A-level reform - where are we now?

Readers in the UK will no doubt have heard the views of Michael Gove, secretary of state for education, on the future and purpose of A-levels. In a recent letter to Ofqual (the regulator of qualifications, examinations and assessments in England), Mr Gove said, 'There is clear dissatisfaction among leading university academics about the preparation of A-level pupils for advanced studies.' This is a subject about which the RSC has campaigned, both independently and with SCORE (a collaboration with the Institute of Physics, Society of Biology, Association of Science Education and the Royal Society).