Campaigners fear surge in university exam cheating this summer

Campaigners fear surge in university exam cheating this summer due to unsupervised online tests that let students use the internet Only a small minority of subjects will have traditional ‘closed book’ exams Invigilation may involve videoing students and tracking eye and body movement A surge in cheating has been predicted this summer because of lax … Read more

Polish doctor suspended over poor command of English given SEVENTH chance to pass language exam

Dr Tomasz Fryzlewicz, 62, moved to the UK in 2006 from Krakow and has worked at various NHS hospitals A Polish heart doctor who was branded a risk to patients and suspended over his poor command of English has been given a seventh opportunity to pass his language exams by a disciplinary panel. Dr Tomasz … Read more

Taylor Swift’s foray into political activism on Instagram inspires question on high school AP exam

Taylor Swift dipped her foot into political activism, via social media, when she lobbied young people to vote in the 2018 midterm elections. And now, some two-and-a-half-years later, the pop superstar’s lengthy Instagram post has inspired a Taylor Swift-related question on a test given to high school students across the US. That question appeared on the … Read more

Head teachers say exam boards should return £220m to schools as school exams cancelled this summer

Head teachers have urged GCSE and A level exam boards to return more than £200 million in fees as teachers look set to tackle the bulk of grading pupils this summer. A collective of 2,000 head teachers across the country have called for a refund of at least half the fees exam boards usually charge … Read more

Head teachers say exam boards should return £220m to schools as school exams cancelled this summer

Head teachers have urged GCSE and A-Level exam boards to return more than £200 million in fees as teachers look set to tackle the bulk of grading pupils this summer. A collective of 2,000 head teachers across the country have called for a refund of at least half the fees exam boards usually charge for … Read more

Exam boards warn students may try to cheat new grading system by submitting work that is not theirs

Exam boards have warned that students may try to cheat the new grading system by submitting work that is not their own.  Schools have been told to take measures to ensure that private tutors are not giving ‘inappropriate levels of support’ to students when they are completing their schoolwork, which could form the basis of … Read more

Experts warn A-Level and GSCE exam replacement could be WORSE than last year

Ministers today insisted their GCSE and A-Level exam replacement plan is the ‘best we can do’ despite claims an expert has quit warning of an even more dire outcome than last year’s hated algorithm. Schools minister Nick Gibb confirmed that teachers will have control over the marks their pupils get, but insisting there will be ‘protective … Read more

Experts warn A-Level and GSCE exam replacement could be WORSE than last year

Ministers today insisted their GCSE and A-Level exam replacement plan is the ‘best we can do’ despite claims an experts has quit warning of an even more dire outcome than last year’s hated algorithm. Schools minister Nick Gibb confirmed that teachers will have control over the marks their pupils get, but insisting there will be ‘protective … Read more

Medical students say they were forced to wet themselves to avoid being disqualified from online exam

A number of final year medical students claim they were forced to wet themselves during a formal exam to avoid being disqualified from the online test. The Doctor’s Association UK (DAUK) has stepped in to represent the students following a string of complaints to the UK Foundation Programme (UKFPO) over the way they handled the … Read more