The strike will now disrupt students as it coincides with GCSE and A-Level examinations.
A-level candidates in, say, maths, to learn things that only a few will need.
Without maths as an accompanying A-level the application will be less likely to succeed.
A-level won't stop grades being devalued: better to encourage the use of a separate exam.
South Tyneside College is scrapping A-Level provision because of a big fall in student numbers.
She told how the promising A-level student showed signs of being gifted from an early age.
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We visited one school in Cambridge where computer science is taught, albeit at A-level.
However, pupils have been taking A-level and GCSE exams on Monday despite the difficult conditions.
A-level boards into three and to cut the number of syllabuses offered by each.
From September a new funding formula will fund all A-level subjects at the same rate.
The standard required for acceptance onto a course might be one A-level or a vocational equivalent.
Some support a more radical solution: offering places only after A-level results are published.
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But teaching was found to be broadly satisfatory and A-level results were in keeping with national trends.
However, many insist they will be open for pupils who have to sit GCSE and A-level exams.
The initiative comes amid concerns that A-level students are losing the ability to solve complex problems independently.
Ofsted praised history teaching at GCSE and A-level, but said attainment was "weaker" among younger secondary pupils.
Fogel and Mrs Waxman were A-level students at Oaklands College in St Albans in the early 1990s.
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Scientists have asked the government to reconsider a plan to remove higher funding for A-level science courses.
He was initially disappointed with his A-level grades but was impressed with speed of the Clearing process.
Developed by the Cambridge International Examinations (CIE), the Pre-U has been likened to a more "traditional A-level".
The decision to maintain the linkage of the AS level to the full GCE A-level is also welcomed.
Overall, there was a 19% rise in requests for re-marks for this year's A-level, GCSE and AS-level exams.
A-level too: it's possible to get an A in maths without a solid grasp of calculus, for example.
But the university has denied reports it will go on to set papers for a new maths A-level.
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Police revealed the 18-year-old had to sit an A-level on Thursday, less than a week after the incident.
Councillors will receive a report in December outlining final data for the summer 2005 GCSE and A-level results.
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The government said it had already instigated top-to-bottom overhaul of maths in schools, extending from primary school to A-level.
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Creative writing courses have expanded at university level - and it is now going to be offered at A-level.
"Grades at GCSE, A-Level or their equivalent are always hugely important, but they're never the sole criterion, " she said.
Voluntary work and an extended essay could be part of a shake-up for A-level students in England, reports suggest.
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