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The Sunday Times' claim, repeated in Times ÖйúAƬ, that "a reporter posing as a Russian applicant was told by universities including ... Leicester ... that she could get a place with A-level results up to three grades lower than those demanded of Brits" is not true (The week in ÖйúAƬ, 26 August).

This was categorically rebutted both before and after publication; the informal offer made was identical to the grades offered to UK students. A more detailed rebuttal can be found on the university's newsblog at .

Michelle Crooks, Corporate communications officer, University of Leicester.