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A-levels Soar as Imperial Tops Sex Poll

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Live!
Submitted by editor on Fri, 15/08/2008 - 15:50
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By: Kirsty Patterson

Record breaking exam results have left students battling for places at Imperial, now ranked number one for sex ratio.

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Well done (no buts)

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Submitted by Kate Dunn on Thu, 14/08/2008 - 14:25
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Today sees the 26th consecutive year of rises in A-level passes.

A-level results are best ever

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Submitted by editor on Thu, 14/08/2008 - 09:27
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This year’s A-level students have achieved the best exam results on record, as thousands pick up top grades today.

Sciences ‘a grade harder' than arts

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Submitted by editor on Tue, 01/07/2008 - 11:12
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Students are being put off Science subjects at A-level because they are harder to get top marks in, it has been found.

A-levels 'worthless' says Imperial

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Submitted by editor on Wed, 04/06/2008 - 10:15
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Imperial College London will introduce its own entrance exams because it believes A-levels no longer identify the brightest students.

A*ienating students

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Warwick Boar
Submitted by editor on Mon, 25/02/2008 - 16:30
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Warwick Boar

By: Rachael Church

A warning has been issued from a group which represents universities including Warwick, Durham and York about the proposed new A* grades for A-level students. In a report into the impact of school qualification reforms on university admissions, the 1994 Group warns that the A*, “could disrupt efforts to make the undergraduate population in research-intensive universities more socially inclusive”.

Why, why, why diplomas?

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Submitted by Hayley Smyth on Thu, 21/02/2008 - 12:31
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The government believes that the new diploma system could spell the end for A-Levels. But it's not popular with everyone. In particular, university admissions tutors have their reservations. So what does the diploma mean for school-leavers?

Universities reject ‘soft’ A-levels

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Submitted by editor on Mon, 07/01/2008 - 17:40
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The choice of what A-levels you take may be just as important as the grades you get, new plans from Cambridge and the London School of Economics suggest.