In clearing? Try Manchester, York ... or Malaysia
With UCAS warning of a lack of clearing spaces following today's A-level results, how about studying in the Far East?Many of the top universities in the country have already put up the "house full"...
View ArticleA level results 2010: the complete exam breakdown by subject, school, and...
The A level exam results are out. See how different subjects compared - plus how private schools did against comprehensives and girls compared to boys• Get the dataA level results time always produce a...
View ArticleStudent rents as relevant as A-level results
A-level results take centre stage but with a gap of £10,000 between university towns, accommodation costs are vital, tooFor students receiving their A-level results today, the cost of accommodation is...
View ArticleA-level results: interactive
Follow the links below to examine the results by school, gender, region and other factorsChristine Oliver
View ArticleStudents who miss out on places should enhance CVs, says minister
Universities minister urges students disappointed in clearing to enhance their CVs and apply to less competitive institutionsStudents who fail to get on to a degree course this year should take up...
View ArticleLetter: Richard Darwin Keynes obituary
Allen Packwood writes: Professor Richard Darwin Keynes (obituary, 18 August) was a fellow of Churchill College from 1961, the year after the new institution received its royal charter, until his death....
View ArticleA-levels results 2010: does the A* add up?
Helen Pidd visits St Paul's School in London to find out if the new A* grade - over 90% - gets top marksHelen PiddCameron Robertson
View ArticleClearing central, where the phones are never silent
'Call waiting' was a constant state for staff at Ucas headquartersApproximately every hour today, the doors to the the nerve centre of Ucas's clearing operation opened to let in a small fleet of...
View ArticleA-level results: academy to move to international baccalaureate
As pupils at Havelock get their results, all eyes are on the academy in Grismby as it prepares to introduce qualificationHavelock academy in Grimsby received its first ever set of A-level results...
View ArticleA-level results 2010: A*s all round at Osborne's old school
• Record results at St Paul's amid complaints over 'cheap' top grade• Grimsby's Havelock Academy looks forward to the baccalaureateIn the 20 years since George Osborne sat his A-levels at St Paul's,...
View ArticleUniversity mustn't again be the rich's hereditary domain | Priyamvada Gopal
Corralling the young into vocational factory farms or apprenticeships splits further the educated elite from those who service itIn the fuzzy language of options and alternatives, a class war is being...
View ArticleA-levels: Pupils shun so-called soft subjects in favour of maths and sciences
Exam entries for 'Stem' subjects rose this year as students look to impress top universities and prepare for the jobs marketPupils are trying to recession-proof themselves by shunning so-called soft...
View ArticleA-level results show private schools in London out-performing state sector
Margin of 3:1 over comprehensives in A* grade in south-east reinforce fears of elitist educationPrivate schools and candidates in London and the south-east performed disproportionately well in...
View ArticleA-level results 2010: sick with worry or ready to party, students take stock
Some got the grades they needed; the rest face clearing or resits. Five pupils from the class of 2010 tell their storiesIn at first choice Katrina Mather 3 A*s, 1 AThe 18-year-old achieved her A*s in...
View ArticleWhat you should know about Renting
A group of students renting a home for the first time are typically signing a £15,000 contract. It pays to get it right before you move in.The letting agencyBeware exaggerated charges often applied by...
View ArticleLetters: Self-exclusion of bullied children
I welcome the concern expressed by Ofsted regarding children who are missing from education and are vulnerable to harm (Ofsted says local authorities and schools losing track of children, 17 August)....
View ArticleLetters: A picture of failure
Imagine my horror and disbelief on viewing your (usually impeccable) homepage at guardian.co.uk and finding that you have unaccountably posted a large photograph of two wholesome and attractive young...
View ArticleA-Level results: Got the visa. Can't go | Editorial
There is an assembly-line feel to contemporary British education, but yesterday it faltered, with a clogged clearing system likely to leave 80,000 qualified students without a university placeThe hum...
View ArticleThe sinking ship of youth opportunity | Aaron Porter
Praising A-level pupils is hollow when education cuts and rising youth unemployment mean the future is bleak for young peopleThis week, the deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg, said that it was a...
View ArticleSix students scrambling for each university place
Switchboards jammed as record number of applicants seek places through clearingSix students are fighting for each spare university place, figures revealed today.Some 190,183 applicants are hoping to...
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