his ucas points score was 144, his offer at leeds was 144.onomics and offered physics instead. do you know what the logic is, clare? yes, it sounds to me like they have got a condition where they want an a in maths, and so they're looking specifically for that in terms of that economics course. they obviously want him at leeds university, which is great news. my advice would be to ring up the university and see if there's a possibility in terms of the b instead of the a, and talk about other options that may be available at the university, if that's where they want to go. it's not all bad news, ring them up, see where you get to, and then come back to us if you need further support. i will put william's question to you because it is about taking a—levels asa because it is about taking a—levels as a private candidate. he's working full—time. what effect has this had on private candidates? what will be the effect next year? because i will not have mock exams to rely on if i cannot take the final exam so how would i be traded? ithink cannot take

lots of attention turning to ucas.s may mean they need the help of the university clearing system. 0ur correspondentjohn maguire is at a hub in bristol. i know some ucas staff are working from home of course but somewhere in the office behind you and they are going to be very busy i imagine. yes, already very busy. we are at the university of bristol, each university has its own clearing centre as well as the central one you described which deals with all the universities across the uk. this time last year they received around 9000 calls. phones have been live since the results came injust 9000 calls. phones have been live since the results came in just after etienne this morning and the phones have been ringing frequently. i want to see if i can interact. marion is one of the call handlers. she is about to be a third—year medical student here at the university. give us an idea of the type of things people are asking about. as you can imagine it is quite an anxious time for a lot of applicants. we are getting a lot of

his ucas points score was 144, his offer at leeds was 144.e they want an a in maths, and so they're looking specifically for that in terms of that economics course. they obviously want him at leeds university, which is great news. my advice would be to ring up the university and see if there's a possibility in terms of the b instead of the a, and talk about other options that may be available at the university, if that's where they want to go. it's not all bad news, ring them up, see where you get to, and then come back to us if you need further support. hello, we've seen it rain letting down in some areas. generally it is going to be the southern half of the uk that sees most of the wet weather and it will feel warm and humid. this was the picture in essex. leaving localised flooding. further north some sunshine breaking through which may persist around eastern areas as we have seen in the scottish borders. the difference in the weather across the uk is because northern bringing an easterly breeze and further south low pressure and the clust

the university admissions service, ucas, says the number of british students who've already acceptedost 3% on this time last year. nearly 359,000 students have confirmed their choice of university so far, including more than 7,500 who've found a place through clearing. 0ur education correspondent, danjohnson, has more details. you got an a? yes! oh, well done. a for achievement... oh, my gosh! ..means many students taking places as planned. but with the agony of some of these calculated grades comes the question of what next. i've never failed anything, actually. i'm not used to not getting into places. i think that's why it hit me so hard this morning when i opened it. abbi was one of those left disappointed. we've all been downgraded. i haven't got into uni because of it. and i was supposed to be going to durham, and now i can't. so, i've got to look over options, i've got to appeal, go through clearing, resit my exams and we haven't been learning since march. layla also received unexpected marks. so, one grade above, but one grade below, so i was like, "i don't know what it means.

we are working very closely with ucas, with the independent regulator and the exam boards to make sure no young person is disadvantaged as a consequence of this delay. this morning gcse students will get their results after a government u—turn meant their marks will be based on teacher assessed grades. iam here i am here in mary immaculate high school in cardiff where pupils have already begun to open their results ina week already begun to open their results in a week that has already been overshadowed by government u—turns. the russian opposition figure alexei navalny is unconscious in hospital with suspected poisoning. the anti—corruption campaigner fell ill during a flight. kamala harris is formally nominated as joe biden‘s running mate in the us election. if the democrats win she would be the first woman vice president in american history. good morning and welcome to bbc news. just hours before they were expected to get their exam results, hundreds of thousands of btec students have been told they'll have to wait and their marks will be reassessed. it comes after an intense row ov

