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Universities offer places to disadvantaged children with three grades lower than middle-class students
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May 5, 2022
Emma Duncan: We’re hurting Oxbridge in the name of equality
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May 5, 2022
Don’t sideline grammar school pupils, top universities told
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May 5, 2022
Oxford will allow in pupils with three B grades to help young people who have suffered 'grave disadvantage'
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May 5, 2022
Three B grades enough for Oxford University foundation year
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May 5, 2022
Grammar school pupils must not be discriminated against, MPs tell Oxbridge
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May 4, 2022
ISC responds to Professor Stephen Toope's comments about Oxbridge admissions
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May 4, 2022
Private school pupils will lose out on Oxbridge places to state school peers
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May 4, 2022
Scotland: Universities ask how many deprived pupils have right grades
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May 4, 2022
Privately educated pupils to lose places at Oxbridge, vice-chancellor warns
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May 3, 2022
What does it really take to secure a place on a university degree course?
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Apr 8, 2022
UUK’s Code of Practice on fair admissions is welcome, but there are deeper issues
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Mar 28, 2022
Why we are failing children of prisoners in higher education
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Mar 15, 2022
T Levels, BTECs, and university admissions
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Mar 14, 2022
Conditional unconditionals are dead – but is the damage already done?
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Mar 8, 2022
Ex-minister warns against admissions ‘micromanagement’ via caps
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Mar 8, 2022
Universities UK publishes 'Fair admissions code of practice'
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Mar 7, 2022
Stop making unconditional offers to students with strings attached, universities told
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Mar 7, 2022
Attainment gap: SNP under fire over university entry rates
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Scotland
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Mar 7, 2022
Stop giving out unfair offers, universities told
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Mar 7, 2022
New code aims to stop universities making 'conditional unconditional' offers
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Mar 7, 2022
Universities advised against ‘conditional unconditional’ admission offers
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Mar 7, 2022
‘Conditional unconditional’ offers out under UK admissions code
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Mar 7, 2022
Improving opportunity for students, regardless of background, will happen regardless of post-qualification admissions
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Feb 25, 2022
Abandoning university admissions reform 'another nail in the coffin' for widening access to working class communities
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Feb 24, 2022
Augar review: What schools need to know about university shake-up
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Feb 24, 2022
Post-qualification admissions reforms in England scrapped
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Feb 24, 2022
Oxford and Cambridge overtake rivals on state school intake
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Feb 23, 2022
Oxford and Cambridge pull ahead in state-school entries as other Russell Group universities slow down
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Feb 23, 2022
A third of Russell Group universities see fall in state school student numbers
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Feb 22, 2022
Post-qualification admissions plan ‘abandoned’ in England
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Feb 11, 2022
Plans for overhaul of university admissions so students apply after they get A-levels are ‘dead in the water’
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Feb 11, 2022
ASCL comment on UCAS 2021 end-of-cycle report
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Jan 27, 2022
EU decline drives drop in applicants accepting places via UCAS in UK
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Jan 27, 2022
The same students at the same providers?
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Jan 27, 2022
Record number of Black and Asian students accepted at top UK universities
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Jan 27, 2022
Poorer students hit university high
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Jan 27, 2022
One in five poorer students accepted on to higher education courses in 2021
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Jan 27, 2022
Most-ever students from deprived areas enrolled at Scottish universities last year
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Scotland
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Jan 25, 2022
SAT university admissions test switching to online format
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Jan 25, 2022
Even if BTECs disappear, the students taking them won’t
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Jan 25, 2022
Confused and frustrated: Most universities reject first cohort of T Level students
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Jan 14, 2022
Universities shun T-levels as UCAS deadline approaches
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Jan 14, 2022
Universities can’t afford to make the same admissions mistakes with T Levels as they have with the BTEC
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Jan 11, 2022
Universities should stop using ‘first-in-family’ status as key measure of widening student access, report says
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Jan 6, 2022
The impact of a minimum entry requirement for access to student finance
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Jan 6, 2022
Hepi: ‘first-generation student’ tag unhelpful for admissions
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First-in-family students
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Jan 6, 2022
Universities making offers on 'first-in-family' status may widen inequalities
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Jan 6, 2022
The success of every single school in getting pupils into Oxford and Cambridge revealed
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Jan 5, 2022
English economic model ‘unravelling’ as more students miss out
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Dec 17, 2021
Forget state vs private: it’s selective schools that triumph
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Dec 16, 2021
Subject and skills insight from the 2021 UCAS End of Cycle data
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Dec 16, 2021
The success of every single school in getting pupils into Oxford and Cambridge revealed
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Dec 15, 2021
Wales: 19% rise in non-EU acceptances
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Dec 14, 2021
Fears half of poorer pupils in England could be barred from university
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Dec 11, 2021
Top university places up 28% after record A-level results
