Welcome to an exciting new context-led physics course for Advanced (A) and Advanced Subsidiary (AS) levels which started its pilot in over fifty schools and colleges in England and Wales in 1998 with around 1000 candidates, the most that the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) would allow in the first year. A revised version to comply with the new guidelines from QCA was accredited for use by schools and colleges from September 2000. There are currently some 200 centres using the course, mainly in the UK with some overseas. The Project is based in the University of York Science Education Group with its examinations administered by Edexcel. The Science Education Group is the base for a number of other science curriculum development projects, resource production and training, science education research and teacher education within the Science Curriculum Centre.

Project Director:
Dr Elizabeth Swinbank
Salters Horners Advanced Physics
Science Education Group
Alcuin College
University of York
York
YO10 5DD

e-mail: es14@york.ac.uk

Administrator:
Mrs Joanna MacDonald
Salters Horners Advanced Physics
Science Education Group
Alcuin College
University of York
York
YO10 5DD

e-mail: jm47@york.ac.uk

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• to tell us about any corrections or updates to the information on these pages
• to add your school or college details to the list of SHAP centres on the 'People' pages
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then please contact the project office in York.