A levels: sector waits as ‘disappointed’ students decide what next

A-level results: students securing university places drops again

The Ucas data also shows that the number of international students accepted on to courses also fell

17 August

Ahead of A-level results, UK sector ‘sits on a knife edge’

A second year of falling entry rates for UK 18-year-olds would be ‘a seismic moment for the sector’, admissions experts predict

By Patrick Jack

7 August

Exam results aren’t accurate enough to guarantee fair HE admissions

If A-level grades are only ‘reliable to one grade either way’, where does that leave admissions officers deciding on borderline cases, asks Dennis Sherwood

By Dennis Sherwood

17 August

Montage of Oliver Twist asking for more from the film still 1948 with numbers in his bowl to illustrate students in many countries receive their final degree marks amid perennial concerns about grade inflation

Are student demands for higher grades threatening standards?

As students in many countries receive their final degree marks amid perennial concerns about grade inflation, three scholars reflect on their experiences of being pressured to mark more leniently, while one considers how to enhance the fairness of marking outcomes

By Emily Michelson

20 July

A levels: sector waits as ‘disappointed’ students decide what next

With 55,000 missing predicted grades, universities looking to fill places via clearing hope to convince those who missed out to recalibrate

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A levels: sector waits as ‘disappointed’ students decide what next

With 55,000 missing predicted grades, universities looking to fill places via clearing hope to convince those who missed out to recalibrate

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A-level results: students securing university places drops again

Ahead of A-level results, UK sector ‘sits on a knife edge’

Exam results aren’t accurate enough to guarantee fair HE admissions

Are student demands for higher grades threatening standards?

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