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The features of effective school groups: Measuring pupil inclusion at school-group level
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School performance Inclusion Admissions Exclusion Attendance
  • Jan 31, 2022
ASCL comment on EPI proposal for schools to be assessed on pupil inclusion as well as attainment
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School performance Inclusion Attainment Exclusion Admissions
  • Jan 31, 2022
Judge schools on exclusion rates not just on pupils’ progress in exams, experts urge
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School performance Pupil progress Exclusion Admissions
  • Jan 31, 2022
Judge school groups on inclusion, says EPI
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Inclusion Exclusion Admissions Attendance School performance
  • Jan 31, 2022
Schools should be judged on pupil inclusion – not just exams, think tank says
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Inclusion School performance Admissions Attendance Exclusion
  • Jan 31, 2022
NI College makes another bid to use transfer test results
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Transfer tests Admissions Northern Ireland
  • Jan 15, 2022
NAHT(NI) response to pre school admissions consultation July 2021
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Admissions Pre-school
  • Jul 8, 2021
New schools offer cure for medical student ‘elitism’
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Medical schools Admissions Disadvantaged students
  • Oct 10, 2020
Why colleges must be open for enrolment in January
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Enrolments Admissions Skills Training
  • Oct 1, 2020
Relief and frustration for A-level students as universities decide on places
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Admissions Courses
  • Aug 22, 2020
Medical schools face admissions chaos after A-level climbdown
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Medical schools Admissions University places
  • Aug 18, 2020
Schools should consider greater flexibility over GCSE grades for sixth form
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GCSEs Grading Sixth forms Admissions Predicted grades Teacher assessment
  • Jul 27, 2020
Ofqual wants admissions ‘flexibility’ for students with ‘one or two lower grades’
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Admissions Post-16 Ofqual Grading
  • Jul 27, 2020
Ofqual wants admissions ‘flexibility’ for pupils with ‘one or two lower grades’
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Ofqual Admissions Grading Coronavirus
  • Jul 27, 2020
Schools told to delay 11+ tests until October because of coronavirus
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Grammar schools 11-plus Admissions Entrance exams Coronavirus
  • Jul 24, 2020
Full-time enrolment of 14 to 16 year olds in further education and sixth-form colleges
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14-16 Colleges Admissions
  • May 5, 2020
Fewer pupils may get first choice school place offer
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Coronavirus School places Admissions Primary National offer day
  • Apr 16, 2020
Competition for overseas students is going to be fierce
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Overseas students Admissions
  • Apr 12, 2020
Unconditional offers leave colleges open to criticism
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Colleges Unconditional offers Admissions
  • Feb 7, 2020
Unconditional offers made by colleges up by 60%
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Unconditional offers Admissions Colleges
  • Feb 7, 2020
The decline in MBA applications sparks innovation in schools
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MBA Business schools Admissions
  • Jan 20, 2020
Global interest to study music at the UK’s prestigious conservatoires hits new high
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Music Admissions
  • Nov 14, 2019
More UTCs to recruit from year 7 as trust softens stance on entry age
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UTCs Admissions Pupil recruitment
  • Oct 20, 2019
UK universities have run out of excuses for not switching to PQA
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PQA Admissions Post qualification admissions
  • Oct 19, 2019
‘Common sense’ needed on English post-qualification admissions plans
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HE Higher Education Qualifications Admissions University admissions
  • Sep 22, 2019
More vice-chancellors with Oxbridge educations appointed
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Oxbridge Admissions Private schools Social mobility Elitism
  • Jun 25, 2019
Top state college tells parents: pay us £250 or we may withdraw offer
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Sixth form Admissions Fees Offers
  • Apr 15, 2019
Female-only college sparks backlash after saying it will admit men to boost diversity
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Single-sex Cambridge Admissions Diversity
  • Mar 12, 2019
Weaker pupils removed before exams
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Pupil exclusions Off-rolling League tables PRUs Admissions
  • Mar 11, 2019
NI education: New online admissions system begins