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Dec 10, 2021
More high achieving students secure competitive university places
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Dec 9, 2021
End of cycle 2021: Tariff, grades, and RPAs
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Dec 9, 2021
End of cycle: increased grades in 2021 will create increased competition for places in 2022
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Dec 9, 2021
Top university places up 28% after record A-level results
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Dec 9, 2021
Rise in deferrals of university places prompts concerns about more competition
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Dec 9, 2021
Four times as many children awarded top A-level grades
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Grade inflation
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Dec 9, 2021
The public favours meritocracy when it comes to levelling up and university admissions
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Dec 6, 2021
English universities risk breaking law over offer withdrawals, say ministers
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Nov 29, 2021
Nadhim Zahawi launches bid to get universities to take in more white working-class boys
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Nadhim Zahawi
Nov 28, 2021
The best state schools in the UK for getting a place at an Oxbridge university
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Nov 12, 2021
How to make higher education admissions fairer, quicker and better
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Nov 5, 2021
Inside the ‘Oxbridge factory’ Singapore school that only costs £160 a month
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Oct 28, 2021
The latest UCAS data shows demand staying strong for medicine and Oxbridge
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Oct 28, 2021
The schools that get the most pupils into every Russell Group university
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Oct 15, 2021
Gap between poor and affluent students going to university widest for 14 years
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Oct 14, 2021
Scotland: New centres open to help disadvantaged into university
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Oct 5, 2021
International schools' new approach to university entry
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Oct 5, 2021
St Andrews university sets bias test for entry
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Oct 1, 2021
LGBT freshers: 'I worried University of Oxford wouldn't accept me'
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Sep 24, 2021
Top universities fall short on admitting disadvantaged students
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Sep 17, 2021
'White privilege' a thing of the past? Alarm over fall in white boys going to university
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Sep 13, 2021
Cambridge call for state pupils to get 93% of places
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Sep 12, 2021
Record numbers of UK students head for university
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Sep 7, 2021
A slower clearing in 2021?
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Sep 7, 2021
Record levels of young people accepted into university
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Sep 7, 2021
Ten (basic) points about demand for higher education this year
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Sep 4, 2021
Deferrals of university places reach highest level in a decade
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Aug 30, 2021
Should Scotland's university academics mark entrance papers to find ‘the right kind’ of student?
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Aug 24, 2021
The sheer scale of change faced by the sector should concern us
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Aug 23, 2021
Oxford college bosses face criticism over target to boost number of ethnic minority admissions
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Aug 23, 2021
London state school is sending 55 students to Oxbridge – more than Eton College
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Aug 10, 2021
University access fears as application rejection rate jumps
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Aug 10, 2021
Three things to remember about the applicants of 2021
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Aug 10, 2021
Universities will give poorer pupils priority
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Aug 10, 2021
Govt slammed as GCSE and A Level students tell of 'suffering' after exams
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Aug 10, 2021
Why highly selective universities need to demystify admissions for student applicants
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Aug 9, 2021
In higher education, we need to know what full looks like
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Aug 9, 2021
High number of people enrolling on university courses will cause 'astronomical' debts
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Aug 9, 2021
Why go to university in 2021?
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Aug 8, 2021
Universities must not pressure students into deferring places, watchdog chief warns
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Aug 7, 2021
Government warned of exam ‘chaos’ ahead as clearing places at top universities fall by one-third
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Aug 7, 2021
Class of 2020: 'The reality of being at university during Covid
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Aug 7, 2021
University clearing may be 'much more competitive' this year - Ucas boss
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Aug 7, 2021
Privileged students are more than twice as likely to be turned down by top universities than those from poor backgrounds
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Aug 7, 2021
Get ready to battle for university places, students told
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Aug 7, 2021
Medical students told they can defer a year despite funding for extra places
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Aug 6, 2021
Universities may introduce entrance exams over fears of inflated A-level grades
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Aug 6, 2021
UK universities brace for squeeze on places ahead of A-level results
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Aug 6, 2021
Inflated A-level grades may force universities to set entrance tests
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Aug 6, 2021
Universities expand entrance exams as Vice-Chancellors say pandemic A level grades are no longer objective
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Aug 6, 2021
Universities turn to entrance exams because they can 'no longer rely on grades'
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Aug 5, 2021
Grade inflation forces ministers to pay for extra medical school places
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Aug 5, 2021
Record numbers of UK students to get first choice of university
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Jul 30, 2021
UCAS chief: ‘Danger’ poor students could ‘fall behind’ in university admissions
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Jul 30, 2021
Are A-levels fair? What students and parents need to know
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Jul 29, 2021
Russell Group response to Sutton Trust research on the impact of the pandemic on assessments and university admissions
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Jul 29, 2021
The right result? Assessments and university access in 2021
