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The UCAS Tariff (formerly called UCAS Points System) is used to allocate points to post-16 qualifications (Level 3 qualifications on the Regulated Qualifications Framework). Universities and colleges may use it when making offers to applicants.
Under the new UCAS system starting in 2017, an A* grade at A-level is worth 56 points, while an A is worth 48, a B is worth 40, a C is worth 32, a D is 24, and a E is worth 16; [28] so a university may instead demand that an applicant achieve 112 points, instead of the equivalent offer of B-B-C. This allows greater flexibility to students, as ...
Level 7 qualifications are at a level equivalent to master's degrees, postgraduate certificates and postgraduate diplomas. Level 6 Level 6 qualifications recognise a specialist high-level knowledge of an area of work or study to enable the use of an individual's own ideas and research in response to complex problems and situations.
Overall A-level pass rate at lowest level for 15 years as government backs decision to return to pre-pandemic grading A-level chaos as Ucas clearing website crashes after top grades plunge by ...
‘Growing disparity’ between most and least advantaged students, say experts – as education secretary defends ‘rude’ comments about record grade-drop
University admissions have also fallen on last year, but are the second highest on record, according to Ucas figures. A-level grades down from pandemic highs but still above 2019 levels Skip to ...
The A-level permits students to have potential access to a chosen university they applied to with UCAS points. They could be accepted into it should they meet the requirements of the university. [2] [3] A number of Commonwealth countries have developed qualifications with the same name as and a similar format to the British A-levels.
The highest grade achievable is an A. An FSMQ Unit at Advanced level is roughly equivalent to a single AS module with candidates receiving 10 UCAS points for an A grade. Intermediate level is equivalent to a GCSE in Mathematics. Coursework is often a key part of the FSMQ, but is sometimes omitted depending on the examining board.