Links to Official Documents and Syllabuses

QAA-related

Future Audit work of the QAA

• Handbook for Institutional Audit: England and Northern Ireland
• QAA Scotland
• QAA Wales

QAA Benchmark Document for Economics (2007)

Produced by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education, this aims "to make explicit the general academic characteristics and standards of honours degrees in the UK."

Economics A-Level Syllabuses

These are PDF files requiring the free Adobe Acrobat reader.

Ofqual's AS and A Level Subject Criteria for Economics (PDF).

Below are the syllabuses for GCE A-Level and related courses in Economics in the UK, along with the home pages of the respective examining boards.

Oxford, Cambridge and RSA Examinations (OCR)

Home Page | Economics A and AS-Level specifications

Edexcel

Home Page | Specifications, Exemplar Assessment Material and Student Guides for Economics and for Economics & Business Studies

Assessment and Qualifications Alliance (AQA)

Home Page | GCE AS/A2 Economics Specification

Welsh Joint Education Committee

Home Page | GCE Economics Specification

Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA)

Home Page | National Qualifications in Economics

Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA NI)

Home Page | Revised GCE: Economics