Universities have declared war on ‘soft’ A-levels that fail to prepare students for degree courses
Education Secretary Michael Gove, warned that the brightest students are also at a disadvantage in the race for university courses against foreign undergraduates. This means that universities are being given a greater say over A-level syllabuses and exam questions.
This comes after the latest league tables which show us slipping further behind. Universities are no longer able to identify the best candidates and will therefore have to set their own tests. This means that many undergraduates are under prepared for university courses and will end up failing and costing the British public a lot of money.
This overhaul will hopefully restore faith to businesses when choosing their graduates in their recruitment programme. With many firms now opening up their graduate jobs to the EU, many British nationals are rejected in favour of their foreign counterparts who are able to speak a foreign language.
An education bill published in the new year will force exam boards to consult universities, and also to give the exams watchdog ‘Ofqual’ more of a say. The league table also outlined that since 2010 the UK has slipped from 8th to 28th in maths, from 7th to 25th in reading, and from 4th to 16th in science. Poland was 10 places ahead of Britain in reading and three ahead in maths.
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