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Ben Harrow: A-level reforms- asking the wrong questions?

After a long time, this is my first discussion thrown up here, so bear with me! I wanted to start a discussion about the prevalence and effect of re-takes in A-level exams today, and what might change if A-level reforms are brought in as a result of the Cambridge Assessment research, which I blogged about on Help Me Investigate Education) There are ... read more and comment →

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Latest comment by Ben Harrow: "Because I have a strong journalism background (including data work) and an A in A-level mathematics ^^. An employer in the know would realise that what you would study in a Mathematics degree would be completely irrelevant to manipulating data ......"

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Janet Downs: University undergrads have “glaring gaps” in subject content and need lessons in basic grammar, shrieks the Mail.

“…60 per cent of universities run remedial classes for first-year students to fill glaring gaps in their subject knowledge and boost essay-writing skills, including basic grammar,” trumpeted the Mail in its discussion of the Cambridge Assessment Survey. But a closer look at the survey does not paint such a negative picture about undergraduates’ “basic grammar” and contradicts the Mail’s assertion about ... read more and comment →

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Latest comment by Janet Downs: "Pam Tatlow, chief executive of million+, a group which represents 26 of the new universities, told the Guardian that academics had informed ministers that the A-level system was "not broken" at a meeting earlier this year. "Ministers appear to have ......"

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Janet Downs: What are universities saying about A levels and undergraduate skills?

“We recognise in our department that students will experience a culture shock in moving from A levels to university and we try our best to help them make the transition from being spoon-fed to being able to design a spoon and then feed themselves!” said one respondent to a survey by Cambridge Assessment*. Lecturers from the Russell Group, University Alliance, Million ... read more and comment →

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Latest comment by Rebecca Hanson: "It's really taken off. One Cambridge Applicant I was doing practice interviews with had his with him in which he had derived the equations of relativity from scratch. I took two of my children to a show at our local ......"

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