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What do I need to know about the synoptic element of the new GCSE Psychology specifications?

September 6, 2017August 23, 2017Oxford Psychology Team
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As the summer holidays rapidly become a distant memory and we find ourselves dealing with all that another busy school year brings, this September will also see many of you starting to teach a new GCSE Psychology specification. There are potentially many questions that you may have when faced with the newness and the unknown […]

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Specification change for GCSE Psychology

April 26, 2017September 8, 2017Oxford Psychology Team
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GCSE Psychology is changing! Final exams for the current specifications will take place in June 2018. This means that from September 2017, we will all be ‘getting to grips with’ the requirements of the new reformed specifications. ‘So why are we changing?’ I hear you ask! The new GCSE Psychology specifications have come about as […]

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