Sentences with phrase «rising numbers of appeals»

The university sector's Supporting Professionalism in Admissions organisation has also called for «greater clarity» about the rising numbers of appeals and grades being changed.

Not exact matches

Phoebe Thompson, editor of Premier Youthwork Magazaine thinks a number of factors are behind the changes in teenage behavior, on Premier's «News Hour» programme, she said: «the government has taken to make smoking less appealing by covering packets and also putting the long term effects on there, and also the rise of contraception and better sex education probably has contributed to the lowering of teenage pregnancies».

Property owners filed a record 55,000 tax appeals this year, and the number of successful challenges is also on the rise.

At the same time, in Norway and the United States, the rise in the number of disability insurance recipients in recent decades appears to be primarily driven by a more liberal screening of marginal applicants who are initially denied and subsequently appealed.

Despite the overall fall, the rise in the number of secondary school appeals made by parents and heard by a panel has risen in comparison to the previous year.

Of particular concern was the number of appeals that resulted in increases by two or more grades, which also rose significantly from 401 in 2016 to nearly 2,000 in 201Of particular concern was the number of appeals that resulted in increases by two or more grades, which also rose significantly from 401 in 2016 to nearly 2,000 in 201of appeals that resulted in increases by two or more grades, which also rose significantly from 401 in 2016 to nearly 2,000 in 2017.

The number of appeals against the marking of this year's «tougher» SATs tests has risen — with one in ten reviews resulting in scores being overturned.

Ofqual's official report revealed a big rise in the number of grades that were raised on appeal — in part because of exam boards using outdated procedures.

The number of appeals that resulted in rises by two or more grades also soared, from 401 in 2016 to nearly 2,000 in 2017, leading Ofqual to say it was «concerned about the sharp increase in the number of changes on this scale».

Media release from Cats Protection Cats Protection has today issued an emergency appeal in response to a dramatic rise in the number of unwanted cats needing the charity's help.

Both non-qualified and qualified freedom of information and data protection locums are also sitting pretty, since the number of ICO appeals has risen by 250 % since 2008.

During this same time, the number of appeals cases has risen by more than 33 percent, totaling 440,000 cases.

The number of appeals lodged at special educational needs and disability tribunals rose by a third last year.

The Court of Appeal's decision provides important clarification with respect to the types of circumstances that might give rise to moral damages, and its reasoning contains a number of important take - aways: