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yes, it has been quite a morning for students here at burnley college. arly, when i arrived here at 7:30am there were already hundreds of them here. the college has put breakfast and coffee for them for them for that moment when they could open the envelope and find out their results. anyone who has gone through exam results will know that the night before you get those nerves, you cannot sleep. all of those years of effort come down to opening that envelope and seeing what is inside. we were here when it happened at eight o'clock this morning. ijust want happened at eight o'clock this morning. i just want to play you that moment of the count down from the students to the moment that they could actually open the envelope. take a look at this. eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one! cheering so, yes, there was confetti which is still on the floor at the moment. and there was a lot of hugging. friends hugging each other, taking selfies, but also, and we sometimes forget this, the parents who were here as well. of course, it is the students that did

at burnley college, we are not just happy _ burnley college, we are not just happy with passes, we have _ best top results we have ever had. we have had those days we have ever had. we have had those days we have ever had we _ we have had those days we have ever had. we have had lots of a stars and bees _ had. we have had lots of a stars and bees. hoe— had. we have had lots of a stars and bees. ~ . . ~ had. we have had lots of a stars and bees. . ., ., ~' ., had. we have had lots of a stars and bees. . . ., ,, ., ., , bees. we are talking about a levels, but ou bees. we are talking about a levels, but you don't _ bees. we are talking about a levels, but you don't just — bees. we are talking about a levels, but you don'tjust do _ bees. we are talking about a levels, but you don'tjust do a _ bees. we are talking about a levels, but you don'tjust do a levels - bees. we are talking about a levels, but you don'tjust do a levels here. | but you don'tjust do a levels here. a lot of people go down a vocational route, like btec.— route, like btec. there are some skills -based _ route, like btec.

hello, welcome to burnley college- you _ hello,. hello, welcome to burnley college.llo, welcome to burnley college. you and i _ hello,. hello, welcome to burnley college. you and i both _ hello,. hello, welcome to burnley college. you and i both probably l college. you and i both probably remember when we got our results many decades ago. the students have been getting them here this morning. they come in through the door, as you can see they are all mingling. on this side is vocational results and a level results. if we pan out with the camera, you will see that the confetti is here on the floor because an hour ago was when students around england, wales and northern ireland were allowed to open the results. i was here. i want to play you what it was like with all of the hundreds of students who were here at eight o'clock this morning. look at this. eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one! cheering so, yes, lots of celebrations. and lots of hugging. throughout the last hour i have seen students hugging theirfriends, they hour i have seen students hugging thei

that is what has been happening here all morning at burnley college.t was it atm when there were hundreds of students here all ready to open their envelopes with their family and friends. we saw them hugging, i saw one mum hugging her son going, "i am so, so proud of you!" it is notjust a moment for the students but also it is a moment for the families, the mums and dads who have supported their child through all of that, particularly for this cohort of students. they had to cope with the pandemic as well. but it is notjust a busy time for students, well. but it is notjust a busy time forstudents, it well. but it is notjust a busy time for students, it is a very busy time for students, it is a very busy time for the universities, because lots of these a—level students have got the results that they want one now be heading to university. joining me now is vivien stern, the chief executive of universities uk. thank you very much forjoining us on bbc news. i have seen the joy that results have caused here in burnley, just give us a sense of the overall pi

_ me and i enjoyed the course and burnley college as _ me and i enjoyed the course and burnleyns - burnley college as a whole. do you think vocational qualifications are l think vocational qualifications are given the status they deserve? maybe not as much- — given the status they deserve? maybe not as much. a-levels _ given the status they deserve? maybe not as much. a-levels overshadow - given the status they deserve? maybe not as much. a-levels overshadow it, | not as much. a—levels overshadow it, but anyone _ not as much. a—levels overshadow it, but anyone looking _ not as much. a—levels overshadow it, but anyone looking to _ not as much. a—levels overshadow it, but anyone looking to do _ not as much. a—levels overshadow it, but anyone looking to do something i but anyone looking to do something like a _ but anyone looking to do something like a military— but anyone looking to do something like a military or— but anyone looking to do something like a military or practical _ but anyone looking to do something like a military or practical based - like a military or practical

