Universities told to hold places open until appeal

Appeals, which have to be submitted through schools, should be completed by 7 September, allowing students who get improved grades to take up places this autumn.

Ms Donelan said she recognised the need for universities to be fair towards"students who are highly talented in schools or colleges that have not in the past had strong results". But despite these concerns - and the change of heart in Scotland - there are no signs of any change in using a similar approach to moderating results in England.

But results will not be as generous as teachers' predictions, which would have pushed up results by 12 percentage points - with these predictions able to be shared with pupils after the results are published. Education Secretary Gavin Williamson defended the system for calculating grades this year as"fundamentally a fair one"."That is why I welcome the fact that Ofqual has introduced a robust appeal system, so every single student can be treated fairly - and today we are asking universities to do their part to ensure every young person can progress to the destination they deserve."

BBCPolitics Rather than that, you guys should save a little sex. Are you not afraid of virus infection? herpes...

BBCPolitics Why are the 'exam' results only being issued at their normal times when the information used to arrive at these results was available to the examination boards much earlier than would normally be the case?

Lets see how representative these grades actually are. Giving students their predicted grades is ridiculous. We know universities are being flexible only because they dont want students deferring till next year. What a mess! I feel sorry for next years a-level students

Yet another Tory cabinet fiasco!

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿BBC Scotland website - Exam Appeals listed under POLITICS 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿BBC England website - Exam Appeals listed under FAMILY AND EDUCATION

all the grades will not be worth the paper there written on in the coming years

What is the difference between the A student and C student? The truth

Where is your coverage on Belarus? The land is on fire!!!

Really why? I thought places such as these are closed due to the virus

Amid uncertainty about replacement exam grades , Universities Minister Michelle Donelan has urged University heads to be as ' flexible as possible '.

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