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Examiners Who Failed To Add Up Marks Properly Told 'Don't Tell Schools' By Exam Board

PA | Posted 17.07.2012 | UK Universities & Education

An exam board apologised for marking errors that could have affected GCSE and A-level grades after a whistleblower was suspended amid claims bosses to...

University Academics Losing Confidence In 'Shallow' Students

Posted 03.04.2012 | UK Universities & Education

A culture of re-sits, bitesize exams and schools drilling pupils to pass tests is leaving many new students floundering at university, a new report wa...

Testing Times: Should Universities Set A-Levels?

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 03.04.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Education Secretary Michael Gove has called for universities to have a "far greater" role in designing A-levels in the future, amid concerns that the ...

Growing Number Of Students Using 'Offensive, Obscene' Material In Exams, Says Watchdog

Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 26.12.2011 | UK Universities & Education

Hundreds of students have been caught writing or drawing obscenities, including racist remarks and lewd drawings, on A-level and GCSE exam papers, ...

A-Level Students Braced For Repercussions of Exam Blunders

Lucy Sherriff | Posted 18.10.2011 | UK Universities & Education

Around 100,000 students are believed to have been affected by exam blunders, the Press Association has reported. The mistakes ranged from impossibl...