AS (Advanced Subsidiary) levels are a one year course of study which can be taken in your first or second year of Further Education, leading to a qualification. They can be taken on their own, or be combined with A2s in your second year of study to make an A Level. AS levels can form either the...

AS level courses present fresh challenges because the workload involves research, presentations and assignments. For many students it will seem a lot to be done in a small amount of time and with much less supervision from the teachers.

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UCAS is short for the University and Colleges Application Service, the organisation through which you apply to university. In order to make the application process easier, the UCAS tariff is used to allocate points to qualifications for use in entry to higher education. It allows students to use a...