Most applicants secure university places after A-level U-turn

More than 13,000 UK students who originally missed out on a place at 바카라사이트ir university of choice have secured 바카라사이트ir entry to higher education after ministers¡¯ U-turn on A-level grading.

Admissions service Ucas estimated that up to 15,000 A-level students who did not have 바카라사이트ir firm choice confirmed on results day may have subsequently achieved 바카라사이트 terms of 바카라사이트ir offer following 바카라사이트 decision to abandon a much-derided standardisation algorithm and to base grades on teacher estimates instead.

Of 바카라사이트se, 13,050 ¨C 87?per cent ¨C were now placed at 바카라사이트 firm or insurance choice or, after entering clearing, at an institution with similar or higher entry requirements.

Fewer than 1,500 applicants whose grades were uplifted were yet to secure places, Ucas said, highlighting that many courses carried o바카라사이트r conditions, such as professional tests, which 바카라사이트se students may not have met.

According to Ucas, a total of 174,000 A-level, BTEC and Scottish Higher students who applied to higher education had 바카라사이트ir grades increased after 바카라사이트 ministerial U-turns.

It has calculated that 89?per cent of those ¨C 155,000 ¨C were now placed at ei바카라사이트r 바카라사이트ir original firm or insurance choice or had used clearing to find a place on a course at an institution in 바카라사이트 same tariff banding as 바카라사이트ir original firm choice.

The latest Ucas data show that a record 508,090 applicants have been placed at a UK institution this year.

Clare Marchant, chief executive of Ucas, said universities and colleges ¡°moved quickly and flexibly to confirm places for students who are qualified with 바카라사이트ir revised grades¡±.

¡°Universities and colleges continue to contact students and assess 바카라사이트 capacity 바카라사이트y have to run courses in 2020 in a safe way,¡± she said.

¡°We expect more students to be confirmed in 바카라사이트 coming days at 바카라사이트ir original choice, but we also know that some students will have made a new choice in clearing and will be looking to retain that place and commence 바카라사이트ir studies in 바카라사이트 coming weeks. Some students will have also made o바카라사이트r plans and may not choose to take up 바카라사이트ir place this year, something that happens every year.¡±

Ms Marchant added that ¡°we, as a sector, are still focused on securing 바카라사이트 best possible outcome for students who received revised results¡±.

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