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21 August 2020
A-level results chaos This week has been a grade-A government fiasco . It began with A-level students facing complete chaos . Last week they had received grades…
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20 August 2020
UCU welcomed the action taken by government to support young people into their first choice university but raised concerns about the likely severe knock-on impact…
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20 August 2020
Reacting to this year's GCSE results and the postponement of BTEC grades, UCU said that the chaos has harmed students, and that we now need to see a big increase…
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18 August 2020
The government must step in to support students who have missed out on their first-choice courses and provide financial protections for the higher education sector…
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17 August 2020
A U-turn from Gavin Williamson on exam results is to be welcomed but he now needs to provide universities with substantial financial support so that they can protect…
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14 August 2020
A-level chaos and confusion as minister accused of making up policy on the hoof A-level results day was one of chaos and confusion , rather than celebration yesterday.…
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13 August 2020
Students have spent much of this year working incredibly hard in unprecedented circumstances. School closures have particularly impacted the least affluent, who…
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13 August 2020
UCU said ministers have to stop trying to pull a rabbit out of the hat to fix the A-levels fiasco The union said ministers should use teacher predictions, as happened…
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11 August 2020
A U-turn from deputy first minister John Swinney on exam results is to be welcomed and the rest of the UK must now ensure no students miss out because of faulty…
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11 August 2020
More than four in five of the 128 university, school and college leaders who responded to a survey from UCU want to explore a radical overhaul of the university…
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