Article: A-level results to spark university places crush.(News)

Article: Students snap up university places on results day ; ...
The Independent - London;  August 17, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... number of pupils snapping up a university place on A-level results day reached an all-time high yesterday. For the first time, more than 300,000 candidates had their university places confirmed within hours. However, figures showed ...

Article: Clearing path to university; Education Correspondent Richard ...
The Birmingham Post (England);  August 13, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... Byline: Richard Warburton Thousands of sixth-form students across the Midlands will face the agony of receiving their A-level results this Thursday. For many the grades will be excellent with a place at university secured, but for some the exam results ...

Article: Do your level best! ; There's no need to despair if tomorrow's A ...
Evening Mail;  August 16, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... university. More than 750,000 A level results will be issued across England ... more than 60,000 people find university places through its 'clearing' process ... youngsters awaiting their A level results. For them, help is also at ...

Article: Do your level best!; There's no need to despair if tomorrow's A ...
Birmingham Evening Mail (England);  August 16, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... university. More than 750,000 A level results will be issued across England ... more than 60,000 people find university places through its 'clearing' process ... youngsters awaiting their A level results. For them, help is also at ...

Article: A-LEVEL RESULTS: EDUCATION: Record-breaking results ...
The Independent - London;  August 16, 2002 ;     443 words ... ... published by Ucas, the universities and colleges admissions system, showed that the number of school leavers applying for university places had fallen this year. The drop of about 350 was masked by a big increase in mature applicants (over-21) and overseas ...

Article: Row over university places for poor plan.(News)
Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  September 10, 2005 ;     641 words ... ... other option would be to offer some university places before A-level results, while others would be reserved ... disadvantaged by the plan to keep some university places in reserve until after A-level results were known. "The Government is ...

Article: Desperate scramble for places at university places
The Independent - London;  August 15, 2008 ;     398 words ...Record numbers of teenagers snapped up university places within hours of receiving their A-level results yesterday. By mid-morning, a total of 340,105 had their places confirmed - up 9.1 per cent on last year. At the same time ...