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The ABRSM (Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music) is an examination board and registered charity [2] based in the United Kingdom. ABRSM is one of five examination boards accredited by Ofqual to award graded exams and diploma qualifications in music within the UK's National Qualifications Framework (along with the London College of Music, RSL Awards (Rockschool Ltd), Trinity College ...
The UK government publishes a list of 100 proposed locations for potential new towns in England, with Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook saying work on them will begin before the next general election. [83] 14 February – The UK government scraps the role of independent adviser on political violence, created before the last general election. [84]
2014: UK exam regulator Ofqual investigated OCR's "near miss" on issuing GCSE and A-level results on time. [13] 2015: The then Chief Executive of OCR suggested that students should be allowed to use Google and the Internet to research information during examinations. [14]
The UK's examination boards sometimes work together. For example, they sometimes offer qualifications jointly or share training materials for common parts of specifications. The JCQ (Joint Council for Qualifications) is a common voice for UK exam boards. The JCQ is made up of AQA, CCEA, City & Guilds, Edexcel, OCR, SQA and WJEC.
The UK government reverses visa changes introduced in February 2024 that stopped Ukrainians from bringing their children to the UK, meaning they can now do so. [103] Pharmaceutical manufacturer AstraZeneca abandons a planned £450m investment in a vaccine production facility on Merseyside, blaming a lack of UK government support for its ...
The UK government publishes a list of 100 proposed locations for potential new towns in England, with Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook saying work on them will begin before the next general election. [55] 14 February – David Newton is sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 21 years for the 2013 murder of Una Crown. [56]
The 2016 exam was held in 44 batches across 96 cities. [14] There were 3.8 million applicants, of which 1.48 million took the Tier 1 exam. 149,319 candidates passed Tier 1, [15] and 35,096 candidates passed Tier 2. [16] The final number of positions for the 2016 exam was estimated to be roughly 10,661. [17]
The University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES), branded as Cambridge Assessment, was a non-teaching department of the University of Cambridge. [1] It merged with Cambridge University Press to form Cambridge University Press and Assessment under Queen Elizabeth II 's approval in August 2021.