Study calls for grading reform
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Some A level subjects are easier than others to get top marks in than others, according to a study by Peter Tymms of Durham University. The finding has led to calls for universities to weight the results of applicants according to the difficulty of the subjects they took. The study revealed that A levels in maths, the sciences or modern languages are harder to get top grades in than the arts or humanities.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 2004
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Labour's lost love
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Following the 2005 general election, pressure group Compass assembled over 100 academics and policmakers as pa rt of a renewal programme. It has been one of the most rigorous and systematic attempts in recent decades to renew and rethink a democratic Left politics of equality, freedom and solidarity.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 2006
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