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taking ‘soft’ school subjects

01/04/2015

In Defence of Media Studies

Heads up: this is not an April Fool. Thought I’d better add a disclaimer in case of people thinking I’d spend 500 words taking the piss… I only got two A*s at GCSE, and I say ‘only’ because I went to a grammar school, and as far as senior management were concerned I was too… Continue reading

April 2015, Complaints, Government and Politics, School

BBC.co.uk, GCSEs, GCSEs and A-level subjects culled by Ofqual, Indifferent Ignorance, Media Studies, Media Studies qualifications, Ofqual might not be as shit as I thought it was… possibly, School, subjects snobs, taking ‘soft’ school subjects

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taking ‘soft’ school subjects

In Defence of Media Studies