Nearly 3,000 Oxford University graduates have called on the institution to admit students whose grades were downgraded amid the A-level results controversy. In an open letter, alumni called on the university to show ‘kindness and generosity’ to students whose marks had been ‘unexpectedly and unfairly downgraded by an algorithm’. Nearly two in five of teachers’ … Read more
A-level student who played dead to survive 2014 Taliban massacre of 150 pupils at his Pakistan school wins place at Oxford University Ahmad Nawaz, 19, almost lost his arm after a terror attack at his school in 2014 The Taliban attack in Peshawar killed 150 students including his brother Haris He has now accepted a place to … Read more
A-level student who played dead to survive 2014 Taliban massacre of 150 pupils at his Pakistan school wins place at Oxford University Ahmad Nawaz, 19, almost lost his arm after a terror attack at his school in 2014 The Taliban attack in Peshawar killed 150 students including his brother Haris He has now accepted a place to … Read more
Fewer students have found university places through clearing, figures from this year’s school leavers have shown. More than 13,000 applicants have been accepted on to degree courses through the annual process – down 24% on the same point last year. The figures come the day after students across England, Wales and Northern Ireland received their … Read more
Why is results day different this year? Exams were cancelled across the UK in March as the pandemic took hold and schools closed. As a result, Ofqual, the exam regulator in England, decided grades would instead be awarded based on teacher assessments of how pupils would have performed, moderated by exam boards. However, it soon … Read more
The total number of students accepted on to UK degree courses has risen nearly 3 per cent, it was revealed today as A-level pupils received their results. University admissions service Ucas said 358,860 people from across the UK have been accepted so far this year – a 2.9 per cent increase compared to results day … Read more
Why is results day different this year? Exams were cancelled across the UK in March as the pandemic took hold and schools closed. As a result, Ofqual, the exam regulator in England, decided grades would instead be awarded based on teacher assessments of how pupils would have performed, moderated by exam boards. However, it soon … Read more
University Challenge viewers have swooned over a contestant from last night’s episode, saying he might be the show’s most handsome player ever. Joshua Mutio, from St Helen’s in Merseyside helped his team from Birckbeck, University of London beat Reading University 295 – 60, by answering questions on musicals, US politics and physics. But it was the … Read more
Right-leaning or pro-Brexit academics are ‘censored’ on British university campuses, report warns A survey found fewer than 20 per cent of academics voted for Right-wing parties In comparison 75 per cent voted Labour, Liberal Democrat or Green from 2017 Paper suggest a ‘structural discriminatory effect’ on Right-leaning academics By Daily Mail Reporter For The Daily … Read more
Right-leaning or pro-Brexit academics are ‘censored’ on British university campuses, report warns A survey found fewer than 20 per cent of academics voted for Right-wing parties In comparison 75 per cent voted Labour, Liberal Democrat or Green from 2017 Paper suggest a ‘structural discriminatory effect’ on Right-leaning academics By Daily Mail Reporter For The Daily … Read more