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Students in Wales have been reacting to the Welsh Government announcement that A-level and GCSE students there will also be awarded the grades estimated for them by their teachers.

Last week's A-level results were criticised after 42% of grades were lower than teacher assessments.

Emily Mundy, 18, from Anglesey, had faced losing her medical school place at either Manchester or Birmingham, after her chemistry exam was downgraded from A to B.

She said she felt "overwhelmed and excited" following the Welsh Government's U-turn.

"I got excited and I quickly rang Manchester University. They said I need to send the [teacher- assessed] grades to UCAS and I should be accepted," she said.

Emily Mundy had been rejected to study medicine after her grades were downgraded Image caption: Emily Mundy had been rejected to study medicine after her grades were downgraded

David Mazoya, a 16-year-old GCSE student at Newport's Llanwern High School, was relieved: "It felt at first like we would be assessed on how other people had done in the past and our school average.

"It wasn't really our work, it wasn't really my grade either."

But Scott Gilmour, an A-level student at Llanfair Caereinion school in Welshpool, said he feels "nobody has a result that means anything".

He received two A*s and two As through the original algorithm method, and is going to Durham to study law.

"This U-turn by the government strips the results we've had of any value and credibility. It now means the national average for A-level results this year will be way above previous years," he said.

Wales First Minister Mark Drakeford told the BBC he was “sorry for those young people who’ve had to live through such an uncertain period”.

He insisted that the Welsh system for standardising grades was “fairer” than that used in other parts of the UK but said the decision was taken because “we heard early in the day that things were moving elsewhere” and ministers wanted to ensure "our young people were not disadvantaged compared to others".