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so, one grade above, but one grade below, so i was like, and ucas had crashed and no one could get on just seen online that i've still got in. so, i'm quite thankful. others are trying their chances through clearing. some with lower grades, some who did better looking to trade up. here at hull, the advice is that even those appealing should be able to start their course. it's at least a month away. there's a lot of time actually to maybe again undertake that appeals process, but still start university in september. so my advice would be, still secure that place. these calls, these decisions risk being delayed by the number of students who are unhappy with their grades this year. the number who are looking at appealing, which will take more time and could risk some students not being able to start in september. i got a u in biology... emily is one of those holding out for an appeal to get on her midwifery course. the university, is holding my place. so when i appeal my grade, i'll see if i get in. they are more clearing places this year, and they're already being accepted. 0verall, uni

the university admissions service, ucas, says the number of british students who've already acceptedime last year. nearly 359,000 students have confirmed their choice of university so far, including more than 7500 who've found a place through clearing. 0ur education correspondent, danjohnson, has more details. you got an a? yes! oh, well done. a for achievement... oh, my gosh! ..means many students taking places as planned. but with the agony of some of these calculated grades comes the question of what next. i've never failed anything, actually. i'm not used to not getting into places. i think that's why it hit me so hard this morning when i opened it. abbie was one of those left disappointed. we've all been downgraded. i haven't got into uni because of it. and i was supposed to be going to durham, and now i can't. so, i've got to look over options, i've got to appeal, go through clearing, resit my exams and we haven't been learning since march. leila also received unexpected marks. so, one grade above, but one grade below, so i was like, "i don't know what it means." and ucas had c

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the government have said that they have asked ucas and universities to be flexible.uld treat this as a massive priority and turn is appeals very quickly. as you mentioned, the universities, although they weren't consulted about this change, the universities minister has indeed written to universities, asking them to be flexible. labour says that should be a statutory requirement. would you agree with that, and how do you make flexibility statutory? well, i think the easiest solution is to ensure that the exam boards deal with the appeal is incredibly quickly and efficiently. then you won't have these problems in terms of creating new legislation. universities are autonomous and we got to respect that. there will be many students who don't appeal. the thing that i'm glad about is that the government is going to fund those students that are opting for exams, because it's vital that they are taught properly and have the resources , are taught properly and have the resources, and the schools are financed to do this. the detail of that, we have heard a figure from nick gi

grainne hallahan from the time educational supplement, and mary curnock cook, former chief executive of ucashash tag #bbcyourquestions. that's coming up at 3.30pm this afternoon. it's the venue which helped launch the careers of the beatles, but the famous cavern club in liverpool is now facing financial ruin because of the coronavirus lockdown. the sites owners have warned they're losing thirty thousand pounds a week and have already had to make 20 staff redundant. jayne mccubbin reports on the club that has become an institution but its future is now under threat. the cavern club is the most famous club in the world. the place is packed, people listen to the music. it's hot, it's sweaty. when this all happened, i mean, you know, you're thinking, how are we going to continue? the thought of the cavern club not being here, that is inconceivable. but it's a real threat. so this is it. welcome to the cavern. # i like it, i like it #. it is an institution. today, empty — and at risk of staying that way. how scary was it when all of this hit and you knew you just couldn't carry on? er. . . it wa

seeing us hurt let's bring in fro freddie live all through and emeritus professor of sociology at ucas university of kent canterbury hello what's your reaction to this alarming study kids turning on their parents in this really really stressful lockdown for everyone. you live on a professor to get the question there you know i didn't but what's your reaction to these kids turning on their parents and stressful enough for everybody right now and it seems that is turning kids against their parents how much of a problem is it. i think it's a problem it's not as big as the survey makes it out to be but it's definitely a problem and i think it's got to do with the fact that. even before corbett a lot of parents found it very difficult. to discipline their children i think in britain in particular a lot of fathers and mothers or on was scared to draw the line boundaries don't give children guidance and there's as a result of that a lot of adolescent. kind of grew up in a very on constrained manner which means that when tensions develop instead of those tensions being resolved amicably or pea

butjust thinking about what that would do to the whole ucas process, we saw towards the end of this weekry understanding and flexible and accommodating students and others just cut them off very quickly are not being willing to listen to any stories or show any understanding at all. but students have accepted places at universities that might not be their first choice. i think this is just another unforeseen consequence about what is going to happen. quite frankly, all of this should have been thought through a long time ago. they set up the model, they did some modelling of what that would look like, certain situations and how they could see that it wasn't going to lead to such broad unfairness, i can't possibly imagine. but it is really unacceptable that we have been left in this situation. there are clear groups of students who it hasn't worked for well, particularly high achievers in schools with a comprehensive intake. these are the ones who we have seen first hand really suffering. and that i suppose is really galling from your point of view as a head teacher, if you feel you have

