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Miriam Burrell

A-levels: Thousands could miss out on university places with post-lockdown shake-up

Thousands of students to “miss out” on university places they would have got last year, Professor Alan Smithers says

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An “explosion” of top grades that were awarded to students during the pandemic is to be halved this year, according to an academic.

It means thousands of students could miss out on their top university choice, a new report by Professor Alan Smithers, director of the Centre for Education and Employment Research at the University of Buckingham, said.

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