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Northern Ireland Admissions
  • Jan 2, 2019
Academy admissions
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Academies Admissions ESFA
  • Oct 30, 2018
Ministers lobby for change in UTC admission age
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UTCs Admissions Lord Agnew Lord Baker
  • Oct 15, 2018
Ministers lobby for change in UTC admission age
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UTCs Admissions Lord Agnew
  • Oct 15, 2018
Ministers lobby for change in UTC admission age
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UTCs DfE Lord Agnew Admissions
  • Oct 15, 2018
'Damning' report calls for overhaul of UTCs
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UTCs Technical education 14-19 Admissions
  • Oct 11, 2018
'UTCs' shortcomings are down to their design'
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UTCs Technical education 14-19 Admissions
  • Oct 11, 2018
ASCL comment on EPI’s University Technical Colleges report
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UTCs EPI Technical education 14-19 Admissions
  • Oct 11, 2018
University Technical Colleges get green light for 11+ entry
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UTCs Technical education Admissions
  • Oct 11, 2018
Halt UTC expansion and recruit at 16, says think tank
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UTCs 14-19 Admissions Technical education
  • Oct 11, 2018
Technical colleges accused of failure
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UTCs Admissions Free schools 14-19 Technical education
  • Oct 11, 2018
Universities are racing to recruit through clearing – but is it in the students’ interests?
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Student recruitment Clearing Admissions Student numbers
  • Aug 16, 2018
Call to let UTCs and studio schools select
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UTCs Studio schools Admissions Selection
  • Aug 15, 2018
How to attract the best students
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Colleges Admissions AoC Student recruitment
  • May 31, 2018
Primary school places - not got what you wanted?
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School places School choices National offer day Primary Admissions Appeals
  • Apr 16, 2018
Grammar school entry test ‘unfair’ for children born in summer
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Grammar schools Admissions Entrance exams Summer-born
  • Apr 4, 2018
Academy independent admission appeal panel complaints
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Academies Admissions Appeals
  • Mar 22, 2018
Written answer from Sam Gyimah re steps DfE is taking to improve HE & FE participation of students from under-represented areas
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Disadvantaged students Widening participation Admissions University admissions Sam Gyimah
  • Mar 16, 2018
Private schools find ‘tutor-proof’ selection test
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Admissions Private schools Tutors
  • Jan 14, 2018
In the news: 17 November
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Private providers Fraud Bogus students Admissions Student loans Universities Colleges Redundancies Funding Communications Student protests Free tuition Teaching excellence REF Maintenance grants Disadvantaged students BAME Ethnicity Minorities Diversity Equality
  • Nov 17, 2017
Universities to drop grade bar for poorer Scots
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Admissions Scotland
  • Nov 12, 2017
Families flocking to Scotland’s sought after school catchment areas
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Scotland Catchment area Admissions
  • Nov 7, 2017
3 tips for primary school marketing
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Primary schools Admissions
  • Nov 5, 2017
University admissions: equal opportunity should not penalise good schools
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Admissions Equity
  • Nov 2, 2017
Warning over lower university entry grades for poor students
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Scotland Admissions Grades
  • Nov 1, 2017
We must change attitudes of less privileged pupils
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Scotland Disadvantaged pupils Admissions Exam grades
  • Nov 1, 2017
USA: Manhattan moms live in dread of the ultimate school selection test
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Times New York Admissions School admissions
  • Oct 7, 2017
A council told parents their children had places at school nurseries and then retracted the offers
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Wales Online Schools Nursery schools Nursery places Admissions School admissions
  • Oct 4, 2017
Admissions season: What parents should really be looking for in a school
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Telegraph Schools Primary schools Admissions School admissions Secondary schools
  • Oct 3, 2017
Atypical age admissions letters: funding for local authorities
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DfE Admissions LAs
  • Aug 18, 2017
Universities to be stopped from sidelining British students for foreign teens who can pay more