is trying to deliver a clear message to alexander ucas shameka but in return his message is equally clear he is not going anywhere anytime soon dominic kane al-jazeera berlin. a freelance journalist under a vita that she's in the capital minsk the better russian capital minsk and he has is more and more isolation but protest says i won't be deterred by his threats. on the 20th day of fun to look at and to process the president has sworn the west's he wants a canny external pressure when the e.u. sanctions are imposed he says who will do the same in return for the bell or is government in my do is unclear the economy struggling there are hues it's money exchanged and he's giving the heart to be a stroke cash from an a.t.m. ukraine has also now cut off contact with the governments here so that look at centcom now has only russia to rely on consumer putin has promised to send a reserve police force but the question is also putting the military into combat ready moats i've been told by one metro driver that he's been called up to the army in the coming days because he protested up to the elec

we are working very closely with ucas, with the independent regulator and the exam boards to make sureyoung person is disadvantaged as a consequence of this delay. the russian opposition figure alexei navalny is unconscious in hospital with suspected poisoning. the anti—corruption campaigner fell ill during a flight. kamala harris is formally nominated as joe biden‘s running mate in the us election. if the democrats win she would be the first woman vice president in american history. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world 7 and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. in the most disruptive academic year in uk history, gcse pass rates for pupils in england have risen dramatically. the coronavirus pandemic caused the cancellation of this year's exams, and, after a government u—turn, grades were not adjusted by the exams regulator, and have instead been awarded by schools. figures released in the past half hour show nearly 79% of papers have been awarded the gcse pass rate of grade 4 or above — that's an increase of around

them to us. 0n the bbc news channel this afternoon at 2:30pm, we‘ll be putting your questions to the ucasinvolving home antibody testing suggests nearly 3.5 million people may have had covid—i9 in england, far more than the 270,000 confirmed cases. separately, the number of people waiting longer than 18 weeks for routine hospital treatment in england has hit a record level. the figure stood at 1.85 million in june, as the nhs continued to deal with the challenges of coronavirus. here‘s our health correspondent, lauren moss. the virus has changed the way of life for so many. now it‘s thought 3.4 million people in england may have been infected. the findings come from a study of 100,000 volunteers who were tested for antibodies. the results indicate just 6% of the population may have had covid—19 but still higher than previously thought. we are not saying that each of those people is immune. they‘ve been in contact with the virus and their body has mounted a response to that, that we can detect. five months after going into lockdown, the impact of the pandemic is still being felt across the

is trying to deliver a clear message to alexander ucas shameka but in return his message is equally clear he is not going anywhere anytime soon dominic kane al-jazeera berlin. the german hospital treating the russian opposition figure alexina valley's says there are some signs of improvement but he remains in a medically induced coma have said there are indications that support claims the 44 year old was poisoned russian authorities there insist there's no evidence of any crime germany's foreign minister says they'll be diplomatic consequences for moscow if it's proven that the valley was poisoned as part of a state initiated murder attempt the un security council has approved cuts to its peacekeeping force in southern lebanon a monday it's been extended for a year but the number of troops has been reduced by 2000 after pressure from the united states and israel they say the force known as unifil needs to take more action against hezbollah are kristensen to me as more. tension in southern lebanon where israeli mortars and allegedly has bola fighters criss cross the border that's the backd

ucas is saying to them, think carefully about your options. their btecs. btecs are not just results, don‘t have their btecs. btecs are notjust a route to things like higher apprenticeships. many people rely on them for their university places. they are left in limbo. we will be chasing that up today with pearson‘s, who run btecs. sixth form colleges are scratching their heads as to why this has happened. not forgetting, of course, gcses on thursday. is it clear what are parents, children will actually see on a thursday and what they will get on that day? on thursday they won‘t get the formal certificate of their qualifications. they will be getting a piece of paper printed out by their school with a teacher assessed grade at the school has submitted to the exam board, because those now take precedence, or those are an option the student can choose. it is not clear what happens if it becomes apparent your calculated grade, the one given by the algorithm, was higher than your teacher estimates. we simply don‘t know. but the assumption at the mom

the former head of the university admissions body ucas says a delay to exams would create "massive ripplessity, sixth form or progression to apprenticeships. but the shadow education secretary kate green says that the university admissions process has already been in chaos this year. this proposal that we are putting forward gives much, much, much more time properly to plan how we could manage a later exam session and still have time for results and marking, and admissions to take place and i would have, and i'm very sure that universities would say if you give us longer to plan, we can make a much better arrangements and make a much better arrangements and make it go right out to the wire. and avoid the incompetent chaos we have seen this year with the gcse and a—level results. it is not simple, there are not ideal solutions. but the ministers saying this means it is utterly irresponsible. we need to be doing the planning now. the contingency planning. it's a complete aberration of the responsibility so they allow things to go to the wire again next summer, it creates huge distress for st

