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Mental health awareness week: helping students manage stress and keep calm

Monday 9 May 2022

With exams just about to start we wanted to share some tips to help our students manage stress and keep calm.
AQA's exam and revision tips with The Student Room return!

Wednesday 4 May 2022

Exams are back and so are our helpful revision and exam tips, updated for summer 2022.
Four new plays bring greater diversity to AQA drama qualifications

Wednesday 27 Apr 2022

We’re giving GCSE and A-level Drama students access to a more diverse range of texts by adding four new plays by writers from ethnic minority backgrounds to our courses.
Research and Analysis blog: Moving towards on-screen assessment – why building familiarity is key

Tuesday 1 Mar 2022

Our researchers shed some light on student and teacher experiences of piloting an on-screen GCSE English assessment.Today’s students are living in unprecedented times, with school closures related to Covid-19 meaning...
AQA Unlocking Potential students enter the ‘Dragons’ Den’

Friday 11 Mar 2022

AQA Unlocking Potential students travelled to our Guildford and Manchester offices to pitch their social action project ideas to our very own ‘Dragons’ Den’.
AQA report says evidence gaps are holding back debate on the EBacc

Thursday 3 Mar 2022

A massive gap in evidence is preventing the kind of debate on the future of the EBacc that students deserve, a new AQA report argues.