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Measuring Up: Identifying students for contextual admissions
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May 14, 2021
New HEPI report demonstrates that moving away from the use of predicted grades in university admissions could harm, rather than benefit, fair admissions
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Mar 18, 2021
Poll shows school, college and university leaders want to reform university admissions
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Aug 11, 2020
Union warns that disadvantaged students could miss out under plans for summer exams
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May 22, 2020
Above and beyond predictions – No exams presents an opportunity for innovation in contextual admissions
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Coronavirus
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May 7, 2020
Contextual admissions: what you need to know
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Jan 16, 2020
Teachers told to do more to help poor students into uni
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Nov 28, 2019
How can we make contextual admissions more accessible?
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Nov 22, 2019
UCAS responds to our recent report on contextual admissions
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Aug 27, 2019
The Guardian view on A-levels: end the guesswork in university admissions | Editorial
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Aug 16, 2019
Yes, university admissions need an overhaul – but it's easier said than done
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Aug 15, 2019
Dear Ofqual…
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Aug 15, 2019
The sector is right to embrace contextual admissions; but it also needs to take student opinion with it
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Aug 6, 2019
Admissions: a contextualised tale of two reviews
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Aug 1, 2019
Putting student care experience in context
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Scotland
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Jul 29, 2019
In the news - 26 July 2019
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Jul 26, 2019
Scotland: Children in the care system deserve help to enter university
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Jul 26, 2019
Split on contextualised uni offers for poorer pupils
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Jul 25, 2019
UCU backs students' call for greater use of context in exam results
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Jul 25, 2019
What do students think about contextual admissions?
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Jul 25, 2019
Majority of students think universities should take applicants' backgrounds into account, survey finds
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Jul 25, 2019
Russell Group students more likely to back contextual admissions
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Jul 25, 2019
Universities are making lower offers to poor students 'under the radar' to avoid middle class backlash, report says
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Jul 25, 2019
Scotland: Star pupils may lose university places to disadvantaged
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Jul 25, 2019
Universities to look at post-qualification applications
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Jul 22, 2019
Contextual uni offers ‘create perception of unfairness’
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Jun 6, 2019
Sins of admission: How university application processes impact schools and colleges
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Jun 6, 2019
Oxford’s admissions offer needs to be examined in context
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Jun 4, 2019
Making the case for contextual admissions
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May 16, 2019
Oxbridge: ‘Contextual’ offers don’t go far enough
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May 3, 2019
In the news 3 May 2019
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May 3, 2019
Contextual admissions – a fuller story
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May 1, 2019
Contextual admissions: Promoting fairness and rethinking merit
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May 1, 2019
Unis urged to lower offers for poorer students
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May 1, 2019
Lowering bar for disadvantaged students has failed to redress imbalance in university admissions, regulator says
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May 1, 2019
OfS urges English elite to go further on contextual admissions
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May 1, 2019
Universities should be 'bolder' in admission criteria for poorer students
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May 1, 2019
Students from wealthier areas are six times more likely to get into top universities, study reveals
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May 1, 2019
Universities called on to reduce entry grades poor students to help them gain a place at Oxbridge
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May 1, 2019
Universities told to be more flexible about pupils’ A-level results
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May 1, 2019
Student watchdog demands US system for poorest
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May 1, 2019
UCU calls for greater use of contextual data in university admissions
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Apr 30, 2019
Moving the dial on contextual admissions
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Feb 28, 2019
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