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people talk about uca behind the scenes. i've seen this by kenneth b best event. she would be smiling and natural happy talk to the kids, and then she walks out and she looks like someone has a gun behind her. she looks like she is forced out. when i was in both milan where she worked as as a model and in slovenia, people said in the '90s she was trained that way. you were supposed to not smile. because you didn't want to draw attention away from what you are modeling, the clothes your modeling. some of it is how she was trained, but even more than that she came second in this very important modeling contest in slovenia when she was 21. it's a big deal, right? it was nationally televised. it were hundreds of applicants. it was narrowed down to ten finalist. she is tied to this place. i talked to many people there that night. they said you would never have known she won. completely emotionless. she was only 21. some of it is just her. she doesn't show that she likes being first lady, by all accounts she likes to be where the action is. she loves meeting famous peop

the chief executive of ucas.five more than yesterday and three people are in intensive ca re and three people are in intensive care which is the same number as yesterday. i am also very pleased to see that yet again in the past 24 hours no deaths were registered of patients who had tested positive over the preservice 28 days —— my previous 20 days. that number remains at 2000 491. that total is still a reminder of the dreadful impact the virus is tired and my condolences go to everybody who has suffered loss and i thank everyone still working hard on a variety of different capacities across the country to help us through this pandemic. i have three issues i want to briefly update on today. firstly let me provide further details about ongoing clusters and outbreaks across the country. i mentioned a moment ago that 13 of the 26 new cases reported yesterday what in the grampian area. in the latest figures we have available, a total of 380 cases have been identified in the grampian health board area since the 26th of

we hope that amongst those things and also things like the ucas helpline that has been there studentslly what they do but for stu d e nts practically what they do but for students looking for most additional support, there are other things out there, a range of organisation, something we have been involved with is launching student space, a programme used to support students through this next coronavirus period and that involves a helpline, a text service, additional support for how you deal with that move to university and working from home if you have experienced bereavement or loss. also to find out what support your own university provides because thatis your own university provides because that is what is key now, we have this whole generation making change in their life whether they go into university or work and it is important that wherever they go, whatever they do next, they know there are a range of people out there are a range of people out there that want to listen to them, that understand they have been through a lot, they have been incredibly bold and brave and they hav

i think a few people are finding it difficult logging onto ucas.e it goes well. if it doesn't go right way, get some advice from your teachers, your friends, and just not panicked, really, because thatis just not panicked, really, because that is the worst thing you want to do. thank you very much. we will let you get back to the cause, that's what it's all about, getting some advice. there is lots of advice out there. every uk university will have something like this in operation. eric, good morning to you. an unusual year, i'm getting bored of saying it, really. tell us so far what experience is like and why it is so different. i hope for the vast majority of students, today is a day of celebration and joy. in the call ce ntre of celebration and joy. in the call centre today, we are expecting more because with an element of anxiety, uncertainty, may be some confusion. we know that this group of students in particular this year have had very uncertain times. i think they are looking for reassurance and looking for clarification. all of the people

into the system the committee particularly criticised the 5 week waiting period when it comes to the ucas housing inequalities international economics professor keith pilbeam thinks that the relative boom in the capital is to blame. it's baby a dog and the southeast factor on the wealth side when you look at property because property price we've got quite substantially in those regions and not in the north so if you are lucky property out there you become rich you know many people become richer actually sitting on their houses it on the moon what they actually what was happening now though because of the pandemic we hear talk of a resetting of the property and housing market which of course is based on confidence and there's very little of that at the moment although there is a sense as a slight mini boom going on a moment but is unsustainable. well there's not many boom going on that's estate agent talk because it's just not true and definitely at the top end of the market it's taken a hefty hit because you know really wealthy people and people just can't put those kind of money to wealt

