Hundreds of 1000’s of scholars will get their A-level outcomes in the present day throughout England, Wales and Northern Ireland, within the first exams held since earlier than the COVID pandemic.
Grades are anticipated to go down total in contrast with final yr, however ought to be larger than in 2019.
The summer time exams have been cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic and college students have been awarded grades determined by lecturers.
This yr’s race for college locations is anticipated to be some of the aggressive but, with nearly 40% of scholars thought prone to make use of the clearing system to discover a place on a course.
Admissions service Ucas acknowledged that universities have been extra cautious of their offer-making.
It added that whereas it expects document or near-record numbers of scholars to get onto their first-choice programs, the method is not going to be “pain-free” for all, with some college students left upset.
While some faculties and faculties ask college students to gather their ends in individual, others will publish the outcomes on-line.
The Department for Education stated document numbers of scholars, together with excessive numbers of deprived college students, are nonetheless anticipated to begin college in September.
The Association of Colleges Chief Executive David Hughes stated the category of 2022 confronted “unprecedented disruption to their education”, whereas Education Secretary James Cleverly stated each pupil amassing their outcomes ought to be proud.
Courses for clearing drop after ‘admin blip’
Students who miss out on their first selections for college have been urged to not panic and as a substitute flip to lecturers for recommendation and assist.
However, the variety of programs for college students in clearing dropped forward of outcomes day, with one college blaming an “administrative blip”, for displaying greater than 500 as accessible once they should not have been.
Students can use clearing to see what programs or universities may be accessible to them in the event that they want an alternate plan.
As of Wednesday morning, a PA information company snapshot of the UK’s largest larger training suppliers confirmed there have been 22,685 programs with vacancies for college students dwelling in England, down from 23,280 on Friday.
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The University of Liverpool had proven 529 programs as accessible in clearing on the Ucas web site final week however it’s understood this could not have been the case and was an “administrative blip”.
A spokeswoman for the college stated clearing at its college will probably be for “a small number of high-quality candidates in a range of subjects”.
They added: “The Ucas clearing pages were live for a period of time for pre-qualified applicants, as is the case each year. We removed the pages while we determine which courses are available in advance of results day tomorrow, when we will advertise any vacancies.”
The change noticed choices on the Russell Group universities – of which Liverpool University is a member – dwindle in comparison with final week, with 1,785 programs at 15 of the 24 elite establishments as of Wednesday morning, in contrast with 2,358 programs at 17 of them on Friday.
Last yr it was introduced that A-level college students sitting exams this summer time would discover out what matters they’d be examined on to assist them put together.
Source: information.sky.com”