The A-level results U-turn
A fiasco over grades ends happily for teenagers and universities
WE ARE ASKED to pity the young, and with reason. They have known little but austerity. Britain is run by a political party that few of them support. Brexit has crimped their freedom to live abroad; covid-19 has shut them in and eradicated the pint-pulling jobs they tend to get. But one cohort, born between late 2001 and late 2002, has just had an amazing break.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “U and non-U”
Britain August 22nd 2020
- Mass unemployment threatens Britain
- How social media made Gymshark
- Britain’s government axes Public Health England
- The A-level results U-turn
- Black Lives Matter in Northern Ireland
- Britons are increasingly avoiding the news
- Labour’s left wing is trying a new strategy to gain influence
- How the British government rules by algorithm
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