we are working closely with ucas and the independent regulator at the exam boards to make sure that no gibb, thank you very much for your time this morning. my pleasure. 14 minutes to eight is the time. bayern munich are, wow, flying. jane, good morning. bayern munich are brushing everyone aside in the champions league, they beat lyon 3—0 last night to get to the final for the 11th time. former arsenal midfielder serge gnabry starred again. he scored twice to take his tally to nine goals in this season's competition. and robert lewandowski has an equally impressive record — he put away the third for his 55th goal of the season. so bayern will face paris saint germain in the final on sunday. the weather is likely to play a big part in the women's open, which is under way at royal troon — it's the biggest golf tournament to be staged in britain this year, with 144 players from 32 countries taking part. england's georgia hall won this event two years ago — and she had a perfect record at last september's solheim cup, helping europe to victory over the usa. she told me she loves playing li

brakes effects but other suggestions told me that one of the drawbacks of the ucas parliamentary system is that m.p.'s may not even read the legislation they vote on. you would've expected all m.p.'s to actually lou read the legislation we're voting on instead as what normally happens with so much legislation up parliamentary system is that the m.p.'s voted the way the party told them and most m.p.'s i suspect have not read the legislation so they could not tell you about how much money we're paying brussels the next 40 years or what the situation is going to be a republic of ireland or on border so this is highlights one of the many problems with the whole political system what is your take on the situation in general will come of it 19 lead to know day a lot of so what's going to happen at the end of the year my suspicion is that it's going to lead to no deal now having said that boris johnson's given his juice is phenomenally good at pulling rats rabbits out of hats yet there in the end very short notice it may be that come november suddenly there's a magic date now what's going to b

we heard earlierfrom the former head of ucas, dealing with university admissions, that if you suddenlydone, it is not going to be done for an extra month or six weeks beyond where it would normally be done which throws the whole university application process into chaos. they just won't have time to look at the results and work out who has places and accommodation and so on. well, the first thing i would say is of course, the university admissions process has been an utter chaos this year because of the fiasco of the exa m year because of the fiasco of the exam results that we had earlier in august. this proposal that we are putting forward gives much more time properly to plan how we can manage a later exam session and still have time for results and marking and admissions to take place. i would have thought, in fact, i am very sure that universities would say, " if sure that universities would say, "if you give us longer to plan, we can make much better arrangements", thanif can make much better arrangements", than if you go right up to the why and we have the kind of incompetent cha

will issue fresh certificates to affected candidates as soon as possible and importantly will inform ucasday, in those cases where moderation led to an increase carried, lenders will not lose that award. many of the young people will have moved on to secure college or university places on the strength of the awards made to them. to unpick them now when not in any way be fair. due to the unique circumstances of the situation, we will dizzy make provision for enough places in universities and colleges ensure that no one is crowded out of the place they would have otherwise been awarded. the outcomes for the 2020 sqa national qualifications this year will be updated and revised statistical release will be available from the 31st of august. however, i can confirm that the provisional revised 2020 results, based on the professionaljudgments of the teachers and lecturers can be summarised as follows. a national five past rate of 88.9%, this is 10.7% highest than 2019. i higher pass rate of 89.2%, 14.4 percentage points higher than 2019. advanced higher pass rate of 93.1%, which is 13.7% higher

mary, former head of ucas four. what will be the impact if the exams will be put back?ld not start university until mid—october and if it was two months as was also suggested you get results mid—october ready to start university mid—november which shunts a whole term start into, you know, way beyond where it normally starts but also, you have got this massive task of matching results to offers for hundreds of thousands of students, deciding whether to accept them, whether they will go to a second choice or in clearing and all of this would have to be done simultaneously with opening admissions for the 2022 cycle. so it really is something you have to work it with accommodation, student finance and so on and also, for gcse results, which, if these were delayed one month or two, that would be pushing the results of gcses into the beginning of term and a term where students need to know whether they are staying in their school sixth form, going on to college going into an apprenticeship and they don't know whether they can do those things until they have got the results. c

