Birmingham Post - Tag - a levels

GCSE School Tables - English exam fiasco fails to quell Birmingham success

Birmingham Post — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:58:00 GMT

Birmingham schools posted a rise in GCSE grades – despite the English exam marking fiasco.

Birmingham City University braces itself for last minute scramble for places

Birmingham Post — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 07:40:00 GMT

A Birmingham university is bracing itself for thousands of calls in the annual scramble for last-minute university places.

Sarah Evans: Homework is the key to top results

Birmingham Post — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 07:01:00 GMT

Easter ‘holidays’. It is a very complicated sort of festival if you are a Christian but if you are the majority for whom it is a relatively arbitrary civic break it may also pose challenges.

West Midlands schools celebrate successful exams year

Birmingham Post — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:01:00 GMT

Teenagers across the region have proved they are a class act within another successful year for GCSE and A-levels.

UCAS calls for overhaul of university admissions process

Birmingham Post — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 06:30:00 GMT

Students could apply for university after receiving their A-level grades in what would be the biggest shake-up of the system for 50 years.

More than half of Birmingham pupils land five good GCSEs

Birmingham Post — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:40:00 GMT

Nearly six in ten Birmingham youngsters scored five good GCSEs including maths and English in this year’s exam results, it has been revealed.

Live Q&A advice from UCAS expert on applying to university

Birmingham Post — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 14:04:00 GMT

The Birmingham Post has teamed up with UCAS to answer questions students or parents might have about applying to university.

Sarah Evans: Results day - it never gets any easier

Birmingham Post — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 07:00:00 GMT

I wish people from UCAS and from university admissions departments could try spending A-levels results day at a school and actually experience the emotional roller-coaster that students, parents and teachers go through.

A Levels results: Live Q&A advice if you're not going to university

Birmingham Post — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 06:53:00 GMT

Students across the West Midlands picked up their A Level results this week – but what if you didn't get the grades you needed?

A Levels results: Live Q&A with UCAS advisors

Birmingham Post — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 11:04:00 GMT

It's A Levels results this week and the Birmingham Post has teamed up with UCAS to offer students live online advice on what to do next.