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- noun Advanced Subsidiary level, in the UK: the exam taken in the first year of the sixth form, as a first stage in getting to the
A-levels (A2) at the end of the sixth form. Themodular format makes the distinction less clear.
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Examples
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Availability of the scripts, directions and letters is expected to extend the curriculum for A and AS-level drama and the university will appoint an educational outreach officer to promote the archive as part of the deal.
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Last week, it transpired that gap year activities – volunteering, trekking, hanging out on a Thai beach and smoking dope – could count towards a "certificate of personal effectiveness" worth 70 Ucas points, or equivalent to an A at AS-level.
Reality TV's the only way to move up in this world | Carole Cadwalladr 2011
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Some 150 A-level students are thought to have been given lower marks than they deserved, as well as 290 AS-level and 190 GCSE students.
Exams watchdog launches inquiry into marking fiasco Jessica Shepherd 2010
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Availability of the scripts, directions and letters is expected to extend the curriculum for A and AS-level drama and the university will appoint an educational outreach officer to promote the archive as part of the deal.
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The number of girls studying physics AS-level has risen a quarter to 13,540 and of boys by 28.6% to 44,650.
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It carries 70 Ucas points and has the equivalence of a grade A at AS-level.
Does skills-based learning face a lean future? Dorothy Lepkowska 2010
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I have taken two photography courses, however, one at AS-level high school and again as a part of my undergraduate degree, specialising in wildlife photography.
Archive 2009-03-01 Prehistoric Insanity 2009
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I have taken two photography courses, however, one at AS-level high school and again as a part of my undergraduate degree, specialising in wildlife photography.
Life's Time Capsule: Member Bio: Mo Hassan Mo Hassan 2009
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The Telegraph obtained details of applicants' AS-level grades - exams taken half-way through A-level courses and just before Oxford candidates are considered by the university.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph Olivia Goldhill 2012
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For candidates every mark is crucial: top universities demand astronomical GCSE and AS-level grades, let alone at A2.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Telegraph Staff 2011
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