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Ucas defends embattled AS levels
The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service has come out in support of the embattled AS-level exams. It said the results were helpful to higher education institutions as predictors of A-level performance. Education and skills secretary Estelle Morris has ordered a review of AS-levels amid claims that pupils are being over-tested.

BMA calls for review of medical training
The British Medical Association has called for a review of the way postgraduate medical training is governed, delivered and assessed as part of a ten-point plan to improve the quality of health care and maintain patients¡¯ trust in doctors.

President opens Glasgow health building
South African president Thabo Mbeki today visited Glasgow Caledonian University to name the Govan Mbeki health building in honour of his father, a veteran of the fight against apartheid.