Will this week’s GCSE results reflect students’ hard work – or, as critics claim, efforts by teachers to find the ‘easiest’ exam boards? http://www.theguardian.com/education/2009/aug/25/teachers-choosing-exam-boards-gcse
Former education secretary Michael Gove wanted more challenging courses to prepare pupils for A-level but Ofqual says some boards should make papers easier http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/exam-boards-told-rewrite-maths-5737979
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/this-does-not-compute-three-uk-exam-boards-told-make-gcse-maths-easier-1502455
Report says the grade point average system provides students with a more precise grade, which will benefit employers looking to recruit http://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/2015/may/29/uk-universities-urged-to-adopt-us-style-grading-system
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/universityeducation/11566283/The-10-hardest-universities-to-get-into.html?frame=endScreen
Cambridge remains top of the Guardian league. Find out who has climbed and fallen furthest, and get the full league table including rankings by subject http://www.theguardian.com/education/datablog/2015/may/26/guardian-university-guide-2016-download-full-tables