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A level results day
The much anticipated A level results have been released, and despite curriculum changes, different assessment and a myriad of exam mistakes faced by this year's cohort, overall the spread of results remains broadly unchanged from last year.
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Overzealous health and safety in schools is harmful to kids says Ofstead chief
Schools have been criticised for taking health and safety behaviours to extremes, suggesting that this level of protection of children’s safety in school leads to greater risks as they do not learn to assess the risk to their own safety in real situations.
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Ofqual criticised for spending on clarifying new GCSEs
A government campaign to clarify the new GCSE qualifications is reported to cost £500,000.
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Universities accused of grade inflation as number of First Class degrees awarded rises steeply
There has been a significant increase in the number of first class degrees awarded by Universities across the UK over the last few academic years. Some speculate that this is due to increased standards at A level as well as a more focused student body, but is this another type of grade inflation to improve league table standings?
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UK university applications fall for the first time since fee rise in 2012
Despite a record 38% of 18-year-olds in the UK applying for further education, UCAS applications to UK universities fell by 4% this year, amongst Brexit fears and student support grant cuts. Mature, EU and nursing students show the biggest fall in applications.
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New GCSE grade system causes University admission confusion
Just weeks before the first batch of GCSEs using the new numerical grade system are published, updated university admission requirements for UK universities cause more confusion around what is considered a passing mark.
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Teens stage school uniform protest during summer heat
Students in Devon took the ongoing uniform row into their own hands by wearing skirts to school in the summer heat wave.
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Yet more exam paper mistakes, this time for A level
Just weeks after admitting a mistake in a GCSE exam paper, OCR have apologised for mistakes in this year’s A level psychology and biology exam papers. Yet they are not alone, with AQA facing a humiliating admission that one of its A level chemistry questions was ‘unanswerable’.
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OCR English GCSE exam question has major mistake
Students, teachers and parents are all outraged at the blatant error in this year’s English literature GCSE exam administered by OCR exam board.
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