Talk:Advanced Highers

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The qualification is called "Advanced Higher", not "Advanced Higher Grade". (See comments on Talk:Higher Grade) I think in this case, "Advanced Higher" is an unambiguous enough title for a page.

...but I don't know how to change a page's title...

Would it be OK to move this to Advanced Higher, do you think? (I'll learn how to move it, I'm just checking if other people agree with me that it should be moved) -- Mendor 10:00, 24 Apr 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Requested Move to Advanced Higher (Scottish)

The reasons for move copied from WP:RM

• Advanced Higher Grade - (rename to) - Advanced Higher (Scottish)

Corrects name and avoids ambiguity. Davidkinnen 08:04, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

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• Supporter

It is correctly called Advanced Higher not Advanced Higher Grade, adding (Scottish) prevents ambiguity. Davidkinnen 08:04, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

• Support

for same reasons as at Talk:Higher Grade, though I really don't think AH would need disambiguation — Mendor 21:06, August 9, 2005 (UTC)

As far as I'm concerned, I'm sitting my Advanced Highers this year, not my Advanced Higher Grades. It makes sense to have three levels, standard, higher and advanced. Someone should also mention that they used to be called Higher Stills.--The Wizard of Magicland 18:17, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Comparison of Advanced Highers and A-Levels

I am somewhat surprised to read this article as the tone suggests that advanced highers are somewhat more difficult than the corresponding A-level in a particular subject. Although there is a lack of dedicated reading material for A-H qualifications this is generally offset by the exams at the end of the course being relatively straightforward (easy?) compared to the A-level exams. This can easily be verified by comparing the appropriate exams papers. Scientific style exams will generally have a greater complexity in the problem solving than the AH exams, and other subjects, such as English, generally expect a greater degree of insight and understanding to be displayed in the exam. It's also notable that people with AH qualifications will find that they are behind (in terms of knowledge) a similar student who studied A-levels, even though the exams are supposed to be equivalent. This is painfully obvious for scottish students who move to study for a degree in England.

Should this be mentioned on the main article?