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11.08.2020 - 03:11

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Although they may have been in the lowest risk groups when it comes to the coronavirus, aspiring undergraduate students have endured a rocky few months.

A Level examinations were cancelled, leaving many relying on already completed work they might have hoped to improve on with some intense studying.

To make matters worse, school careers lasting 14 years ended not with a raucous graduation blow-out, but - at best - socially distanced whimpers.

And now millions of school leavers are left having to decide whether to go to a stripped down version of university in September, defer or make new plans.

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