All news on the topic: Exams

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Top 20 sensitive mealtime topics with kids - like school life and career options
Seven in ten parents reckon their youngsters are more open to discussing sensitive topics - when they are tucking into their favourite foods, according to research
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'Hardest' final year exam maths question ever stumps students - try to solve it
Possibly the 'hardest' final year exam maths question ever has left many students stumped as they had to pull out all the stops to finish the exam paper on time - but can you answer it?
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Simple Year 5 maths question has stumped thousands of adults
How rusty is your fifth grade maths? This mathematical exam question has stumped thousands of adults - and only the brainiest can solve it despite it being intended for 10 to 11 year olds
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Students utterly baffled by 'sadistic' final question in GSCE maths paper
Pupils 'furious' over a painfully difficult math question on their GCSE paper, which asks them to find the 'shaded area' of a peculiar-looking shape
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Baffling GCSE maths exam question that is so hard 92% of parents can't solve it
Maths elicits a different response in every one of us, but only a tiny 8% of parents said that they would attempt a GCSE maths question - and they wouldn't even necessarily get it right
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TikTok scammers charging desperate students hundreds for fake GCSE exam papers
Desperate students are falling for scams on TikTok, Snapchat and Instagram and parting with anything from £7.50 to a whopping £4,000 to get their hands on a GCSE or A-level paper ahead of exam day
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Tricky maths question for kids puzzling adults with some citing 'serious error'
Adults have been left baffled at a SATs maths question aimed at 10 year olds with some disputing that the question is quite misleading - but others disagreed and said it was easy
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Student misses exam after being hospitalised for vertigo from spinning on chair
When Zonera Williams suffered acute vertigo when she repeatedly spun round in her chair in the library at University of Bradford, the third-year student was taken to hospital
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Expert on mistakes GCSE students make with exam questions and revision trick
Revision guru Sam Ellis reveals his top tips for exam season and why students should follow the Pomodoro Technique to help with motivation when tackling tough subjects
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Expert shares last-minute hack for GCSE revision that can help 'boost memory'
If you're trying to fit in some last-minute revision for GCSEs next week, or A levels a short while after that, it can be useful to change your study method to make sure you're boosting your memory
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'Education at risk as Labour back pedals on fees'
As Eva Simpson's son contemplates his future after A-levels, our columnist discusses whether those in further education actually need to be, and asks if there's more value in undertaking vocational training, considering the news that tuition fees may not be scrapped after all...
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Gavin Williamson said unions 'just hate work' during WhatsApps to Matt Hancock
Teaching unions blasted the 'appalling lack of respect' shown in leaked WhatsApp messages between the then-Education Secretary Sir Gavin Williamson and Matt Hancock during the pandemic