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Telegraph Universities International students Tuition fees Access Admissions Discrimination
  • Aug 6, 2017
Patterns and trends in UK higher education 2017
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Universities UK Universities Diversity Admissions Employability Graduates Social mobility
  • Jul 21, 2017
DfE clarifies nursery schools & classes not limited by Published Admissions Number (PAN)
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Early education Early years Nurseries Childcare DfE Admissions
  • Jul 18, 2017
Disadvantaged students face a "jungle" when applying to university
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Herald Scotland Universities Access Disadvantaged students Scotland Funding Admissions
  • Jun 21, 2017
TEF
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Russell Group Universities TEF University rankings Admissions Outcomes
  • Jun 20, 2017
Pupils lack information about alternative routes through higher education, teachers warn
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TES Apprenticeships Universities Colleges Admissions Careers guidance UCAS
  • Jun 20, 2017
Population bulge prompts fall in proportion of pupils receiving first choice secondary place
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TES School choices Admissions Primary schools Secondary schools School places
  • Jun 13, 2017
British universities slip down world rankings as experts blame pressure to admit more disadvantaged students 
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University rankings League tables Disadvantaged students Access Student recruitment Admissions
  • Jun 8, 2017
USA: Harvard withdraws students’ offers over memes posted in private Facebook group
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Metro Universities Admissions Enrolments International Social media USA Harvard Sexual assault Racism
  • Jun 6, 2017
Theresa May’s forgotten pledge: how does the UK get more white working class boys into university?
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Huffington Post Politics Universities Access Admissions IfS Gender inequality Disadvantaged pupils Attainment gap Grammar schools
  • Jun 6, 2017
USA: Harvard bars students for posting 'obscene memes'
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BBC Universities International USA Harvard Racism Sexual abuse Social media Free speech Admissions Enrolments
  • Jun 6, 2017
USA: Harvard rescinds admissions offers over offensive memes on Facebook – report
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Harvard International Admissions
  • Jun 5, 2017
US HE: quality concerns main reason for eschewing pathways
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PIE News Universities International USA International students Student recruitment Admissions
  • Jun 1, 2017
Dutch business school rocked by criticism of its links to Shell
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THE Holland Admissions
  • May 30, 2017
'Inspirational' state school teachers honoured for encouraging pupils to apply to Oxford
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TES Teachers University applications Oxford State schools Admissions Secondary schools Universities
  • May 22, 2017
Sutton Trust US programme 2017 cohort announced
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Sutton Trust Universities International USA Students Admissions
  • May 19, 2017
Sutton Trust US programme 2017 cohort announced
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Sutton Trust Fulbright Commission Universities Students Admissions USA
  • May 19, 2017
UCU election manifesto calls for more investment in education
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UCU Universities Funding Skills Politics International staff International students Admissions Apprenticeship levy Colleges Brexit Finances
  • May 9, 2017
Powerful picture challenges lack of black male students at Cambridge university
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Metro Cambridge University Universities Inequality Admissions Diversity
  • May 3, 2017
Cambridge University criticised for ‘shocking’ lack of representation over photo of black students
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Huffington Post Universities Cambridge University Inequality Admissions Diversity
  • May 3, 2017
NCS graduates 'more likely to go to university', study claims
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CYPN NCS National Citizen Service Universities Disadvantaged pupils Affluence Enrolments Admissions
  • May 3, 2017
Why 14 black male Cambridge students posed for this photo
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BBC Universities Cambridge University Equality REC Admissions Diversity
  • May 3, 2017
Leicester must create 2,200 school places – in just one year
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Schools Week Admissions
  • Apr 8, 2017
Denmark: cut in study places aimed at culling EU student intake
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University World News Denmark Admissions
  • Apr 7, 2017
Parents face £52,000 premium to live near an ‘outstanding’ primary school
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Mail Primary schools Catchment area Ofsted ratings Admissions Grammar schools Attainment Disadvantaged pupils Attainment gap
