Baccalaureate beats A-level, say universities
http://education.independent.co.uk/news/article1166504.ece
By Richard Garner
Published: 08 July 2006
The vast majority of university admissions tutors favour candidates who
have taken the international baccalaureate (IB) rather than A-levels,
research shows.
The findings are another nail in the coffin of A-levels after the
Government's refusal to replace them with a diploma covering academic
and vocational qualifications. A-levels are also threatened byan
alternative exam, the Cambridge Pre-U, considered more likely to
stretch the brightest pupils.
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