Ofqual is launching a three-month public consultation about the introduction of on-screen assessments as teachers say pupils who habitually use keyboards have 'lost handwriting stamina'.

A number of GCSE and A-level examinations could transition to digital formats by the end of the decade under new proposals from the exams regulator. Plans outlined in a consultation document published ...

Exams regulator Ofqual is consulting on allowing exam boards to each submit proposals for two qualifications with onscreen elements.

GCSEs in smaller-entry subjects – and most A-level exams – could be moved onto screens by the end of the decade ...

Instead of using text tokens, the Chinese AI company is packing information into images. An AI model released by the Chinese AI company DeepSeek uses new techniques that could significantly improve AI ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook DeepSeek has unveiled DeepSeek-OCR: Contexts Optical Compression, an open-source model developed ...

DeepSeek, the Chinese artificial intelligence research company that has repeatedly challenged assumptions about AI development costs, has released a new model that fundamentally reimagines how large ...

Geography as a school subject is under pressure. There aren't enough qualified teachers and it loses out to other subjects in school. In many countries, important aspects are left out of the curricula ...

Zoe Wallis, Forsyth Barr Investment Strategist joins Ryan Bridge on Herald NOW. The Reserve Bank is due to take another step forward in its interest rate-cutting journey. Its Monetary Policy Committee ...

Students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have received their A-level, T-level and BTec National results. The number of students getting top A-level results has reached a record high this year, ...