Booklet: Curriculum 2000

Few people will be unaware that major changes have taken place in the A level system. Although the content of the mathematics A level itself has changed little, as the following articles report, there are a number of changes of which staff at universities should be aware. The following four articles report on these changes, three follow from talks given at a recent briefing day, which took place on Monday 11 June 2001 at the Institute of Education, University of London. The purpose of this was to explain the changes to the A level system under Curriculum 2000. The fourth gives details of the situation in Scotland following the “Higher still” review….Topics covered include: a briefing day, explaining changes to the A level system under Curriculum 2000 and the Scottish equivalent; Changes in UCAS points system; Key Skills…