National Grid opens new £4 million training centre
National Grid has opened a new £4m training centre at Eakring, near Newark in Nottinghamshire.
Teachers angry at GCSE results meet exam regulator
Teachers' leaders meet exam regulator Ofqual at its Coventry offices as the row continues over the marking of last week's English GCSEs.
ITV Central's guide to GCSE results day
Here are some guidelines on what options are open to you when you receive your GCSE results today:
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National Grid opens new £4 million training centre
by John Willats
National Grid has opened a new £4m training centre at Eakring, near Newark in Nottinghamshire.
Read the full storyTeachers angry at GCSE results meet exam regulator
Teachers' leaders meet exam regulator Ofqual at its Coventry offices as the row continues over the marking of last week's English GCSEs.
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GCSE results day, full report
by Peter BearneThe number of teenagers getting top GCSE marks in the East Midlands has fallen for the first time in the exam's 24-year history.
Thousands of students got their results today, the number getting five A-Cs dropped very slightly to 69.4%.
Meanwhile, a row has erupted about the English results after many students were awarded lower than expected grades. Teachers have accused exam boards of marking them too harshly.
Exam board reassures students who received lower than expected grades
There was disappointment for some today with lower than expected English marks, for the students themselves it could mean the difference between getting the essential grades to take them onto college.
For the teachers, some may feel they let their students down because they had predicted higher grades than the ones they eventually got.
Schools themselves have to meet targets on A - C grades at GCSE so this could affect their figures. As for the exam boards they deny they have been too harsh. This is what one exam board had to say today:
GCSE results advice from Futures Nottingham and Nottinghamshire
Operations Manager of Futures Nottingham and Nottinghamshire. Michelle Wright, says that students need to know what is right for them.
ITV Central's guide to GCSE results day
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Here are some guidelines on what options are open to you when you receive your GCSE results today:
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Students to receive GCSE results today
by Peter Bearne
It's a nervous morning for thousands of teenagers in the Midlands as they pick up their GCSE results.
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A unique programme is set to launch people into the space industry and it is based here in the Midlands, Loughborough.
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