Two years after A-levels in creative writing were introduced by the Assessment and Qualifications Alliance (AQA) examination board the Department of Education (Dfe) has announced that the subject will be cut from curriculum. In 2013 the A level subject was created with the help from creative writers and academics, and although the DfE concluded that "there are connections between Creative Writing and English" and that "Creative writing is (or could be construed to be) more skills-based than knowledge-based", it is still being cut by the government.
The government plans to review the A level curriculum and due to this has announced that "it has not been possible to draft subject content in accordance with the department's guidance", which has …show more content…
Although having a parent or guardian with a degree in the 1970s would have significantly increased a student's chances from graduating from an elite university.
The Higher Education Funding Council (Hefce) also reported similar results by tracking 130,000 students who began degrees in 2007 and researched schooling, background and ethnicity. The Independent Schools Council highlighted that 67% of independent school pupils achieved a 2:1 or above compared with 62.3% of college and state school pupils. However, students with the same A-level grades showed different results with students from state schools and independent schools obtaining a 2:1 or above was 69% and 77% respectively.
Professor Atkins, Hefce Chief Executive said that the report also showed that some independent school candidates who came to university with better A-level grades had actually performed less well than their state school peers by the end of the degree
The government plans to review the A level curriculum and due to this has announced that "it has not been possible to draft subject content in accordance with the department's guidance", which has …show more content…
Although having a parent or guardian with a degree in the 1970s would have significantly increased a student's chances from graduating from an elite university.
The Higher Education Funding Council (Hefce) also reported similar results by tracking 130,000 students who began degrees in 2007 and researched schooling, background and ethnicity. The Independent Schools Council highlighted that 67% of independent school pupils achieved a 2:1 or above compared with 62.3% of college and state school pupils. However, students with the same A-level grades showed different results with students from state schools and independent schools obtaining a 2:1 or above was 69% and 77% respectively.
Professor Atkins, Hefce Chief Executive said that the report also showed that some independent school candidates who came to university with better A-level grades had actually performed less well than their state school peers by the end of the degree