PsychNews.co.uk » ofqual http://www.psychnews.co.uk News for psychology teachers Sun, 22 Jan 2012 22:54:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 The New Psychology A* for 2010 http://www.psychnews.co.uk/169the-new-psychology-a-for-2010.html http://www.psychnews.co.uk/169the-new-psychology-a-for-2010.html#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:03:22 +0000 Mark Holah http://www.psychnews.co.uk/?p=169

To gain an A* grade for psychology, students will have to firstly obtain a grade A overall at A level, and secondly obtain 180 out of 200 on the uniform mark scale (UMS) for the combined scores of the two A2 units.

The A* grade will not be awarded at AS level because, it is argued by OFQAUL, the more challenging material is introduced at A2 only.

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