The University of Surrey has become the latest higher education institution to lower its entry requirements for next year in recognition of the disruption to education caused by the coronavirus crisis. Last week the University of Birmingham also announced it planned to reduce entry requirements for 2021 by one grade, meaning pressure on other universities to follow suit is likely to grow. Experts have said that GCSE and A-level exams should be replaced with teacher assessments next year because of coronavirus disruption. In the Commons last week, the education minister, Nick Gibb, said the government was working to ensure 2021 exams were fair, but that more details would be published shortly. He said he hoped reducing the entry requirements would “alleviate anxieties”.

Source: The Guardian November 28, 2020 11:51 UTC