Diplomas to challenge A-levels
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Diplomas could become the "qualification of choice", says the Schools Secretary Ed Balls.
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More A-level and GCSE candidates are given extra time to help with physical and emotional difficulties.
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Wider recognition of work-related qualifications aims to encourage schools to make more use of them.
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England's exams regulator is to report on whether some GCSEs and A-levels are easier than others.
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Northern Ireland's A-level students consider their futures as results prove to be better than ever.
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Students should take A-levels earlier and apply to university after getting the results, a report will propose.
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An independent watchdog is being launched in England to counter criticism that exams are getting easier.
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Immigrants who want to become British citizens will need to pass tests to "prove their worth", under new plans.
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Universities were encouraged yesterday to give preference to students from minority backgrounds in a scheme that could see working-class and ethnic minority applicants
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Â· Maths and English hit by decline in trainees  Â· Shortfall will hit schools in summer of 2009
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Junior doctors across the UK are being warned they face the toughest competition ever for training posts.
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Â· Education blueprint to challenge Lib Dem faithful  Â· New leader makes debut in prime minister's questions
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Pupils could soon face tests of their creativity under plans to boost the kind of "soft skills".
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A record number of students have passed their A-levels this year with nearly a quarter of students getting an A-grade. Are standards going up or down?
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England's secondary schools should drop GCSEs and A-levels for a diploma, a report says - but reaction is mixed.
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Exam boards in England insist science GCSEs are not getting easier.
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STUDENTS face record competition for university places this autumn, with thousands more applicants scrambling to beat the rise in tuition fees, new figures revealed yesterday.