English review mulls barring students with low grades from loans

Options said to have been modelled by Augar review could mean students with Ds or Es at A level are in effect blocked from entering university

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December 17, 2018

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Reader's comments (1)

#1 Submitted by ... on December 17, 2018 - 11:34am

'By law, universities have autonomy on admissions' - that's not what OfS seems to think!

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