By Graeme Paton. UCAS proposes to cut the number of tariff points for AS-levels in a reform of the admissions system, prompting claims that more schools will drop the qualification.
Teenagers could find it harder to get into university after it emerged that AS-level exams would be downgraded as part of the higher education admissions process.
A new points system drawn up by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) proposes cutting the value of the AS exam sat in the first 12 months of the sixth-form. More...
TOEIC, TOEFL axed as route to U.K. visa
By Mami Maruko. Two of the most popular English-language proficiency tests in Japan can no longer be used to obtain student visas to Britain after a British TV program exposed fraud in the test-taking process.
The visa ban applies to the TOEIC (Test of English for International Communication) and the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language), said Educational Testing Service, the U.S.-based company that runs the tests, last week. More...