Article: Sixth-formers reject plan for broad mix of subjects

Article: Students giving Welsh less priority; Though more sit AS paper, ...
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  August 14, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... to a further decline in the number of people taking Welsh first language at A-level ... that views Welsh second language as a fourth subject and is not continuing to the full A ... future did not depend on the numbers of people studying Welsh as a subject. 'The challenge ...

Article: Education: The students who said no to a class revolution The new ...
The Independent - London;  July 6, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... gaining three A-levels. They seem to be seeing their fourth subject as an extra qualification to show that they are capable ... students are not, on the whole, choosing a contrasting fourth subject as the Government had hoped. In the absence of a clear ...

Article: DOVER POLICE DETAIN FOUR FOR SHOOTING
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  December 26, 2006 ;     597 words ... ... and detained them at that location and noticed a that a fourth subject had walked to the rear of an apartment building. Officers ... apartment building and located a 22 cal handgun and detained the fourth subject. Investigation revealed that for unreasons all four subjects ...

Article: Area HSA Test Scores Increase Dramatically; Gains Are Credited to ...
The Washington Post;  August 27, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... school graduation beginning in 2009. State education officials released the most recent scores Monday. The scores for a fourth subject, English 2, are to be released in the fall. Students in the Class of 2009 will still be able to receive a diploma if ...

Article: I cracked from the stress of five exams in one day.
The Daily Mail (London, England);  June 11, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... of AS-levels when awarding places. They are said to be making offers on the basis of three full Alevels, treating a fourth subject studied in the first year of the sixth form as little more than an irrelevance. Louise's father David, a lecturer at ...

Article: What is advanced energy?
Electrical Apparatus;  May 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... the "repair or replace" and efficiency issues), a full-day version, and a half-day format for non-technical management. The fourth subject is predictive/preventive maintenance. Kellum explained that predictive maintenance is

Article: The 'forgotten' exams.
The Daily Mail (London, England);  March 11, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... subjects at AS-level, schools will again be advising young people to study only three subjects and the Government's reforms ... subjects - for example, an offer of two grade As and a B with no fourth subject or one grade A and two Bs with a B in a fourth AS subject ...