The proportion of A-level entries awarded top grades in England, Wales and Northern Ireland has increased on last year and remains above pre-pandemic levels. Hundreds of thousands of UK students received their exam results today.
The Education Secretary today said hiking university tuition fees would be 'really unpalatable' - but did not rule out Labour doing so over the next five years.
The previous government raised the cap on university tuition fees in England to £9,000 a year in 2012 but it has been fixed at £9,250 since 2017. As hundreds of thousands of students prepared to head to university after getting their A-level results, Ms Phillipson was quizzed about fears of a cash crisis
'Not least because I know that lots of students across the country are already facing big challenges around the cost of living, housing costs, lots of students I speak to who are already working lots of jobs, extra hours, in order to pay for their studies.' In January, restrictions were introduced to prevent most international students bringing dependents with them to the UK in a bid to reduce net migration figures.
'In economic terms, into where it comes to the communities where they will come and live: Sunderland – where I'm a Member of Parliament – we have lots of students that come from around the world, often as postgraduate students, that study and make a contribution.
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