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Jul 29, 2021
ASCL responds to Sutton Trust research on pandemic and university admissions
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Jul 29, 2021
State students ‘twice as likely’ to feel unprepared for degree
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Jul 29, 2021
ISC statement: Independent schools and missed grades
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Jul 28, 2021
LSE Class War release a radical manifesto provoking an immediate backlash from MPs and other students
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Jul 27, 2021
Private schools under fire after lobbying universities to let in underperformers
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Jul 25, 2021
Schools lobby Oxbridge for private pupils
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Jul 25, 2021
More Scots take up university places after number of EU applicants falls
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Jul 10, 2021
Record numbers to start university in September as country unlocks
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Jul 8, 2021
How Britain’s private schools lost their grip on Oxbridge
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Jul 2, 2021
University places squeeze: Wealthier students risk losing out
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Jul 1, 2021
Students who failed English GCSE could be banned from uni until they pass
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Jun 24, 2021
Gavin Williamson heralds GCSE grade bar for entry to university
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Jun 24, 2021
Universities fear loss of overseas students over quarantine capacity
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Jun 24, 2021
UK students miss out on university offers amid fear of admissions boom
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Jun 23, 2021
Gavin Williamson vows to ‘drive forward’ change to base university offers on final grades
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Jun 21, 2021
Williamson wants to rush through university admissions reform ‘without legislation’
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Jun 21, 2021
Williamson wants to rush through university admissions reform ‘without legislation’
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Jun 21, 2021
Pathway of privilege: Cambridge college takes 22 pupils from single elite school
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Jun 16, 2021
The schools that get the most pupils into each Oxbridge college 2021
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Jun 16, 2021
Excellence and access ‘not mutually exclusive’, says Exeter v-c
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Jun 16, 2021
Scottish universities demand clarity on return, as gap between richest and poorest children in HE widens
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Jun 15, 2021
Our obsession with Oxbridge means we're missing out on lots of young talent
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Jun 14, 2021
UCAS glitch automatically rejects 20,000 students' university offers as parents hit out
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Jun 10, 2021
20,000 students ‘shocked’ as UCAS glitch rejects university offers
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Jun 10, 2021
20,000 students hit as UCAS glitch rejects university offers
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Jun 10, 2021
Universities say admissions plan 'risks Scottish schooling'
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Jun 2, 2021
What’s the best way to get more disadvantaged students to the most selective universities?
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May 31, 2021
Even high-achieving pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds miss out on some university opportunities
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May 27, 2021
Students facing increased competition for university places
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May 27, 2021
What do university applicants want from their higher education institutions?
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May 24, 2021
Top A-Level students could miss out on university places amid grade inflation fears, warn experts
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May 23, 2021
Top pupils rejected by universities in A-levels fiasco fallout
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May 22, 2021
Race report chair says religious minorities set for Oxbridge as they're 'good at ritual'
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May 19, 2021
Cambridge University: Record number of BAME admissions in 2020
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May 19, 2021
Proportion of black and minority ethnic students at Cambridge at record high
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May 19, 2021
Cambridge takes record numbers of ethnic minority and state pupils
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May 19, 2021
UK’s top universities fearful of extra student numbers if A-level grades are high
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May 15, 2021
Universities reject plan for pupils to apply after results
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May 14, 2021
ASCL backs major overhaul of university admissions
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May 13, 2021
Admissions reform must not leave students marooned without proper careers support
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May 13, 2021
Careful design is needed to make a post‑qualification offer system work
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May 13, 2021
Vice-chancellors reject plans for radical overhaul of university admissions
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May 13, 2021
Post-qualification applications plan ‘unworkable’, v-cs warn
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May 13, 2021
Students left in limbo as university offers delayed
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May 13, 2021
Post-qualification admissions: Ofqual says university reforms risk ‘unacceptable’ results delays
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May 13, 2021
Ofqual: University shake-up could harm A-level marking
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May 13, 2021
SQA alternative assessment row: Fears over 'delayed' university offers
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May 13, 2021
Call to bar universities from admitting students who miss grades
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May 13, 2021
New research brief finds UK admissions system an international outlier
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May 12, 2021
Record portion of state school pupils gained entry to Oxford University last year
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May 11, 2021
How to achieve fair admissions this summer
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Apr 30, 2021
Why put every student into the scramble of clearing?
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Clearing
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Apr 30, 2021
Report paves way for fairer, student centred university admissions
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Apr 29, 2021
Mark Corver: Predicted grades and university admissions
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Apr 22, 2021
UCAS cautiously recommends a move to post qualification offers
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Apr 22, 2021
Post qualification offer making is nearly as good as the current system
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Apr 22, 2021
What next for admissions in Scotland?
