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Universities now face more financial uncertainty.
Having trust in a key public service like education is critical.
Only 16% of predicted grades are accurate and the current system penalises disadvantaged students and those from minority backgrounds.
Why a recent report, backed by university staff, argues that institutions should start offering students places after they’ve received their A-level results.
Research shows that 80% of medical students come from just 20% of the UK’s secondary schools.
Beat exam stress with these top tips.
Clearing advice from the experts.
New research shows what subjects you study at school make a big difference to the type of university you end up attending.
Is there such a thing as a mean marker?
If you happen to grow up in the south of England, you are more likely to actually study A-levels, and will probably end up with better results than if you go to school and study in the north.
Does the university clearing system work?
Not everyone will be celebrating this results day, so here’s a few words of advice for both students and parents, to help put things into perspective.
Here’s how meditation can help make some of those big life decisions a little more easy to handle.
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Director, Nottingham Institute of Education, Nottingham Trent University
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Professor of Education, University of Wolverhampton
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Professor of Educational Assessment, UCL
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NIHR Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge
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PhD candidate in Sociology, Lancaster University
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Lecturer of Psychology, University of Hull
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Professor of Clinical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, University of Brighton
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Associate Professor of English and Literacy Education, University of Oxford
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Associate Professor, UCL Centre for Education Policy & Equalising Opportunities, UCL
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Senior Lecturer, Oxford Brookes University
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Professor of Social Interaction, Loughborough University
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Assistant Professor of Language and Communication, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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Reader in Psychometric Epidemiology, University of York
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Research Fellow, University of York
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Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, Teesside University
