Specifications

Transferring from AQA to OCR is not permitted

November 16, 2007

  Individual candidates who move to another centre or who, for other reasons, have to change their course of study part way through a GCE psychology course may be eligible to transfer credit between specifications. Transfer is not automatic – an application must be made to the receiving awarding body. However, transfer is not possible [...]

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The number of students sitting A level psychology has fallen for the first time.

November 16, 2007

  Has the number of students sitting A level psychology reached a plateaux or are we going to see a decline? According to data from the J.C.Q. the number of students sitting A level psychology has fallen for the first time. In June 2007 52,048 candidates sat A level psychology whereas in June 2006 the [...]

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OCR Resources and Meetings

November 12, 2007

  According to my email delivered on the 6th November  “OCR have produced Schemes of Work for the revised A Level qualifications, with a new approach piloted for a range of subjects. For these, we have adopted a ‘by teachers, for teachers approach, working with teachers from a number of different centres. For each Scheme [...]

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OCR Marking

October 30, 2007

The following article was posted on TES in September, although I have only just spotted it. I was aware that the journalist Warwick Mansell was researching the article but missed it when it was published. The main concern is regarding the inconsistent marking of the core studies 2 (2541) paper for OCR psychology and the [...]

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New GCEs for 2008

October 28, 2007

This is certainly not new news for many teachers, but here are the urls for the new AS/A level specifications starting in September 2008. AQA (A) AQA (B) OCR Edexcel WJEC I know that many teachers are using the forthcoming changes to inform their decisions about which specifications they will be teaching in 2008. We [...]

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Examinations Timetable

October 18, 2007

  For a quick check of exam dates and times, I use the modernisationonline site. I find it a lot quicker than searching the actual awarding body site. http://www.modernisationonline.org.uk/comptimetable

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