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Apr 21, 2021
UCU response to UCAS admissions report
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Apr 21, 2021
UCAS sets out ways to enhance how students make their university choices
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Apr 21, 2021
A levels: Ucas backs move to post-qualification offers
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Apr 21, 2021
Students applying to university should get places on actual grades, says Ucas
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Apr 20, 2021
Oxbridge should not discriminate against private school pupils because they get more firsts, head says
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Apr 19, 2021
Reflections ten years on from the last PQA review
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Apr 9, 2021
How could admissions reform work in practice?
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Apr 8, 2021
Post qualification admissions: Should we be careful what we wish for?
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Apr 7, 2021
Graduate earnings and HE admissions data mark another 'Groundhog Week' in HE
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Mar 29, 2021
Oxbridge cuts offers to avoid another grade inflation admissions bulge
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Mar 26, 2021
Five questions on the minds of senior leaders after UCAS’s January deadline
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Mar 26, 2021
MPs fear Wild West of grades and chaos around university places this summer
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Mar 25, 2021
One in five students say bad A-level advice led to lack of degree choice – poll
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Mar 25, 2021
ASCL responds to UCAS research on degree choices
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Mar 25, 2021
The Sutton Trust comments on “Where Next?”
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Mar 25, 2021
Student choice should be an opportunity, not a challenge
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Mar 25, 2021
One in five students cannot study degree they want due to wrong school subjects
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Mar 25, 2021
Think about degree choice early or miss out, pupils told
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Mar 25, 2021
Post-qualification admissions and further education: the time is now
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Mar 23, 2021
The Fair Access Coalition: 10 requirements for a fair admissions process
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Mar 22, 2021
UCU response to HEPI report on university admissions
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Mar 18, 2021
Report: Where next for university admissions?
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Mar 18, 2021
Axeing predicted grades ‘may hinder, not help’ widening access
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Mar 18, 2021
Universities warned not to 'inflate' their intakes amid rise in top grades
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Mar 17, 2021
Varsity blues: Documenting the US admissions scandal
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Mar 12, 2021
Top universities cut places for better-off applicants
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Mar 11, 2021
As Oxbridge welcomes more state school students, Etonians might be better off in America
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Mar 11, 2021
Can we trust this year’s exam results?
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Mar 6, 2021
University admissions needs to shake off the tyranny of A levels
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Mar 2, 2021
Top UK universities 'use secret waiting lists' due to Covid uncertainty
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Feb 28, 2021
A-level grade inflation ‘could destabilise admissions again’
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Feb 27, 2021
This year's A-level students are woefully under-prepared for university
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UK universities brace for A-level grade inflation
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Feb 25, 2021
University admissions teams will 'pull out all the stops' this year
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Feb 25, 2021
Russell Group responds to DfE announcement on assessment conditions for summer 2021
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Feb 25, 2021
DfE’s announcement on A level grades is another headache for university admissions teams
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Feb 25, 2021
English school-leavers to get grades on earlier results day
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Feb 25, 2021
Mature students blocked from PhD study by ageist admissions practices
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Feb 24, 2021
Supporting Generation Covid into higher education
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Feb 22, 2021
Coronavirus in Scotland: Dental schools will not accept new students next year
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Feb 19, 2021
How to prepare for Oxbridge like a private school
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Feb 19, 2021
This year’s university applicants face an uncertain admissions experience
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Feb 18, 2021
UCAS January application deadline 2021 in depth
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Feb 18, 2021
By accepting fewer independent school students, is Oxbridge punishing middle-class parents?
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Feb 15, 2021
Two in five top universities see drop in students from state schools
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Feb 11, 2021
How Covid-19 has changed the university admissions process
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Feb 9, 2021
Universities may need to set own exams because of 'flattering' A-level grades
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Feb 8, 2021
Oxford increases intake of BAME students despite making lowest number of offers in a decade
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Feb 5, 2021
Oxford University accepts over 100 black students
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Feb 5, 2021
Russell Group demands clarity on grade inflation as they suggest they may have to limit offers
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Feb 4, 2021
Oxford University accepts record number of ethnic minority students
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Feb 4, 2021
Russell Group response to DfE/Ofqual consultation on summer 2021 assessment
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Feb 4, 2021
Record number of students accepted onto medicine courses, Ucas data shows
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Feb 4, 2021
UCAS End of Cycle 2020: Unconditional offers, student characteristics
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Feb 4, 2021
UCAS End of Cycle 2020: Winners and losers
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Feb 4, 2021
Tracing the Chris Whitty effect in the 2020 end of cycle admissions subject data
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Feb 4, 2021
Number of students accepted on to language degrees drops by more than third
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Feb 4, 2021
Ucas data: Russell Group boosted recruitment as post-92s squeezed
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Feb 4, 2021
University students ditch arts degrees and opt for medicine
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Feb 4, 2021
Cambridge to withdraw places if oversubscribed
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Feb 3, 2021
Should we divorce A levels from university admissions?
