One in five students say bad A-level advice led to lack of degree choice – poll

Study also finds students from wealthiest postcodes start thinking about university far earlier than those from poorer areasOne in five students at university say they were unable to study degree subjects that interested them because they didn’t receive good advice from their school on which A-levels and GCSEs to pick, a poll shows.The students had been unable to study degrees such as medicine, dentistry, maths, economics and languages because these courses require specific qualifications. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/mar/25/one-in-five-students-say-bad-a-level-advice-led-to-lack-of-degree-choice-poll #admissions #careers #higher_education #students #sixth_form #a-levels #schools #education #uk_news