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The Daily Telegraph: Cambridge applicants fail to make the grades
7 June 2019
The statistics reflect research warnings that the majority of A-level grades predicted by teachers are incorrect. A 2016 report by Dr Gill Wyness of the UCL Institute of Education found that one in six A-level grade predictions was accurate, with three quarters of actual grades turning out lower than estimated and only one in 10 higher. Data from Oxford and Cambridge showed that both universities have marginally increased numbers of black and ethnic minority students amid increasing pressure to broaden access.