英國大學入試憑藉之轉折 Universities demand financial support over A-level U-turn

Britain’s less prestigious universities now fear financial shortfalls as A-level pupils whose results have been upgraded reject their offers.

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Universities demand financial support over A-level U-turn

Fallback colleges fear significant shortfall should regraded students switch back 

英國教育大臣韋廉信昨天臨時U-Turn，宣佈更改A-Level評級準則，可以用回教師校內評核作為成績，但他面對的批評聲音仍然未減，.....





Education leaders warned the UK government’s climbdown on A-level results would create problems for universities for years.



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Fears U-turn on A-level results will create problems for years to come





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climbdown

noun [ C ]

 UK

UK 

 /ˈklaɪm.daʊn/ US 

 /ˈklaɪm.daʊn/

an occasion when you change your opinion or admit that you were wrong