First post-Covid school leavers face fight for fewer university places
by Sally Weale, Rachel Hall and Richard Adams from World news | The Guardian on (#60850)
Parents and teachers say some students predicted to gain A* grades are being rejected after a surge in applications
The first post-Covid cohort of school leavers face a summer of uncertainty that threatens to hold back a generation", as students compete for fewer places on popular university courses.
After A-level grade inflation during the pandemic forced universities to take on more students, institutions are now retrenching in popular subjects despite a surge in applications.
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