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Feb 2, 2021
Exam appeals – a contradiction that must be resolved
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Jan 27, 2021
Minimum entry bar for English HE ‘would level down opportunity’
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Jan 22, 2021
Short summer admissions process ‘feasible’ for UK, ministers say
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Jan 21, 2021
Bolder approach needed to make university admissions fairer
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Jan 14, 2021
Rethinking fair admissions
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Jan 14, 2021
Selective universities are making progress on fairly assessing merit in admissions
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Jan 14, 2021
Elite universities told to lower entry grades
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Jan 14, 2021
Cambridge launches foundation year for disadvantaged
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Jan 13, 2021
Cambridge University to offer free foundation year for disadvantaged pupils
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Jan 13, 2021
Disadvantaged students with lower grades offered chance to study at Cambridge
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Jan 13, 2021
Cambridge launches foundation year for students with BBB grades
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Jan 13, 2021
Cambridge University to admit students with BBB grades in new diversity drive
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Jan 13, 2021
UK universities call for clarity on A-level assessment plan
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Jan 12, 2021
Homegrown students may not fail to secure a place in Scottish universities
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Jan 10, 2021
UCU response to UCAS report
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Dec 16, 2020
The UK’s first Professor of Social Mobility, Lee Elliot Major, considers the policy consequences of the new higher education admissions data
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Dec 16, 2020
The Sutton Trust responds to UCAS’ 2020 end of cycle data release
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Dec 16, 2020
UCAS analysis shows potential for step change in equality by 2030
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Dec 16, 2020
Record numbers of nursing students as pandemic inspires next generation
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Dec 16, 2020
Re-MEM-ber, UCAS End of Cycle reporting isn’t just for Christmas…
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Dec 16, 2020
2020 was a turbulent admissions cycle – with positive outcomes
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Dec 16, 2020
The UCAS 2020 cycle – more normal than predicted
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Dec 16, 2020
Top universities grew intake by 8 per cent after grading shift
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Dec 16, 2020
Admissions tutors: writing a personal statement for university
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Dec 12, 2020
Cambridge University tells virtual interviewees to balance a phone on two tin cans in lieu of laptop
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Dec 11, 2020
Cambridge University applicants should balance phone on cans for admissions interview
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Dec 11, 2020
No tablet? Use your phone and a couple of cans for interview, says Cambridge uni
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Dec 11, 2020
PQA’s underlying – and false – assumption
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Dec 7, 2020
Our university was accused of a failure to let in white working class boys: The reality is more complex
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Dec 4, 2020
Admissions should never be a conveyor belt
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Dec 4, 2020
Admissions, Irish style
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Dec 2, 2020
'I didn't feel I fitted in': why Gypsies, Roma and Travellers don't go to university
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Nov 30, 2020
University of Surrey to lower entry grades in recognition of Covid disruption
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Nov 28, 2020
Covid: University of Surrey lowers entry grades to 'relieve anxiety'
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Nov 28, 2020
Call for resits as over 1,000 hit by Oxbridge admissions exam glitches
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Nov 27, 2020
January university start ‘off the table’ for UK admissions reform
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Nov 25, 2020
'You need someone on the inside': the state school students helping peers into Oxbridge
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Nov 23, 2020
Pupils who miss lessons due to Covid are set to receive 'easier' entry to universities under plan to make lower A-level offers to students hardest hit by pandemic
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Nov 22, 2020
Coronavirus: ‘easier university entry’ for pupils who miss lessons
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Nov 22, 2020
PQA: examining pre-existing systems and if they fit the UK context
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Nov 20, 2020
Birmingham becomes first university to lower 2021 entry requirements
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Nov 20, 2020
Post-qualification admissions: why now and what next for UK?
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Nov 20, 2020
Could PQA help Sutton Trust students?
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Nov 19, 2020
School exams don’t have to be fair – that’s official
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Nov 19, 2020
Now PQA is everyone’s favourite
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Nov 17, 2020
Students could soon be applying for university post-A-levels
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Nov 16, 2020
Reviewing Universities UK’s Fair Admissions Review
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Nov 16, 2020
A US-style application system isn’t everything it seems
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Nov 16, 2020
DfE plans 'radical change' to university admissions
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Nov 15, 2020
Should the UK be moving to post-qualification admissions?
