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Ford Fiesta owners now have the solution to Channel tunnel delays and ferry strikes: they can drive to France. The universities’ admissions service was being asked whether concessions were routinely made for scientists and research was monitoring the effect over time. The notion that poor maths and science teachers may be causing their pupils to do badly is allayed by international comparisons which show British pupils to be second only to Hong Kong in maths and science ability, they say.A spokeswoman for the assessment authority said it was consulting on the findings. They believe the same problem would be found if degree level courses were examined.On average, physics candidates could be expected to gain one grade higher in biology or computer studies, but if they took environmental studies, psychology or accounting the difference was two grades.The researchers say that the more academic pupils have probably tended to opt for science subjects in the past, and that examiners in this area have become used to dealing with the higher ability bands. But the exam boards say the differences are intrinsic to the subjects and are not their fault. A report commissioned by the School Curriculum and Assessment Authority says that pupils taking science subjects score lower grades than those of equal ability studying the arts.
After physics and chemistry the most difficult subjects were mathematics and biology, but foreign languages and general studies were not far behind.The study raises the possibility that A-level syllabuses in these subjects might have to be made easier so they equate with others.

The next day he was told it had been listed and that that had been effective from 23 April Obviously he would not have bought it if he had known. And here, at the heart, we have seen a collapse and denial of democracy,” he said.. Here we are in the centre of one of the greatest financial markets in the world, supposedly based on liberty and democracy. People had voted for a change in culture and had been refused “I find it extraordinary.

The judge put a stay on the holding of a new election pending an application by Mr Matson for an appeal.Mr Matson, who was ordered to pay costs, said he was determined to take the matter “all the way to the House of Lords if necessary”. And in what amounted to an appointment interview, there could be no requirement to give reasons.The judge said he accepted that this may leave Mr Matson feeling he had “suffered an injustice” and that electors would be deprived of the opportunity of knowing what motivated the Court of Aldermen to reject their choice, but that was not the law. His lawyers argued that his exclusion without giving reasons affronts natural justice and a duty to be fair.But Mr Justice Latham ruled that he could not conclude the decision to exclude was perverse: the Court of Aldermen had to make a decision based on Mr Matson’s personality, understanding of the City and his judgement. Since then, the aldermen have refused admission to 10 others, none of whom has mounted a challenge through the courts until now.Mr Matson launched an application for judicial review in an attempt to overturn what he says are archaic, “secretive and undemocratic” rules. He was given no reason for his exclusion, which means that another election will have to be called.City watchers have described it as a clash of cultures between the grammar school pupil turned wealthy telecommunications pioneer and the predominantly Eton, Harrow and Charterhouse educated aldermen. Others suggest it has more to do with Mr Matson rocking the establishment’s boat.Mr Matson himself says he has no idea of the reasons.The right to exclude elected members was first challenged in the courts 150 years ago by Michael Scales, elected three times and thrice rejected by the court of aldermen.Like Mr Matson, Mr Scales lost. And they decided that Mr Matson, 51 – who had unseated a sitting member in an election campaign in Bread ward in which he questioned the “moral integrity” of the City – was not.