2025

Postgraduate international student interest in the US has taken a sharp dive under Donald Trump鈥檚 second administration, falling by more than 40% from January-March 2025.

National Agency for Education: "We listen to the criticism"

April 08, 2025

It was a system update that caused the error in the Swedish National Agency for Education's platform for digital national exams. The error led to the cancellation of this spring's digital exams.

Scottish voters split over free tuition as university financial crisis deepens

April 07, 2025

Scottish voters are divided over Scotland鈥檚 policy of free tuition for Scottish students as the crisis over university finances intensified.

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