Keegan: It is true that today’s A-level results will not be queried in a decade
The IndependentGet the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Education Secretary Gillian Keegan has defended her comments that people will not ask today’s students about their A-levels in 10 years’ time. “The last thing that they need is the Secretary of State offering comments like that, and it really does add insult to injury coming from a Government that completely failed to put in place the kind of support that our young people needed coming out of the pandemic after all of the disruption they’d experienced.” Speaking to Sky News, Ms Keegan had said: “Somebody asked me, ‘What will people ask you in 10 years’ time?’ “They won’t ask you anything about your A-level grades in 10 years’ time. In 10 years' time no employer is going to look at your GCSE results, your A-level results, they're going to look at your experience that you've had in the workplace Gary Neville “And then, after a period of time, they don’t even ask you what you did at university. Former footballer Gary Neville told BBC Breakfast: “One thing that I do agree with Gillian on is that actually in 10 years’ time no employer is going to look at your GCSE results, your A-level results, they’re going to look at your experience that you’ve had in the workplace.” Neville helped found University Academy 92 which, according to its website, believes in delivering education that is “so much more than a qualification”.
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Jeremy Clarkson boasts about 'owning my own pub' after receiving a C and two U's in A-levels as he posts annual result's day tweet
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Education Secretary never asked anyone for A-level results in her business years
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‘People go to university because they don’t know what else to do’, says Education Secretary
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Jeremy Clarkson tweets annual A-level results day message to cheer up disappointed students
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A-level results: Grades down on last two years but higher than pre-pandemic levels
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Jeremy Clarkson once again shares his much-derided annual tweet for A Level students
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Jeremy Clarkson's infamous A-level tweets continue
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