Students get their A-level results

Students across the region have been getting their A-level and AS-level results today (Thursday 14th August 2008) and deciding what to do next about further education and jobs. With record results, and a quarter of students getting A grades, there's the usual controversy over whether the exams are getting easier.

¹ Our report from the east of the region includes Sir John Leman High School at Beccles in Suffolk, twins at the Colchester County High School for Girls hoping to go to the University of East Anglia and Anglia Ruskin University in Chelmsford.

¹ Our report from the west of the region includes Neale Wade Community College at March in Cambridgeshire, admissions at the University of Northampton and a student from Milton Keynes trying to get the grades for Oxford. 

¹ The Confederation of British Industry talk about A-levels and what companies want from them.

If you have a particular story of A-level success, or any other view on this year's exams, then e-mail direct to anglianews@itv.com or click here to go to our contact page.

More information is also available on the GCSE results, including career and further education links. 

Useful links:

Universities:

Anglia Ruskin (Cambridge and Chelmsford)
Bedfordshire
Buckingham
Cambridge
Cranfield (Bedfordshire)
East Anglia (Norwich)
Essex
Hertfordshire
Northampton
Open University (Milton Keynes)

Click here for UCAS, which processes university applications and deals with clearing

Click here for the Universities UK website, which lists all the UK's universities

Click here for one of the independent guides to universities, called Push

Jobs:

Search for local jobs on ITV Local's job finder

Advice:

The Government has put together advice on its website or you can phone its exam results helpline on 0808 100 8000. The lines are open until noon on Saturday 23rd August 2008.