Pearson BTEC Nationals Applied Science (2016)
Change to dates and times for Unit 1 and Unit 5 exam papers
Change to dates and times for Unit 1 and Unit 5 exam papers.
Following feedback on the previous sittings of Unit 1 and Unit 5 exams, the exam papers will be split into separate Biology, Chemistry and Physics papers. This change will come into effect from May/June 2018 onwards, with each paper taken at a different exam slot over two days.
This is to allow students to be able to take one subject (Biology, Chemistry or Physics) at a time. The papers have the same number of marks and the demand has not changed. The time for each subject paper is 40 minutes for Unit 1 and 50 minutes for Unit 5. Students must sit all three papers in the given exam session.
Table summarising Unit 1 and Unit 5 exam paper split
Unit 1 exam |
Unit 5 exam |
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Old style |
New style (from May/June 18) |
Old style |
New style (from May/June 18) |
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Number of papers |
1 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
Time allocated |
120 min (2 hr) |
40 min each | 150 min (2 hr 30 min) |
50 min each |
Date and time for summer 2018 |
31617H Unit 1 originally scheduled to take place on 25 May PM |
31617 HB1 Biology: 24 May PM 31617 HC1 Chemistry: 25 May AM 31617 HP1 Physics: 25 May PM |
31627H Unit 5 originally scheduled to take place on 6 June AM |
31627 HC1 Chemistry: 5 June PM 31627 HP1 Physics: 6 June AM 31627 HB1 Biology: 6 June PM |