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How we can make university admissions fairer
What's the point of published entry requirements if they don't apply to all students?
a-levels
How we can make university admissions fairer
What's the point of published entry requirements if they don't apply to all students?
The government’s A-Level mess is starting to hit home
The loss of AS-Levels is a regressive move that will impact social mobility as well as education.
For many young people ‘study hard, work hard, go to university, get a job’ isn’t reality
The media and political debate over grade inflation and Michael Gove's proposed GCSE reforms disguise how difficult it is for young people in today's struggling economy.
Increasingly gendered A Level choices are part of a wider problem and should concern us all
There is a widening gender gap in A Level students' subject choices which is arguably a result of socially conditioned gender norms. Subjects like Physics, Maths, ICT and Economics are dominated by boys whilst girls are the majority in Drama, Law and languages.
Putting an individual through university generates £227k for the economy
The government needs to recognise the economic returns from investing in A-levels and degree courses, writes UCU general secretary Sally Hunt.