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History (World Affairs 1917 - 1991) Yes Yes Yes Cannot be combined with syllabuses 0470 , 2160, 2162 & 2173 (O Level); last exam in 2014, to be replaced with syllabus 2134 from 2015 link: CIE 2160 History (Central and Southern Africa) No Yes — Central and Southern Africa only — CIE 2162 History (Mauritius) No Yes — Mauritius only — CIE ...
Most IGCSE subjects offer a choice of tiered examinations: Core or Extended papers (in Cambridge International), and Foundation or Higher papers (in Edexcel). This is designed to make IGCSE suitable for students with varying levels of ability. In some subjects, IGCSE can be taken with or without coursework.
In 1830, the Union regained its full freedom to debate all topics, excluding those of a strictly theological nature. [ 6 ] The Cambridge Union's Bridge Street premises ( 52°12′31″N 0°07′10″E / 52.20861°N 0.11944°E / 52.20861; 0.11944 ) were designed by Alfred Waterhouse (who went on to design the Oxford Union Society's ...
Impromptu debating is a relatively informal style of debating when compared to other highly structured formats of debate. The topic for the debate is given to the participants between fifteen and twenty minutes before the debate starts. The debate format is relatively simple; each team member of each side speaks for five minutes, alternating sides.
After a fiery round of debating, St. James' School was crowned National Champions for the second year running. The Heritage School was second runner up. The Best Speaker award went to Souti Mukhopadhyay, who is the only person to have won best speaker twice consecutively in the national finals of debate's long and prestigious history.
The history of biology traces the study of the living world from ancient to modern times. Although the concept of biology as a single coherent field arose in the 19th century, the biological sciences emerged from traditions of medicine and natural history reaching back to Ayurveda, ancient Egyptian medicine and the works of Aristotle, Theophrastus and Galen in the ancient Greco-Roman world.
Subject panels in physics, chemistry, biology and general science developed new syllabi for 'O' and 'A' levels which were presented to the Secondary Schools Examination Council in 1960. [1] The Staff Inspector for Science, R. A. R. Tricker, criticised the physics syllabus as overly theoretical [ 2 ] and a year's practical trial of the material ...
THe society hosts the largest and most important meeting for the fields of philosophy of biology, history of biology, and the social studies/science studies/sociological studies of biology. [2] [3] The society hosts a biennial meeting, supports off-year workshops, runs a monthly newsletter, and offers various types of academic prizes.