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Malala has conditional offer from top UK university | Malala has conditional offer from top UK university |
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Nobel prize winning campaigner Malala Yousafzai has received a conditional offer from a top UK university. | Nobel prize winning campaigner Malala Yousafzai has received a conditional offer from a top UK university. |
The 19-year-old, who is studying for A-levels, told a conference her focus was on achieving its requirements. | The 19-year-old, who is studying for A-levels, told a conference her focus was on achieving its requirements. |
"I have received a conditional offer which is three As," said Malala, who was shot by the Taliban in 2012 for her campaign on girls' rights to education. | "I have received a conditional offer which is three As," said Malala, who was shot by the Taliban in 2012 for her campaign on girls' rights to education. |
Her speech drew a standing ovation from the Association of School and College Leaders conference in Birmingham. | Her speech drew a standing ovation from the Association of School and College Leaders conference in Birmingham. |
Malala, who narrowly escaped death after being attacked on her way home from school in Pakistan, did not confirm which university had made the offer. | Malala, who narrowly escaped death after being attacked on her way home from school in Pakistan, did not confirm which university had made the offer. |
But earlier this year she told Newsweek magazine that she had recently had an interview for a degree place at an Oxford college. | But earlier this year she told Newsweek magazine that she had recently had an interview for a degree place at an Oxford college. |
Lady Margaret Hall was the first Oxford college to educate women and former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto also studied there. | Lady Margaret Hall was the first Oxford college to educate women and former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto also studied there. |
"I'm studying right now," Ms Yousafzai told the conference. | "I'm studying right now," Ms Yousafzai told the conference. |
"I'm in Year 13, I have my A-level exams coming and I have received a conditional offer which is three As. That's what my focus is right now and I hope to continue my work and also continue my studies." | "I'm in Year 13, I have my A-level exams coming and I have received a conditional offer which is three As. That's what my focus is right now and I hope to continue my work and also continue my studies." |
She confirmed that alongside her degree, she would continue to work for the Malala Fund, which campaigns for girls across the globe to get a minimum of 12 years quality education. | She confirmed that alongside her degree, she would continue to work for the Malala Fund, which campaigns for girls across the globe to get a minimum of 12 years quality education. |
"My goal is to make sure every child, a girl and a boy, they get the opportunity to go to school. | "My goal is to make sure every child, a girl and a boy, they get the opportunity to go to school. |
"It is their basic human right, so I will be working on that and I will never stop until I see the last child going to school. | "It is their basic human right, so I will be working on that and I will never stop until I see the last child going to school. |
"And I'm really thankful to you all for you support for encouraging me for my mission. | "And I'm really thankful to you all for you support for encouraging me for my mission. |
"That's what makes me and keeps me so strong so thank you so much for that and thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak." | "That's what makes me and keeps me so strong so thank you so much for that and thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak." |
The teenager also provoked laughter from the audience when she revealed she thought she was in trouble when she was called out of a chemistry lesson to be told she was the next Nobel Prize recipient. | |
She told delegates: "Suddenly, our deputy head teacher appears in the classroom and I'm just quite shocked, because why would she call me? I thought I was in trouble or something. | She told delegates: "Suddenly, our deputy head teacher appears in the classroom and I'm just quite shocked, because why would she call me? I thought I was in trouble or something. |
"She called me outside and I went and she said 'you have won the Nobel Peace Prize', so it was a big surprise, and I said 'thank you'." | "She called me outside and I went and she said 'you have won the Nobel Peace Prize', so it was a big surprise, and I said 'thank you'." |
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