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Nov 14, 2020
Ministers plan swift reform of universities’ admissions system
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Nov 14, 2020
Ministers confirm plans for major shake-up of university admissions
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Nov 13, 2020
England’s university admissions could face rethink
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Nov 13, 2020
University offers could be based on real exam results after predicted grades fiasco
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Nov 13, 2020
University system 'breeds low aspiration and unfairness' and needs radical reform, Gavin Williamson says
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Nov 13, 2020
Ministers plan swift reform of universities’ admissions system
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Nov 13, 2020
University access: government announces reform plans
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Nov 13, 2020
Students: Places to be awarded using actual grades
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Nov 13, 2020
Technical woes hinder Oxbridge entry tests
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Nov 13, 2020
DfE to consult on post-qualification admissions as Williamson signals ‘radical change’
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Nov 13, 2020
Who owns admissions policy and where will it end up? The government just complicated the picture
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Nov 13, 2020
Government plans for post-qualification university admissions
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Nov 13, 2020
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Nov 13, 2020
The Sutton Trust responds to government plans to review university admissions
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Nov 13, 2020
ASCL responds to government university admissions review
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Nov 13, 2020
UCU response to Westminster government university admissions system review
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Nov 13, 2020
UCU response to Universities UK admissions review
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Nov 13, 2020
Williamson confirms plan to consider post-qualification admissions
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Nov 13, 2020
Response to UUK Fair Admissions Review
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Nov 13, 2020
Call for A-level students to get HE offers post results
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Nov 13, 2020
Universities UK publishes recommendations for reforms to make university admissions fairer and more transparent
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Nov 13, 2020
The Sutton Trust responds to new Universities UK review
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Nov 13, 2020
ASCL responds to UUK fair admissions review
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Nov 13, 2020
Universities UK sets out Third Way for the future of admissions
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Nov 13, 2020
University offers could be based on real exam results
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Nov 13, 2020
Pupils will get degree course offer after they receive their A-level results under new plan
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Nov 13, 2020
Universities back post-qualification admissions but shoot down move to January start
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Nov 13, 2020
V-cs back ‘post-qualification offers’ admissions system for UK
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Nov 13, 2020
Reforming admissions offers opportunity to achieve parity between HE, FE and apprenticeships
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Nov 13, 2020
Vice-chancellors back university offers going out after A-level results
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Nov 13, 2020
Universities support moves to offer places after results
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Nov 13, 2020
Higher education admissions process set for radical shake-up
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Nov 13, 2020
UCAS considers January start for HE in application reform
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Nov 10, 2020
Would PQA help disadvantaged students?
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Nov 10, 2020
Ucas offers post-qualification applications and January term start
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Nov 9, 2020
UCAS maps reforms of higher education admissions
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Nov 9, 2020
Ucas considering move to post-qualification offers
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Nov 9, 2020
UCAS calls for university places to be offered after exam results
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Nov 9, 2020
Ucas warns of 'devolution divide' from university admissions overhaul
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Nov 9, 2020
Heads back university admissions shake-up as UCAS sets out ‘radical options’
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Nov 9, 2020
Middle class students more likely to win preferred university place this year, research finds
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Oct 29, 2020
Durham and Cambridge among lowest recruiters of local students
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Oct 29, 2020
Data shows more students going to university
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Oct 24, 2020
Policymakers must not forget refugees’ higher education
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Oct 13, 2020
Universities and admissions leaders encourage students to be ambitious with their 2021 applications
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Oct 12, 2020
Britain’s best universities are dominated by private schools. Could I help level the playing field?
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Oct 10, 2020
Coronavirus in Ireland: Students hit by grades error offered places
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Oct 9, 2020
Cambridge University holds unconscious bias and race training after black students rocket 50%
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Oct 7, 2020
Big rise in black Cambridge students
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Oct 7, 2020
Number of black students starting at Cambridge University soars by 50% after Stormzy funded tuition
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Oct 6, 2020
European Baccalaureate: guide for higher education institutions
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Oct 2, 2020
University leaders call for next year’s A-levels to be axed
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Sep 30, 2020
More students from the most disadvantaged backgrounds across the UK are set to start degrees this autumn
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Sep 24, 2020
Record number of international undergrads accepted onto UK courses
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Sep 24, 2020
ASCL welcomes increase in disadvantaged students going to university
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Sep 24, 2020
Data shows more students going to university
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Sep 24, 2020
Covid-19 has not dampened the appeal of UK higher education
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Sep 24, 2020
Record rise in disadvantaged starting university
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Sep 24, 2020
UK universities recruit record numbers of international students
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Sep 24, 2020
Oxford’s diversity drive extends to PhDs with applications to include class background
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Sep 23, 2020
Isolation generation – looking ahead to the sector’s unique recruitment challenge
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Sep 23, 2020
Why universities should recruit students on their character
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Sep 23, 2020
MillionPlus comment on A level grading
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Sep 18, 2020
'Record' state pupils at Oxford Uni after grades U-turn
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Sep 17, 2020
Why ‘exams as usual’ are a bad idea
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Sep 15, 2020
UK universities see record admissions, despite the pandemic
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Sep 15, 2020
European higher education set for stimulus funding bonanza
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Sep 14, 2020
Students supported to return to preferred choices
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Sep 11, 2020
Package of support for students who have to defer their studies
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Sep 11, 2020
3 leading universities say they won't accept T levels
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Sep 10, 2020
Some university places may be hard to find this year, but a room in halls shouldn’t be
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Sep 10, 2020
Chinese drive record in international students
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Sep 10, 2020
A-levels crisis: the alternatives to hyper-selective English HE
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Sep 8, 2020
Oxbridge breaks record for state pupils
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Sep 6, 2020
Time for the Department for Education to press re-set with universities
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Sep 4, 2020
Fellows 'booted out' of college offices to make way for extra Cambridge freshers following grades U-turn
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Sep 3, 2020
Cambridge state pupil intake jumps after grades u-turn
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Sep 3, 2020
Number of state school students starting at Cambridge University this term will hit record high
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Sep 3, 2020
A-levels news: Government-backed gap years for students who missed university places this year
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Sep 2, 2020
Universities fear legal reprisals for asking students to defer
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Sep 1, 2020
Zoom socials and specialist tech: starting uni online as a disabled student
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Aug 25, 2020
The grades u-turn caused a ripple effect throughout education – it could be catastrophic for unis
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Aug 25, 2020
Clearing 2020: applicant choice isn’t affected by market incentives
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Aug 25, 2020
Is the sector really back in the government’s good books?
