YOUNG people are receiving results and, depending on what they have received, will be asking themselves "Where do I go from here?" Frances O'Hara, head of the Northern Ireland Careers Service, answers some frequently asked questions.

EXAM boards and education minister Peter Weir are being urged to ensure all pupils receive "fair" grades when A-levels results are published today.

UNIVERSITIES face their "busiest" ever period of clearing as a record number of students are due to take up degree places this year through the system, the head of the admissions service has predicted.

SCHOOLS will be able to appeal their pupils ' GCSE and A-level results if they can show grades are lower than expected because previous cohorts are not "representative" of this year's students.

A Belfast grammar school has told pupils and staff they must wear face masks when classes resume.

?Parents shielding from Covid-19 say they are "extremely scared" of the medical risks posed by their children returning to school.

ONE of the stark impacts of the coronavirus lockdown has been on the formal qualifications system in education, writes Jim Clarke :::: THE decision to award grades based on teacher assessments supported by existing evidence of achievement and statistical modelling has caused reactions ranging from relief to consternation.

A-LEVEL pupils have said they are "expecting the worst" ahead of an extraordinary results day.