mary curnock cook is a former chief executive of the university admissions body, ucas.hink completely. there is one thing missing from, i listen to the 0fqual announcement, i think we must expect from the government very soon and announcement that the cap on recruitment for universities should be lifted. because many of them have filled their places, quite rightly, based on the grades that were published last week. and now they are being asked to take in potentially tens of thousand more stu d e nts potentially tens of thousand more students who have moved back to their centre assessed grades. universities, they are really keen to try to help students and be as accommodating as possible but u nfortu nately accommodating as possible but unfortunately there will be some courses that are just physically full and may have to offer deferrals. i really hope also the government might think about what it can put in place for students who have been forced to defer even though their grades are now right for their first though their grades are now right for theirfirst choice. so t

grainne hallahan from the time educational supplement and mary curnock cook, former chief executive of ucaswo—hour televised event, there was series of live—streamed and pre—recorded appearances by the party's — and some republican — big names. 0ur north america correspondent, peter bowes, reports. remote, virtual, and very unconventional. a political gathering in the era of coronavirus. with no fanfare, it was a scaled—down, made—for—tv event introduced from a studio in los angeles by a hollywood actress. good evening. i'm eva longoria baston and welcome to the 2020 democratic national convention. on its first night, the convention showcased the stories of ordinary americans. it also highlighted the issue of racial injustice after weeks of protests around the country. the grim death toll from covid—19 was a running theme with speaker after speaker condemning the trump administration's record on dealing with the virus. the main task of the week is to anointjoe biden as the democrats' choice to take on donald trump. the former first lady michelle 0bama said the former vice president had the

. —— ucas.certainty is that we will get more details next week about how some of the changes might come into effect. 0fqual is going to announce more details next week. are you having to tell people to try to bide our time? we are waiting for further guidance, which has impacted our ability to offer full which has impacted our ability to offerfull support to which has impacted our ability to offer full support to students. 0ur advice has been to speak to the universities as quickly as they can about potentially holding a place with them until they have resolved the situation. speaking with the school or college as quickly as possible about getting that appeal started, in motion. all potentially looking at the option of setting the exa m looking at the option of setting the exam in autumn, resetting the whole year if that's what they want to do. then alternative options, that is not just one then alternative options, that is notjust one option for universities out there, there are so many fantast

i am waiting for ucas to update and i am waiting for final confirmation.pletely unfair. i was competing against scottish students to get my place. so, it would have been quite unfair if they had got those results and we didn't. so, there was a lot of confusion, i think. sorry, we are running out of time, but! think. sorry, we are running out of time, but i don't want to ask what else you are writing about in case that comes through as well?! what are you writing about anyway?” that comes through as well?! what are you writing about anyway? i am writing another dystopia about political thought and social media and the interaction between both and it will be an audio drama. it is exciting and it should come to the radio at some point next year. wow, i should really look forward to that, i think! i should really look forward to that, ithink! good i should really look forward to that, i think! good luck to you. i went to st andrews university and i loved that, enjoy that. it will probably come true in 2022 or something! that's all from breakfast today. charlie

presumably they are in touch with ucas. what has the experience been?the exact detail, i'll be seeing that flexibility that we have been told university should be offering? we measure the universities' offers to oui’ measure the universities' offers to our students every year and their generosity has been increasing year on year so generosity has been increasing year on year so historically last year we found that universities accepted stu d e nts found that universities accepted students who had missed by an average of 1.8 grades. we are not seeing any greater generosity than that this year i am afraid and certainly for example our medical and dental students, a couple of them have missed their offers by one great and they have not been accepted, so we are not seeing any greater generosity. that leads me to my next question which is is that to do with the sorts of courses your stu d e nts do with the sorts of courses your students were aiming for? do you think that is the reason for this lack of generosity are not any greater generosity than previous y

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soi and that has been sent out by ucas so i urged them to check their m essa g es so i urged them toot been a positive story for those students for the last week. it's been extraordinarily stressful and distressing. absolutely, and not for one minute am i denying that. my heart goes out for two them. results year is always stressful but this is unimaginable. the uncertainty and changing in their results, thinking they may have to appeal and that's why my private priority as universities minister has been to try and work with the sector to ensure those places are there and they can get there that they have worked hard for two years and their entire lives trying to get to. but if the system had not been changed multiple times this might not happen that they might have known last thursday that they could go to their first choice university. someone might discover great i can go end, it's all change, i can go back to the university that was my first choice and discover there is no accommodation left. there are practical issues around us. there are practical issues around us. there a re l