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Aug 24, 2020
Prejudice against the middle classes is absurd | Clare Foges
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Aug 24, 2020
How might Ofqual have avoided this turmoil?
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Aug 22, 2020
UK universities' promise of in-person teaching is risking academics' health | Steven Fielding
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Aug 22, 2020
The absolute mess universities in Wales now find themselves in
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Aug 21, 2020
In the news 21 August 2020
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Aug 21, 2020
Give priority to poorer students if courses are full, minister tells unis
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Aug 21, 2020
'We were already full': universities face nightmare of exams chaos and Covid-19
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Aug 21, 2020
Poorer pupils to be prioritised for university places
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Aug 21, 2020
'We're picking up the pieces': a university vice-chancellor's diary of A-level chaos
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Aug 21, 2020
15,000 students rejected by universities due to low A-level grades can reapply today
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Aug 21, 2020
Universities asked to prioritise disadvantaged students following U-turn on A Level grades
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Aug 21, 2020
A level results: Government asks universities to prioritise disadvantaged students
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Aug 21, 2020
Are there silver linings from the examnishambles?
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Aug 21, 2020
Government tells universities to 'prioritise disadvantaged pupils' amid A-level grade chaos
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Aug 21, 2020
A levels: are students really ‘trading up’ to selective universities?
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Aug 21, 2020
Results delay means BTec students are missing out on apprenticeships and uni
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Aug 21, 2020
Middle-class children may be forced to take gap year
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Aug 21, 2020
Cap on number of students on medicine, dentistry and veterinary science courses will be lifted
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Aug 20, 2020
Caps on medical degrees scrapped with all students getting first choice unis
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Aug 20, 2020
Cap on medicine and dentistry university courses scrapped
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Aug 20, 2020
UUK response to DfE announcement on action agreed to support students into their preferred universities
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Aug 20, 2020
UCU response to government announcement on action to support young people into universities
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Aug 20, 2020
Response to DfE announcement on university entry
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Aug 20, 2020
The sector must collaborate to escape the government’s triple lock of policy failure
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Aug 20, 2020
2020 admissions: sometimes dreams do come true
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Aug 20, 2020
Action agreed to support students into preferred universities
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Aug 20, 2020
Government lifts cap on medicine course places and other specialist subjects after A-level chaos
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Aug 20, 2020
English universities to honour admission offers 'where possible'
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Aug 20, 2020
Government agrees to fund extra medical places in England
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Aug 20, 2020
More than 10% of A level results are upgraded as ministers scrap cap on number of medical students
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Aug 20, 2020
Government lifts cap on specialist university places after exams blunder
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Aug 20, 2020
A-level students who get grades can go to first choice uni as ministers rip up caps on doctors & vets
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Aug 20, 2020
Students are promised places at first-choice university after A-level U-turn
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Aug 20, 2020
Students to be offered first choice places, says minister
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Aug 20, 2020
Government agrees deal with universities after exam grading fiasco
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Aug 20, 2020
Universities agree to honour all first choice offers for pupils who hit grades after U-turn
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Aug 20, 2020
Universities agree to honour all first choice offers for pupils who hit grades after U-turn
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Aug 20, 2020
A-level results: Students offered cash to defer university places for a year
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Aug 20, 2020
Durham University offers bursaries to students who defer entry
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Aug 19, 2020
Durham University students offered money to defer after exams U-turn
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Aug 19, 2020
A-level results: Around 15,000 students now make first-choice university offer with teacher grades
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A levels: government’s U-turn has left universities in the lurch
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Aug 19, 2020
IFS report on the effect of A-level results on universities
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Aug 19, 2020
UCAS receives upgraded centre assessed grades and provides analysis on number of upgraded students able to meet conditions of original first choice
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Aug 19, 2020
The government’s A Level failure leaves universities in the lurch
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Aug 19, 2020
How will the A-level U-turn affect UK university admissions?