at burnley college, things got off with a bang.thousands of others across england, wales and northern ireland getting their a—level and vocational results. today's the culmination of two years of blood, sweat and tears. for katy, it means so much. she's done a t—level, which is a vocational qualification equivalent to three a—levels and is off to northumbria university. all that time that i spent up last night worrying about it, it's like i canjust take a nice breath of fresh air. my mum shed a tear as well but they're just so happy for me and they're really, really proud. they're just so happy that after all this time it's really paid off and it's worked out the way i wanted it to. eshan's also feeling really relief. he's going to pursue his dream of studying medicine. burnley college, with the facilities and the space to study, i was in college about 80 hours a week. i was in on the weekends, saturdays and sundays, i was in from 6am in the morning until 9pm at night, from open till close. security, everybody knew me because i was

welcome to burnley college. behind me, it is sending out a bit at the moment, but there are still some students coming in. tell—tale signs on the floor, there is a lot of confetti, blue and white confetti that is still on the floor and that was because hundreds of students were here at eight o'clock this morning. i arrived just after seven o'clock, they were all here, the college had given them breakfast, they were having coffee and chatting, it was at eight o'clock we were allowed to open those envelopes to find out what their results are. of course, all of us who have been through any sort of exam process will remember that moment that we actually opened the envelope or got the e—mail that told us what result we had got. i want to play you what it was like here in burnley at eight o'clock this morning. take a look at this. eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one! cheering you could see there was some hugging going on there. one mother very proud of her son that they had got the result is that they expec

he is live at burnley college. it is an emotional roller—coaster., open the envelopes, find out what grade they have. some students in england, northern ireland and wales will get an e—mail with their results and can open it away from people. lots of parents who might have had a sleepless night. an important day both for schools and colleges who got them through their exams and also the universities where many will go next and that is what we will talk about now. let talk about the schools that got them through the exams. but to the assistant principal at newcastle college. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. how where your nerves before you got to know how your students had done? we before you got to know how your students had done?— before you got to know how your students had done? we are settling down. we students had done? we are settling down- we have _ students had done? we are settling down. we have been _ students had done? we are settling down. we have been speaking - students had done? we are settling down. we have been speaking to i stu

our correspondent nicky schiller is live at burnley college as students receive their results.t has certainly been a morning of a lot of smiles and celebrations. the principal earlier said everyone here had got what they wanted or better, which is great. across the country, the percentage of people getting a and a stars in a—levels is up, highest since 2021. but there is a regional variation when it comes to those figures. they are higher in england than in wales and northern ireland. we heard from northern ireland education editor earlier and —— wales education editor and they said it was expected. here is our ireland correspondent, chris page who is at new—bridge integrated college. about 65,000 students in northern ireland are getting their results today, some of them here at newbridge integrated college in loughbrickland in county down. i'm delighted to say i'm going to talk to tom, jack and lucy. firstly, tom. well, how have you been? how have you done? i'm very content with how i've done. i've got what i needed to get into my course. i'm going to do electronic engineering

live from burnley college. this is bbc news.... five, four, three, two, one.nd signs of growth, the economy grew by 0.6% between april and june. taylor swift returns to wembley stadium for the final leg of her �*eras tour�* in the uk. it's a huge day for the hundreds of thousands of students in england, wales and northern ireland receiving their exam results this morning. we're beginning to see some statistics based on this year's exam results — starting with university places. 82% of students have successfully got into their first choice university — an increase of 3% from last year. top a—level results have risen for the first time since 2021 —

our correspondent nicky schiller is live at burnley college as students receive their results.oon. it is sending out here at the university, not quite so many people, there is a bit of confetti on the floor. throughout the morning, we have seen the hundreds of students here coming in, collecting their envelope, opening it up and seeing what grades they have got. we have talked about the figures, the a—levels, now those are the a star and a are up to about, a high since 2021, we also have t—level results out in england, and then there are more vocational qualifications, those are the btec national also out. the students here do a range of those different courses. we will talk to some of them in a little while. i want to show you what it was like at o'clock this morning. when i arrived just after seven o'clock, there were hundreds of students here. the couege hundreds of students here. the college had given them breakfast and coffee and they were sitting around talking. all i have to say, very nervous at that point because they were allowed to open the envelopes at eight o'clock