AS/A Level GCE (for first teaching in 2008) Business Studies - H030 H430

FAQs

Please find below the most frequently asked questions for this qualification. If you have a question that is not answered here or elsewhere on the website please contact the OCR Customer Contact Centre.

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A. Mid November for January examinations, Mid March for June examinations.

A. They should be posted up on the OCR website on the same day as the despatch starts.

A. Case Studies are despatched on the basis of entry so please check your entries have been received by OCR. Assuming they are correct please check with despatch who can tell you if and when they were despatched and who in the school signed for them.

A. This was a QCA requirement.

A. They were previously two distinct assessments whereas now they are one unit of assessment. This unit essentially assesses the same content that was assessed in units 2872 and 2873.

A. Yes. In response to centre demand, OCR will be publishing past papers for live specifications on the OCR website. These will be free of charge and will start to become available for current specifications this Autumn (2007).

A. OCR is working in partnership with individual publishers for different subject groups. Comprehensive resources are being developed by these Publishing Partners and others to support the specification and complement the support available from OCR. For details of our partners view the support page.

A. An OCR endorsed text will be published by Hodder

A. Schemes of work and lesson plans can be downloaded from the OCR website. The materials will be available in fixed PDF format, for reference purposes, and also in Word format, so that teachers can adapt the materials for their own use. Materials will become available over the Autumn and Spring terms 2007.