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SQA News 17 October 2024

Politics - updated Higher specimen question paper 2

We’ve updated the Higher Politics specimen question paper 2, restructuring the marking instructions for question 2 to align more with how most candidates structure their response.

The specimen question paper is available from the ‘past papers and marking instructions’ tab on our Higher Politics web page

About post-exam diet changes to documents

It’s normal practice for SQA to review course materials after the marking of exams and coursework is complete.

During marking, our exam teams sometimes identify minor corrections, or areas of the published marking instructions and instructions for candidates that could be made clearer.