A Manchester teenager said she 'fell into' a story she had written when she was rejected from her first choice of university.Jess Johnson, 18, won an award for writing a dystopian fiction about an algorithm that sorted students into bands based on class.But she said it was 'ironic' to find out that her grades were not what she expected after exams were cancelled this year.Jess, a student at Ashton Sixth Form College in Greater Manchester, needed an A in English to earn a place at St Andrews.But
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Recent months have been a worrying, complicated time for everyone.And no more so than A level students who had their final months in education cut short.College and sixth form pupils found themselves experiencing their last day without even knowing due to the coronavirus pandemic forcing a UK wide lockdown in March.After that, students' were told that the summer exams that they'd usually have been preparing for were cancelled.Instead, ahead of A level results day on August 13, they were told
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17.08.2020 / 20:23
SNP accuse Tories of hypocrisy after exam results U-turn
exam results for English pupils. The shambles comes one week after the Scottish Government became the first of four UK administrations to bow to mounting pressure and scrap downgraded results.
dailyrecord.co.uk
17.08.2020 / 19:15
Boris Johnson in humiliating exams U-turn as English pupils A-level grades increased
last week when the Scottish Government were forced to perform a U-turn over the Nat 5 and Higher exam results the UK Government has also now caved into the pressure from outraged parents, pupils and teachers.
nme.com
14.08.2020 / 00:13
UK Music warns of an “alarming drop” in students taking up A-level music
coronavirus forced an industry-wide lockdown in March 2020.Commenting, UK Music Director of Education and Skills Dr. Oliver Morris said: “This year’s A-level entry numbers does show a slow-down in the decline in the number of students taking A-level music.
variety.com
12.08.2020 / 00:13
British Artist Duval Timothy Breaks Free of Industry Shackles in Provocative ‘Slave’ Video (Watch)
Jeremy Helligar When he was making the video for the song “Slave,” off his just-released album “Help,” Duval Timothy rounded up a pair of unimaginable co-stars: Prince and Nipsey Hussle.
etonline.com
04.08.2020 / 06:07
British 'Vogue' Features Jesse Williams, Tamika Mallory, Janet Mock and More Activists on Its September Cover
British is looking to shine a ray of hope on a bleak year.
dailyrecord.co.uk
02.08.2020 / 21:47
Fans rally round to support band after gigs are cancelled
Fans have rallied round a West Lothian band and their team left out of pocket when their gigs were cancelled because of the pandemic to raise nearly £2000.The Snuts have been making a name for themselves in the music scene in Britain and beyond and had been looking forward to taking part in a series of drive in events last month.The band, from Whitburn, were booked for The Live Nation drive in gigs which were cancelled due to ongoing concerns around lockdown.But they had already spent a lot of