Exams in the News: November 2009
We suggest that as parents and students you can use the past to prepare for the future. What was in the news in August 2009? Could that help you prepare for August 2010?
The links are not in strict chronological order but generally the more recent stories are towards the top.
November 2009
Oxbridge 'still dominated by social elite'
Testing and assessment: We will fail him on the beaches
GCSE: Exam regulator finds board lottery in science grades
GCSEs require little maths and science
Listening to revision tapes during sleep 'could help pupils get better exam results'
Schools becoming 'exam factories'
GCSE English exams to include questions on text messaging
Call to charge bonus school head
'Fine exam boards' that dumb down
Call to fine exam boards which break the rules
Tories pledge to make schools 'engines of social change
University places 'wider access'
Universities 'worth £59bn to UK'
Leading article: The value of higher education
Universities make £60bn a year for UK economy, study finds
Scottish universities ‘at risk from Mandelson plan’
Top 100 graduate employers: No 74 - the Financial Services Authority
Innovative minds are essential
Undergraduates should be given 'consumer rights', says Lord Mandelson
A-level results not enough to get into university, Lord Mandelson says
Labels to aid student 'consumers'
Low exam scores 'should be no bar to top universities'
A-level students face despair over shortage of university places
Mandelson to unveil university overhaul
University dropout rates and graduate earnings to be tagged to courses
