Awarding

Pearson faces record £1.3m fine for letting examiners remark own work

'No evidence' students received the wrong outcomes but schools and colleges awarded £300k compensation

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Awarding

Access to HE awarding body files for insolvency

It comes weeks after the organisation split from the NOCN Group

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Awarding, Young people

Students deserve to see accountability over delayed results

Awarding organisations, education institutions and the exams regulator should be open and honest about what’s led to delayed qualification...

Shane Chowen
Bernie Savage
Assessment, Awarding

Leaked AQA chemistry A-level paper was stolen from Parcelforce van

Students who had 'full access' to leaked paper disqualified, but exam board confirms no impact on grade boundaries

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Awarding

AQA staff to strike on A-level and GCSE results days, Unison confirms

But union claims of results disruption branded 'scaremongering' by minister

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Adult education, Awarding

1,600 university places delayed after awarding body misses Access to HE submission deadline

An investigation has been launched by the HE Quality Assurance Agency

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Awarding

Unions threaten results day disruption as AQA staff plan three-day strike

Some AQA staff will strike over pay later this month, but the exam board said claims of results day...

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Awarding

Awarding bodies’ report reveals rocketing cost of regulatory burden

Regulation has risen 'exponentially' over the past decade, research finds

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Awarding

Owner of defunct awarding body demands Ofqual repays £115,000 fine

'We’ll look to court if we need to'

Billy Camden
Billy Camden