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Gove To Get A Grilling Over GCSE Row

PA | Posted 12.09.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Education Secretary Michael Gove will appear before MPs on Wednesday as the row over GCSE English grades descended into farce. A Welsh exam board h...

GCSE Grade Boundaries Row: What Happened And When

PA | Posted 12.09.2012 | UK Universities & Education

SEE ALSO: GCSE Grading Problems 'Were Identified Three Years Ago', But Ofqual Failed To Act GCSE Fiasco Has Had 'Serious Impact On Perception Of...

'We Would Have Forced Edexcel To Change Grade Boundaries,' Says Ofqual Chief

PA | Posted 11.09.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Ofqual boss Glenys Stacey admitted on Tuesday she would have forced one of England's biggest exam boards to alter its GCSE English boundaries to avoid...

Ofqual Urged Edexcel Exam Board To Alter English Grade Boundaries

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 11.09.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Ofqual urged an exam board to alter its GCSE English grade boundaries just two weeks before the results were published. Leaked letters show the reg...

Strip Money-Hungry Exam Boards Of Right To Set Tests, Urge MPs

PA | Posted 03.07.2012 | UK Universities & Education

MPs have called for reforms to remove "perverse incentives" for students to take dumbed-down exams at school. Exam boards competing to attract busi...

A-Level Exam Scrapped Over 'Security Breach'

The Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 14.06.2012 | UK Universities & Education

An A-level exam paper due to be taken next week has been scrapped over concerns of a "security breach", one of the country's main exam boards has conf...

'Nuclear Arms Race' For GCSEs Needs To Change, Claim Examiners

The Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 16.05.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Examiners have touted a cap on the number of GCSEs pupils can take as the only way to stop the "exam overload" which they say is damaging children's e...

I Quit Because Exam Grades Are Unfair, Says Ex-Exam Boss

PA | Posted 01.03.2012 | UK Universities & Education

England's exams system needs overhauling as top grades "no longer automatically mean top students", the former boss of a major awarding body said on T...

Exam Boards To Tighten Up GCSEs

PA | Posted 24.02.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Exams boards were ordered to tighten up GCSEs in four subjects amid fears that it was becoming easier for pupils to pass on Friday. The exams regul...

'Teacher' Who Faked Degree May Have Caused GCSE Pupils To Lose Marks, Court Hears

Posted 21.02.2012 | UK Universities & Education

The 'teacher' who forged qualifications in order to get a job may have inflated GCSE grades after she marked students' coursework despite lacking the ...

'Teacher' Forged Degrees On Home Computer To Mark A-Level Exam Papers

Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 03.02.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Hundreds of papers are being reviewed by an exam board after a marker forged her way to become a teacher by faking degrees on her home computer. Ju...

Exams Have Become 'Aggressively Commercialised'

PA | Posted 11.03.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Exam boards should be banned from endorsing textbooks and training courses to prevent the "aggressive commercialisation" of education, a leading headm...

No More Exam Papers To Be Withdrawn Over Cheating Claims

Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 06.01.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Ofqual has confirmed no further exam papers scheduled for January are to be withdrawn as a result of investigations into cheating allegations. The...

Exam System 'Toxic', Says Education Expert

Posted 04.01.2012 | UK Universities & Education

A former government adviser has warned of a "toxicity" in the schools exams system which leads many youngsters towards a "lacklustre" rather than a "g...

Exam Chiefs Defend Cheating Allegations

Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 15.12.2011 | UK Universities & Education

Exam chiefs have defended allegations they gave unfair advice on how to boost exam results and made tests easier in order to attract more business. ...

Examiners Grilled For Answers

Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 13.02.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Suspended exam chiefs are to be grilled by MPs over allegations they gave unfair advice to teachers on how to boost GCSE and A-level results and made ...

Edexcel Insists Its Exams Are Just As Difficult As Its Rivals'

PA | Posted 10.02.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Exam board Edexcel has insisted it is "certain" the standard of its qualifications are on a par with its rivals after an internal review of claims tha...

Gove Signals Major Exam Board Reforms Over 'Cheating' Claims

PA | Posted 08.02.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Direct competition between examination boards could be scrapped under reform plans being considered by Education Secretary Michael Gove. Amid qu...

Third Examiner Suspended After Boasting About 'Easier Exams'

PA | Posted 09.12.2011 | UK Universities & Education

A third examiner has been suspended as inquiries continued into allegations that teachers were given unfair advice and told that one exam board set ea...

High A-level And GCSE Grades Inflated By Exam Paper Mistakes

PA | Posted 26.12.2011 | UK Universities & Education

The number of teenagers receiving extra marks in their A-levels and GCSEs rose this summer, fuelled by the mistakes in exam papers, figures show. A...

Students Asked To Help With Inquiry Into Exam Paper Blunders

Lucy Sherriff | Posted 14.11.2011 | UK Universities & Education

The government agency responsible for exam standards has launched an investigation into last summer's exam error blunders. Mistakes in the papers r...

Religious Education Teacher Suspended For Encouraging Students To Plagiarise

Lucy Sherriff | Posted 08.11.2011 | UK Universities & Education

A teacher who was head of religious education at a Merseyside college has been suspended for six months after he encouraged his pupils to plagiarise f...

Edexcel A-Level Results Posted Online Almost A Week Too Early In Yet Another Exam Blunder

The Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 15.10.2011 | UK Universities & Education

Students were hit by yet another exam board blunder on Saturday as A-level results were posted online almost a week earlier than the official release ...

Edexcel A-Level Results Posted Online Almost A Week Too Early In Yet Another Exam Blunder

Lucy Sherriff | Posted 15.10.2011 | UK

Students were hit by yet another exam board blunder on Saturday as A-level results were posted online almost a week earlier than the official release ...