Outstanding CIFE college students win awards

Article in summary The article describes the 2013 CIFE awards ceremony at the House of Lords, and outlines the individual award winners’ achievements. Article in detail At the annual CIFE Academic Awards Presentation held at the House of Lords on Monday 18th March 2013, Baroness Perry of

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CIFE makes the case for retakes

Article in summaryAlthough history has moved on – January resits are no longer possible, and resitting individual units may become impossible from 2017 on, this 2010 article by Fiona Pocock makes the case for retakes. She argues that a ban would condemn many worthwhile students to living

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CIFE Awards 2011

Article in summaryThe article describes the CIFE academic awards, how recipients are chosen, the awards ceremony proceedings, and the individual CIFE Awards 2011  winners’ achievements and backgrounds.Article in detailEach year CIFE awards a series of prizes to students who have achieved outstanding results. To qualify for consideration students

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A levels remain highly valued

Article in summaryStuart Nicholson, current Chairman of CIFE, writing in 2010, explains that A levels are still the most popular pre-university option because they allow a student to focus on what most interests him or her, yet the range of subjects enables wide choice and permits both

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Better students take Easter Revision

Article in SummaryBetter students take Easter Revision nowadays. Students in 2012 are much more likely to be hunting A grades than just trying to avoid a fail. The article looks at case histories and explains the pressures which have driven the surge in demand for Easter Revision

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