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Frustrated learner drivers are calling on the Department of Transport to extend the period that theory test certificates are valid for after thousands of practical tests were cancelled due to the pandemic. A public petition has more than 57,700 signatures, but it requires 100,000 before it will be considered for debate in Parliament. A theory test … Read more
A number of final year medical students claim they were forced to wet themselves during a formal exam to avoid being disqualified from the online test. The Doctor’s Association UK (DAUK) has stepped in to represent the students following a string of complaints to the UK Foundation Programme (UKFPO) over the way they handled the … Read more
Final year medical students say they were forced to wet themselves to avoid being disqualified from online exam Medical students claim to have wet themselves to avoid exam disqualification Students across the country were sitting the UK Foundation Programme exam The online examination was being taken on the Pearson Vue system By Sam Baker For … Read more
Myleene Klass praised her eldest daughter Ava, 13, on Thursday night after she passed her grade seven cello exam in lockdown. Taking to Instagram, the classically trained musician, 42, revealed that she had accompanied Ava on the piano during the virtual examination. Myleene gushed that she was ‘super proud’ of her eldest child and sweetly called her … Read more
More than 70 West Point cadets are caught cheating on remote calculus exam in the biggest academic scandal at the military academy in 44 years In total, 73 cadets have been accused of cheating on the mathematics exam, with 72 of the alleged cheaters being first-year students back in May Four of those accused in … Read more
GCSE and A-level pupils will be told what is on their exam papers in advance and will be ‘marked more generously’, according to plans expected to be unveiled by the Department for Education Students with an asterisk by their grade should be looked on kindly by colleges Exam boards will tell schools which subject areas … Read more
The UK admissions body is calling for an overhaul of the university application process to allow A Level students access to more accurate information before they decide their future. Ucas, the body behind university admissions in the UK, says the system of using predicted grades for university applications is unreliable and can penalise disadvantaged students … Read more
GCSE and A-Level grade boundaries should be LOWERED next year to compensate for pandemic, Ofqual says Ofqual is urging Government to ensure that exams are ‘less daunting’ in 2021 Chief regulator Dame Glenys Stacey has written letter to Education Secretary Argues that pandemic is impacting learning so exams should be more lenient By Ross Ibbetson … Read more
New ‘super-exam’ for solicitors will be brought in from next autumn meaning aspiring lawyers will no longer need university degrees to qualify Aspiring lawyers will no longer need degrees as new exam is introduced The new Solicitors Qualifying Exam will be introduced from autumn 2021 The new process will involve testing of advocacy skills and … Read more
ALEX BRUMMER: UK’s hard-earned fiscal and monetary credibility, a willingness to invest in infrastructure, flexible labour and healthy banking sector should help restore prosperity By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 22:27 GMT, 29 October 2020 | Updated: 22:44 GMT, 29 October 2020 The inspectors have been in and Rishi Sunak has passed his … Read more