NUS president Larissa Kennedy 'I worry universities won't put student and staff safety first'
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The education system reproduces inequality, says the new president of the National Union of Students, and Covid-19 has made this clearer than ever
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It’s over two weeks since a disastrous A-level results day, and yet the fallout continues. Nearly 40% of predicted grades were downgraded by a flawed algorithm that was introduced when students’ exams were cancelled during the Covid-19 lockdown. Four days later, after much public outcry, the education secretary Gavin Williamson announced that results would instead be based on teachers’ own assessments. Lots of students who made their grades after the U-turn lost their 2020 university places.
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