Head of UCAS explains how clearing and adjustment works
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  • Aug 8, 2021
Exams 2020: 40% of A-level grades ‘adjusted’, minister reveals
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  • Aug 12, 2020
Sturgeon apologises after outcry over exam results downgraded by ‘deprivation algorithm’
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  • Aug 11, 2020
Adjusting CAGs: no politics, no disgrace, no injustice. It’s just technical
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  • Aug 11, 2020
Furious Scottish students slam 'classist' exam board after a quarter of results were downgraded with poorest areas hardest hit
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SQA Scotland Grading Results Protests Moderation Adjustment Appeals
  • Aug 7, 2020
Labour call for clarity on English exams after thousands of Scottish pupils have results downgraded
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  • Aug 6, 2020
SQA exam system has largely maintained the status quo
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  • Aug 6, 2020
Exam algorithm will punish pupils from struggling areas with lower grades, Labour warns
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  • Aug 6, 2020
Education expert: lower grades were reasonable
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  • Aug 6, 2020
SQA results: Spare a thought for older learners
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SQA Adult learners Grading Adjustment Moderation
  • Aug 5, 2020
Scottish Qualifications Authority has failed children in every way | Lindsay Paterson
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  • Aug 5, 2020
The Times view on the changing of exam marks by the Scottish Qualifications Authority: Failing Grades
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  • Aug 5, 2020
SQA results: 'Am I dishonest? Am I unprofessional?'
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SQA Grading Teacher assessment Predicted grades Adjustment Moderation Appeals Scotland
  • Aug 4, 2020
Poorest far more likely to have Higher pass downgraded
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  • Aug 4, 2020
Demands for SQA to explain moderation as downgraded pupils will not be able to resit exams
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  • Aug 4, 2020
SQA chief: ‘Teachers may have been optimistic’
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  • Aug 4, 2020
SQA under fire after downgrading 124,000 predicted exam results
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  • Aug 4, 2020
SQA results day: 25% of teacher estimates 'adjusted'
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  • Aug 4, 2020
Scottish pupils’ final exam results downgraded under new marking system
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Scotland Grading Predicted grades Moderation Adjustment
  • Aug 3, 2020
Improving schools could be ‘undermined’ on results day
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Coronavirus School improvement Grading Adjustment
  • Jul 27, 2020
A-level grades affected by Covid-19 to be adjusted downwards
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A-levels Grading Coronavirus Adjustment
  • Jul 21, 2020
Ofqual predicts ‘slightly better’ results this year, but teacher grades to be hauled down
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  • Jul 21, 2020
Warning that 40% of GCSE grades may change
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  • Jul 8, 2020
SQA will not talk to schools before changing grades
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  • Jun 30, 2020
Muslim students need exam adjustments during Ramadan
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Muslim Adjustment Exams
  • Nov 21, 2019
Summer-born children should have test scores adjusted
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Summer-born Adjustment
  • Oct 3, 2019
Schools should adjust test scores by age to tackle disadvantage facing summer-born children, experts say
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Summer-born Attainment gap Adjustment
  • Oct 3, 2019
Call for summer-born children to have marks adjusted
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Summer-born Adjustment
  • Oct 3, 2019
Aced your A-levels? How adjustment can offer a last-minute upgrade
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A-levels Exam results Clearing University admissions Adjustment
  • Aug 14, 2019
Better A-level grades than expected? Time for Ucas adjustment
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A-levels Exam results Adjustment UCAS University applications
  • Aug 16, 2018
How does Ucas Adjustment work and should I use it if I did better than expected?
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  • Aug 16, 2018
A-level results Q&A - an expert answers your questions
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  • Aug 15, 2018
Ucas Adjustment 2018: A step by step guide to how it works
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UCAS Adjustment
  • Jul 31, 2018
Results Day 2018: A step-by-step guide to Adjustment
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UCAS Adjustment Clearing A-levels
  • Jul 30, 2018
Exam special consideration requests up 19%
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  • Dec 6, 2017
How does Adjustment work and should I use it if I did better than expected? 
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Telegraph Universities Adjustment Undergraduates UCAS Exam results
  • Aug 23, 2017
What are my options if I do better than expected at A-level?
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  • Aug 17, 2017
A level results day: going through adjustment
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THE Universities Adjustment A-levels Exam results
  • Aug 16, 2017
Results Day 2017: A step-by-step guide to Adjustment
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  • Aug 16, 2017
How does Adjustment work and should I use it if I did better than expected? 
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  • Aug 16, 2017
University clearing and adjustment: It is time to stop the bun fight
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  • Aug 14, 2017
How does Adjustment work and should I use it if I did better than expected?
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  • Aug 9, 2017
Results Day 2017: a step-by-step guide to adjustment
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  • Jul 31, 2017
Updates from Ofqual - July 2017
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  • Jul 18, 2017
Results Day 2017: a step-by-step guide to Adjustment
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  • Jul 5, 2017