"We are the university of opportunity. It is about giving them a chance. A lot of these students go on to four-year courses to enable them to succeed and 96% go into jobs within six months. It transforms lives.
Ah... the good old XX% go into jobs within six months nonsense. No mention of the type of job etc. etc.
"they achieve very similar success as their peers with better A-level grades"
What does better mean? How much better?
the institutions taking those with low grades often say they did so because they catered for disadvantaged communities.
This is an insult to the "disadvantaged communities" they're apparently catering for. Disadvantaged children can, and do get excellent A-level results.
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Nothing more than marketing material from desperate universities, justifying their desperation which manifests into rock bottom entry requirements by claiming they're supporting disadvantaged people.
The universities who contributed to this article clearly have no shame.