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| A-level results: Malala Yousafzai gets a place at Oxford | A-level results: Malala Yousafzai gets a place at Oxford |
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| Malala Yousafzai has gained a place at Oxford University after getting her A-level results. | Malala Yousafzai has gained a place at Oxford University after getting her A-level results. |
| The Nobel Peace Prize winner, who lives in Birmingham, confirmed the news in a tweet congratulating all students getting their results on Thursday. | The Nobel Peace Prize winner, who lives in Birmingham, confirmed the news in a tweet congratulating all students getting their results on Thursday. |
| She will be studying philosophy, politics and economics. | She will be studying philosophy, politics and economics. |
| The 20-year-old was nearly killed by the Taliban in Pakistan for campaigning for girls' rights to education in 2012. | |
| In March, she revealed she had received an offer to study the three subjects at a UK university, on condition of achieving three As in her A-levels. | In March, she revealed she had received an offer to study the three subjects at a UK university, on condition of achieving three As in her A-levels. |
| More updates on this story | More updates on this story |
| Ms Yousafzai was shot in the head on her way home from school after writing her anonymous diary about life under Taliban rule in north-west Pakistan. | Ms Yousafzai was shot in the head on her way home from school after writing her anonymous diary about life under Taliban rule in north-west Pakistan. |
| Militants boarded her school bus and opened fire, also wounding two of her school friends. | Militants boarded her school bus and opened fire, also wounding two of her school friends. |
| She became internationally known after the incident and relocated with her family to Birmingham for further rehabilitation. | She became internationally known after the incident and relocated with her family to Birmingham for further rehabilitation. |
| In April, Ms Yousafzai was made the youngest ever UN Messenger of Peace. |