  • Apr 5, 2017
Free school meals is 'unreliable poverty measure'
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BBC Free school meals Disadvantaged pupils Admissions FSM
  • Apr 3, 2017
Netherlands: foreign university student total doubles in 10 years
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University World News Netherlands Admissions
  • Mar 31, 2017
More than third of grammar schools change admissions policies to prioritise poor pupils
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TES Grammar schools Admissions Disadvantaged pupils Secondary schools Social mobility
  • Mar 31, 2017
Governors under fire for not questioning why pupils 'disappear' from school rolls
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TES Admissions Governance Secondary schools NGA Education Datalab League tables
  • Mar 30, 2017
This is how to get into Oxbridge - according to admissions tutors
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Wales Online Wales HE Universities Admissions Oxbridge University applications Seren Network
  • Mar 29, 2017
Lack of Welsh admissions to Oxbridge examined
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UK Parliament GOV.UK Wales Admissions Oxbridge HE Universities Enrolments
  • Mar 27, 2017
Looking fair and wide on university access
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Wonkhe HE Universities Access Widening participation Social mobility Disadvantaged students Social inequality Admissions
  • Mar 27, 2017
If Oxbridge is the only solution, we’re asking the wrong questions
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Wonkhe HE Universities Oxbridge HEPI Access Widening participation Admissions Bursaries
  • Mar 27, 2017
Outrage at decision to widen admissions for small sixth form
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FE Week FE Colleges Sixth form Admissions Post-16 A-levels BTECs Student numbers DfE
  • Mar 17, 2017
Oxford University can't save deprived white kids – the problems begin much earlier
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Telegraph HE Universities Oxford University Disadvantaged students Summer schools Admissions Social mobility
  • Mar 3, 2017
Academy chains planning 'pupil premium grammar schools'
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TES Academies MATs Pupil premium Grammar schools Admissions Social mobility Disadvantaged pupils
  • Mar 3, 2017
Public back subsidising private school places for the poor, poll suggests
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TES Private schools Admissions DfE Funding Unions State schools School places Disadvantaged pupils ISC Green paper
  • Mar 3, 2017
ATL comment on secondary school places
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ATL Secondary schools School places Teachers Funding Free schools Grammar schools Academies School choices Admissions
  • Feb 28, 2017
NASUWT comments on the Education Select Committee's report into multi academy trusts
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NASUWT Education Select Committee MATs Academies Finances Admissions
  • Feb 28, 2017
Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 3 February 2017
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Pearson HE FE Universities Colleges UCAS Admissions Brexit Grants Nursing University applications Disadvantaged students Apprenticeships IfS Apprenticeship levy AoC Institutes of Technology Adult education HEPI Universities UK Apprenticeship reforms North-south divide Ebacc
  • Feb 7, 2017
What would happen if a UK university went bust?
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Guardian HE Universities Finances Funding UCAS Admissions
  • Feb 7, 2017
Latest UCAS data signals the post-Brexit challenges for higher education
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EPI HE Universities UCAS Brexit EU Admissions Statistical data
  • Feb 3, 2017
Differential offer rates do not necessarily indicate bias in admissions
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Wonkhe HE Universities UCAS Admissions Disadvantaged students Access
  • Feb 3, 2017
EU students shunning Scottish universities in wake of Brexit
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Herald Scotland HE Universities International students Brexit EU Scotland Admissions UCAS University applications
  • Feb 3, 2017
DfE rejected almost 90 per cent of requests to force academies to accept excluded pupils
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TES Academies Pupil exclusions DfE Admissions EFA Funding
  • Feb 3, 2017
Oxford University bucks national trend and accepts fewer state school students, figures show
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Telegraph HE Universities Oxford State schools Admissions
  • Feb 2, 2017
Cambridge intake no longer most privately educated
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BBC HE Universities Cambridge Intake Private schools HESA Admissions
  • Feb 2, 2017
'Not clear' if surge in number of Americans applying to Canadian universities is Trump-related
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University World News Universities Admissions HE
  • Jan 28, 2017
Schools cherry-picking pupils who apply mid-year, says report
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BBC Admissions Discrimination Safeguarding Academies Faith schools
