A-level results day 2021 - latest updates: Education secretary says students 'deserve' their grades

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A-level results day 2021 - latest updates: Education secretary says students 'deserve' their grades
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'If universities are not delivering what students expect then they shouldn't be charging the full fees.' Gavin Williamson tells kayburley he believes universities should review their fees if they fail to deliver face-to-face lectures next year.

Hundreds of thousands of students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland receive their A-level results

Instead, the grades are teacher assessed and will have drawn on a"range of evidence" based on what students have been taught in between college closures. The education secretary says the government would expect them to be delivering a"high quality teaching experience", and part of that is lectures in person.Williamson says the government gave 'absolute clarity' on teacher-assessed grades for this year in Januaryvery much planning to move back to examinations as a form of assessment" for next year.

"We should congratulate them all for their resilience and determination not to allow the pandemic to be a barrier to their futures." Teachers have determined the grades after the summer's exams were cancelled for a second year in a rowBut any rise in students achieving top gradesHe warns universities should not be charging full fees if they don't return to in-person teachingWhat happened during last year's A-level results fiasco?

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