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Here is the second in our new series of Psychology blogs – useful for anyone revising for exams or thinking about taking up Psychology as a new subject at A level or GCSE. What is Psychology? We all think we know what psychology is. Psychology is often discussed in the media, on television and generally, but […]

Here is the first in our new series of blogs on aspects of studying Psychology GCSE and Psychology A level. Research Methods Many new students of psychology are surprised that they have to study research methods. Many also find research methods difficult to understand at first because often they need to learn new research skills and […]

The English teachers’ resource website Teachit is currently offering free revision worksheets for students from its eight-week revision guide Result! The worksheets offer useful advice on poems from other cultures word power speedreading for information distinguishing fact from opinion The worksheets are aimed at students working towards GCSEs in English and English Literature, and would also […]

IGCSE Geography Students taking Edexcel IGCSE Geography examinations this year will be assessed on virtual fieldwork opportunities included in the specification for the first time. The Edexcel IGCSE Geography specification includes eight fieldwork opportunities of which it is recommended that students carry out two as practical fieldwork studies, one from Section A and one from Section B. […]

Just as there will never be a consensus on how to teach English, so the teaching of History is destined to remain controversial. History textbooks tailored to fit A-level exam requirements have “stultified” teachers’ thinking and left children ill-equipped for the type of independent study needed at university, according to an Ofsted report on history […]

Students working towards their AQA GCSE English exam this June will have received a ‘Pre-release booklet’ containing an anthology of media texts and poetry in January this year.   The GCSE exam will include questions based on these texts, and students will receive another copy of the booklet, together with their exam paper, at the start of […]

Newly revised Key Stage 3 History course available to home educated students with Oxford Home Schooling. Ideal for those in home education by providing tutor-marked tasks that encourage students to explore local, regional and national history online and in the environment.

New Edexcel English Language A, English Literature, and Mathematics A certificates accredited by Ofqual to become part of Edexcel’s IGCSE portfolio of IGCSE qualification subjects. Edexcel IGCSE exams can be sat world-wide and in the UK. Oxford Open Learning offers wide range of IGCSE subjects for home study by distance learning.

Brand new IGCSE Biology course now available from Oxford Open Learning. Developed to meet requirements of Edexcel specification 4BI0. Exams can be taken in UK Edexcel test centres and world-wide in Edexcel International test centres.

Oxford Open Learning now offers a new IGCSE Chemistry course to the Edexcel 4CH0 Specification. There is no coursework. Exams can be sat at test centres world-wide as well as in the UK.