Exam chiefs have been accused of "fixing" this summer's A-level results to restrict the number of pupils who are awarded the new A* supergrade.
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Obama and Izzard in new GCSE exam
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Examining board OCR introduces a new spoken word test in English language exam.
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A Level student asked for exam to be rescheduled because of World Cup clash
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A schoolboy wrote to a national exam board asking for the date of his General
Studies A-level to be changed - because it clashed with an England World Cup
match.
Diary Of A Third Year: 'I haven't picked up a pen since I last did an exam'
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The return of sunshine and summer brings sadness for third years. It means final exams are only a few weeks away and every waking hour is spent in the library. This wouldn't be so bad if Sheffield University's library didn't overlook a park filled with first and second years enjoying picnics and drinking cider. Revision is often interrupted by whoops of joy, or a Frisbee crashing into the library's windows.
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Pupils are being caught cheating by smuggling mobile phones, BlackBerrys and
iPods into exam halls.
6 per cent rise in number of exam cheats
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Cheating in GCSE and A-level exams increased last year, with teenagers caught
almost 4,500 times, official figures showed today.
Hi-tech exam cheating increases
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More than 4,400 people cheated in last year's GCSEs and A-levels in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, says watchdog Ofqual.
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Almost 360,000 teenagers are using excuses such as headaches, hay fever and
the death of a pet to get extra marks in exams, according to figures.
Grade fears prompt A-level checks
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Head teachers will join exam boards' grading meetings to assure schools there is no manipulation.
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The exams watchdog has stepped into the row over an A-level biology paper
which led to thousands of students launching a Facebook protest against the
exam board AQA for setting questions they felt were unfair.
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