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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 17 Aug 2017

    A-level grades rise - but university entries are down, with thousands of places still availablehttp://bbc.in/2fNsU8j 

    1:33 AM - 17 Aug 2017
    • 355 Retweets
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    • Alana Edgeworth Rod Wall PMD Solutions Suresh Chand Yadav M. Junaid Akhtar AimSkillsDevelopment Larry Tyner Maelor Sixth Directions IAG Ltd
    116 replies 355 retweets 541 likes
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      2. Broody Dalle‏ @Skelliton_ 17 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        Probably because university is only for the wealthy now 🤷‍♀️

        1 reply 1 retweet 34 likes
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      4. Broody Dalle‏ @Skelliton_ 17 Aug 2017
        Replying to @Marksy13397 @BBCBreaking

        You literally just described what I'm talking about. You can still afford to go because of your parents. There's nothing fair about

        4 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
      5. Broody Dalle‏ @Skelliton_ 17 Aug 2017
        Replying to @Skelliton_ @BBCBreaking

        Being in that much debt, not for anyone. But is especially offputting for people who come from working class backgrounds.

        2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      6. Alex Kenyon‏ @Kenyon_Alex 17 Aug 2017
        Replying to @Skelliton_ @BBCBreaking

        You only start paying it back once you hit the income threshold, and even then it's very manageable instalments. Being 'poor' isn't an xcuse

        2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      7. Alex Kenyon‏ @Kenyon_Alex 17 Aug 2017
        Replying to @Kenyon_Alex @Skelliton_ @BBCBreaking

        Outside the red bricks, the courses and standard of education/ curriculum is the problem. Political/ideological bias amongst lecturers.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. Ben Riley‏ @BPFR117 17 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        Probably because people are realising you don't NEED a degree. You may if you know what you want to do in life. If not, just worthless debt.

        1 reply 0 retweets 8 likes
      3. Terese A‏ @teresedanielle 17 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BPFR117 @BBCBreaking

        Unless you know what you want to do, get the degree, & have to job search for 6yrs. 3yrs teaching & I can finally to start paying my loans.🙄

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      4. Ben Riley‏ @BPFR117 17 Aug 2017
        Replying to @teresedanielle @BBCBreaking

        I hear you. I'm glad I didn't go to uni. I'm doing great without a degree, only debt is my house and that's ok with me.

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      5. End of conversation
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      2. Sarah  🎩‏ @Ainamzas 17 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        That's cos apprenticeships are better! I went to uni and regret it.

        2 replies 1 retweet 15 likes
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      1. Richard Brooksby‏ @rptb1 17 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        Never mind your A-levels, what's your parents' portfolio?

        0 replies 0 retweets 13 likes
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      2. Mrs Cool‏ @BevCool 17 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        Because it's a rip off leaving young people with huge debts and the courses are rubbish

        2 replies 0 retweets 50 likes
      3. Luke Rogers‏ @TheSaiint 17 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BevCool @BBCBreaking

        It's happening because apprenticeships are a better and more widely available option for a lot of careers... but no we must politicise!

        2 replies 0 retweets 12 likes
      4. Pumpkin Dilemma  🎃‏ @EmmaWard55 17 Aug 2017
        Replying to @TheSaiint

        But that's not true? In my area there are only two apprenticeships available. Most kids want to go to uni. The problem they face is the cost

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Luke Rogers‏ @TheSaiint 17 Aug 2017
        Replying to @EmmaWard55

        Only two apprenticeships? There are websites online with tens (if not hundreds) of thousands of post a-level apprenticeships

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Pumpkin Dilemma  🎃‏ @EmmaWard55 17 Aug 2017
        Replying to @TheSaiint

        They're not accessible enough. I live in a rural area w/ limited opportunities. My siblings have all struggled to find non-uni alternatives.

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      7. Luke Rogers‏ @TheSaiint 17 Aug 2017
        Replying to @EmmaWard55

        So you would move for a uni place but wouldn't move for an apprenticeship? I see nought but laziness

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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