  • Jan 27, 2017
Annual report of the Chief Schools Adjudicator for England
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DfE GOV.UK OSA Admissions
  • Jan 26, 2017
UCAS admissions data - 2016
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Russell Group UCAS HE Universities Admissions
  • Jan 26, 2017
Universities must do more to tackle the unfair, elitist admissions system
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Guardian HE Universities Admissions Attainment Brexit
  • Jan 26, 2017
School admissions inadequately policed, adjudicator warns
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TES Admissions Social mobility Secondary schools OSA DfE
  • Jan 26, 2017
Hand back school admissions control to councils, says OSA chief
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TES Admissions OSA Maintained schools
  • Jan 26, 2017
The chances of disadvantaged pupils going to Oxbridge and four other key points from new uni admissions stats
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TES Oxbridge Admissions University applications HE Universities Social mobility Ethnicity
  • Jan 26, 2017
UCAS publishes 2016 data for individual universities
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UCAS HE Universities Statistical data Admissions
  • Jan 25, 2017
Number of Scots in further education falls by 150,000
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Scotsman FE Colleges Students Admissions Scottish Funding Council
  • Jan 25, 2017
Oxford University rejection letter turned into art
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BBC Oxbridge Universities HE Admissions
  • Jan 15, 2017
Oxford University accused of failing to deal with admissions racism
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Guardian Universities HE Oxford Admissions
  • Jan 14, 2017
Oxford University college sorry for rejection email errors
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BBC Universities HE Admissions Oxford University
  • Jan 14, 2017
MP criticises Oxford over 'unconscious bias' in admissions
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THE HE Universities Admissions Oxford
  • Jan 14, 2017
Government examines reforms to school admissions system to improve social mobility
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TES Admissions Grammar schools Social mobility
  • Jan 11, 2017
Grammar schools offer ‘pitifully few’ places to poorer children
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Guardian Disadvantaged pupils Admissions Grammar schools Social mobility
  • Jan 7, 2017
Catholic Church will take government to court over school admissions letters from priests
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Schools Week Admissions Faith pupils Faith schools ATL
  • Jan 6, 2017
The 15 things you need to know about applying for a primary place for September 2017 in Wales
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Wales Online Primary Wales School places Admissions
  • Jan 3, 2017
‘Universities Scotland: no entitlement to university places for the middle classes
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Herald Scotland Universities HE Scotland Universities Scotland Access Admissions
  • Jan 2, 2017
A fifth of Oxbridge students come from five counties in the south of England
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Mail Universities HE Oxbridge Admissions Diversity
  • Dec 31, 2016
Catholic schools head to court to fight for right to demand proof of religion from prospective pupils
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TES Faith schools Admissions RE Religion
  • Dec 23, 2016
University lowers entry grades for disadvantaged
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BBC HE Universities Disadvantaged students Access Admissions Social mobility
  • Dec 15, 2016
There’s a better way for private schools to help the state sector
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Guardian Private schools Independent schools Admissions Laura McInerney ISC
  • Dec 11, 2016
Despite Trump, US will still welcome foreign students
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University World News UWN USA Donald Trump Admissions
  • Dec 9, 2016
Cambridge predicts two-thirds drop in EU students
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University World News UWN Brexit Universities HE Admissions
  • Dec 9, 2016
In the news: 9 December 2016
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UCU HE Universities FE Colleges A-levels Admissions UCAS
  • Dec 9, 2016
Theresa May wanted to 'deprioritise' children of illegal immigrants on school admissions
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TES Admissions Politics Immigrants
  • Dec 1, 2016
Universities should increase transparency in admissions
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HE Universities University World News International Australia Admissions
  • Nov 18, 2016
Can you solve it? Would you get into Oxbridge?
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Guardian HE Universities Oxbridge Admissions
  • Nov 7, 2016
Free schools: admission and referral policies
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Free schools Admissions DfE GOV.UK
  • Oct 20, 2016

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