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University

The UCAS Results Embargo Explained: Dates, Rules, and Why Nobody Can Tell You

There are two UCAS embargo windows each summer, not one, and the ban covers anything that could be used to infer a resul...

Sep 22, 2026 · 10 min read

Results & retakes

Edexcel IAL Grade Boundaries June 2026 — Every Unit, and the 16-Mark Gap Nobody Explains

Every Edexcel International AS/A Level raw grade boundary for June 2026 — Maths, Further Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Biol...

Aug 17, 2026 · 15 min read

Parents

The UAE Golden Visa for Students: What 95% Means If Your Child Sits A Levels

The threshold is 95%. Your child’s certificate says A*A*AB, and no UAE authority publishes a conversion between the two....

Aug 15, 2026 · 11 min read

Subject guides

Cambridge AS & A Level IT 9626: Two Subjects, One Certificate

AO2 is worth 0% of the theory papers and 100% of the practical papers. There is no crossover credit, which makes 9626 tw...

Aug 9, 2026 · 13 min read

Subject guides

Edexcel IAL Further Maths YFM01: The Unit Trap Nobody Warns You About

Six units, only two compulsory, four chosen from nine — and then you look at availability. FP1, FP2, FP3, M3, S3 and D1...

Aug 9, 2026 · 14 min read

Exam guides

IGCSE and London A Levels in Sri Lanka: The Z-Score Problem Nobody Explains

State university places are allocated on the Z-score, and the Z-score is computed from the local G.C.E. Advanced Level....

Aug 9, 2026 · 12 min read

Subject guides

IGCSE Additional Mathematics 0606: Who Should Take It, and What Paper 1 Really Costs

Two things nobody mentions about 0606: Paper 1 is non-calculator and worth half the qualification, and the grade range s...

Aug 6, 2026 · 15 min read

Exam guides

Clearing 2026 for International Students: Your Results Come First, the System Doesn’t

Cambridge International results land 11 August; UK A Level results day is 13 August. UCAS runs a results embargo across...

Aug 6, 2026 · 15 min read

News

Cambridge’s First Digital Exams Have Been Sat — Here’s What Actually Happened

The June 2026 series is done, so we can stop guessing: 5,700 digital exams at 19 centres in 10 countries, multiple choic...

Aug 6, 2026 · 15 min read

Exam guides

MDCAT for A Level Students: The Syllabus Nobody Told You You're Being Tested On

MDCAT is 180 MCQs with no negative marking, drawn from FSc textbooks an A Level student has never opened — and 45% of it...

Aug 5, 2026 · 12 min read

Exam guides

The 2026–27 School Year in the UAE and Saudi Arabia, Mapped Against Every Exam Date

UAE term dates, Saudi term dates and every Cambridge and Edexcel deadline on one timeline — including the four collision...

Aug 5, 2026 · 12 min read

Exam guides

Qudurat and Tahsili: The Saudi University Tests Your British School Doesn't Teach

Saudi public universities admit on a composite score — at KFUPM, 50% Qudurat and 40% Tahsili against just 10% school gra...

Aug 5, 2026 · 12 min read