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A'Level News

AUT leader voices 'privatisation' fears (Thursday May 8, 2003) A university leader today warned against "opening the door to privatisation" in universities, which she claimed was set out in the government's white paper on the future of higher education. http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/news/story/0,9830,951878,00.html

Schools news Head admits letting pupils cheat (Wednesday May 7, 2003 ) A headteacher today admitted allowing some pupils to cheat in their school tests. David Hopkins, headteacher at Whiteknights primary school in Reading, Berkshire, admitted three counts of unprofessional conduct in the administration of science and maths Sats - standard assessment tests - between May 13 and 14 last year. http://education.guardian.co.uk/schools/story/0,5500,951026,00.html

Pupils need more language support, says Ofsted (Monday March 17, 2003) Children for whom English is not a first language need help with writing even after they have become fluent speakers of the language, the education watchdog said today. http://education.guardian.co.uk/schools/story/0,5500,915836,00.html

Judge students on ability to learn, says thinktank (Friday March 7, 2003) A-levels should be replaced with a "learning licence" which reflects school leavers' ability to learn rather than the facts they can recite, a leading thinktank said today. http://education.guardian.co.uk/alevels2002/story/0,12321,909514,00.html

Worth shouting about - Creole languages are at last being given the attention they deserve in adult learning, writes Polly Pattullo (Tuesday March 4, 2003) Among the reading material on the shelves of adult literacy classrooms lurk booklets written by students, put together by tutors and turned into reading material for other learners. Dating from the 1980s and sometimes written in non-standard English, many consist of the life stories of students from the Commonwealth Caribbean. http://education.guardian.co.uk/further/story/0,5500,906698,00.html

Made to fit (Tuesday January 14, 2003) Flexibility is the buzz word when it comes to the further education sector, ministers say. They say colleges are currently refusing to accommodate the requirements of employers and are persisting in offering unpalatable courses rather than finding out what the students want and adapting their wares accordingly. http://education.guardian.co.uk/further/story/0,5500,874059,00.html

Colleges unveil plans for new qualification (Tuesday November 19, 2002) Further education colleges are today proposing a new school leavers' qualification that would give equal value to vocational and academic achievement. http://education.guardian.co.uk/alevels2002/story/0,12321,843164,00.html

US tests 'better indicator' of academic potential (Tuesday November 5, 2002) American-style university entrance testing may be a better predictor of future academic performance than A-levels, particularly among disadvantaged students, according to new research from Dundee University. http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/news/story/0,9830,834136,00.html

Exam grades 'unreliable in indicating ability' (Wednesday August 14, 2002) Exam results are so unreliable as indicators of student ability and performance that universities would almost be better off flipping a coin to choose between applicants, according to a study today... http://education.guardian.co.uk/alevels2002/story/0,12321,774312,00.html

Exam boards 'struggling' to find markers (Wednesday May 15, 2002) The chairman of the qualification and curriculum authority, Sir William Stubbs, has disclosed that exam boards are "struggling hard" to find enough markers to process exam papers. The boards are having particular problems recruiting markers for English and religious studies... http://education.guardian.co.uk/schools/story/0,5500,715966,00.html

More exams + high costs = failure (Wednesday January 23, 2002) ...The annual exam bill of an average secondary school of 1,200 students (which typically has to pay some £15 per pupil per exam entry) has doubled to £100,000 in the past three years... http://education.guardian.co.uk/aslevels/story/0,10495,637894,00.html