Give students with poor A-levels a break

‘We should be encouraging students to aspire to university and taking their individual circumstances into account,’ writes Matt Waddup.Photograph: ijeab/Getty Images/iStockphotoThe latest gaffe by the Conservative education minister Theodore Agnew once again shows how tone-deaf the privileged are to the reality of those who face a bumpier ride. His attack on the policy of widening participation at universities (It’s lunacy to let students into universities with E grades, says m