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Aug 19, 2020
Universities could face legal action from A-level students
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Aug 19, 2020
Matt Hancock refuses to guarantee aspiring medical students places at university
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Aug 19, 2020
Universities demand significant financial support as GPs call for increase in undergraduate medicine places
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Aug 19, 2020
Universities ask Gavin Williamson for ‘significant financial support’ after A-levels U-turn
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Aug 19, 2020
Calls to lift cap on number of medical students in UK
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Aug 19, 2020
Universities demand Government money to cope with U-turn chaos
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Aug 19, 2020
2020 shows us that high-stakes exams have a lot to answer for
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Aug 19, 2020
The A-levels fiasco has left these medical students without a university place
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Aug 19, 2020
A levels: students face wait until 2021 for highly subscribed courses
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Aug 19, 2020
Students in limbo after A-level row
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Aug 19, 2020
Students are no longer picky about former polys
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Aug 19, 2020
A-level grading: legal threat to universities wrestling with extra offers
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Aug 19, 2020
Staggering 100,000 teens to make last-minute scramble to swap university places following A-level U-turn
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Aug 18, 2020
Universities demand more money to take on extra students after A-levels U-turn
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Aug 18, 2020
A-level confusion increases as universities await teacher-predicted grades from Ucas
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Aug 18, 2020
Universities demand financial support over A-level U-turn
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Aug 18, 2020
Universities rush to find space as U-turn and Covid create chaos for campuses
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Aug 18, 2020
Results U-turn: Unions urge DfE to support students
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Aug 18, 2020
MillionPlus comment on A level grading
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Aug 18, 2020
Coronavirus: What's happening with university admissions?
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Aug 18, 2020
This half-baked fix will leave most UK universities struggling | Catherine Fletcher
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Aug 18, 2020
Record numbers of students left in limbo amid scramble for university places
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Aug 18, 2020
Ministers have passed the buck to universities – here are the consequences
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Aug 18, 2020
Universities could need 'billions' in taxpayer bailouts due to A-level fiasco
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Aug 18, 2020
Gavin Williamson urged to ‘get a grip’ after exams U-turn triggers scramble for university places
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Aug 18, 2020
Thousands of students in scramble for uni places after chaotic exams U-turn
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Aug 18, 2020
Higher education chaos looms as students could try to get back into institutions that rejected them
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Aug 18, 2020
Universities could have to scrap offers and re-run entire system after A-levels u-turn
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Aug 18, 2020
The fake meritocracy of A-level grades is rotten anyway – universities don't need them | Sonia Sodha
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Aug 18, 2020
CAGs rule OK
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Aug 18, 2020
A-levels: Universities facing places scramble after exams U-turn
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Aug 18, 2020
Fair grades are just a starting point
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Aug 18, 2020
Scramble for university places after A-level exam U-turn
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Aug 18, 2020
Universities left with no idea how to honour offers after A-level reversal
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Aug 18, 2020
A-levels U-turn throws university admissions into chaos
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Aug 17, 2020
Students react after A-level u-turn - but it's 'little consolation' for many
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Aug 17, 2020
Not all UK students will get first-choice place, universities warn
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Aug 17, 2020
Universities admissions chaos predicted as Oxbridge faces having to let down over 1,500 students
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Aug 17, 2020
Exam results: How will universities cope with extra students? And other questions
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Aug 17, 2020
A-level grades U-turn: HE student number cap removed
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Aug 17, 2020
No guarantee every A-level student will get their uni place - even after U-turn
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Aug 17, 2020
A-Levels fiasco: Gavin Williamson lifts university places cap amid calls to ‘step up’ help for higher education
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Aug 17, 2020
Cap on university admissions lifted as government U-turns on exam results
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Aug 17, 2020
Two government U-turns have placed many of Britain’s universities on life support
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Aug 17, 2020
International Baccalaureate announces change to awarded results
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Aug 17, 2020
U-turn on A-level grades leaves university admissions in disarray
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Aug 17, 2020
A process that locks in unfairness for state school students
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Aug 17, 2020
Statement on exams results announcement
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Aug 17, 2020
Don’t defer university place, London academic urges
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Aug 17, 2020
A-levels: Three more Oxford University colleges to honour offers
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Aug 17, 2020
What next for A levels and GCSEs?
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Aug 17, 2020
What can be done to help fix this year’s A level results shambles?
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Aug 17, 2020
It’s time to think about scrapping A levels entirely
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Aug 17, 2020
Oxford University accepts hundreds of students despite downgraded results
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Aug 16, 2020
For better or worse, our universities are hierarchical. It’s why A-levels matter | Nick Hillman
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Aug 16, 2020
A-levels: higher-tariff universities ‘eat the sandwiches’ of others
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Aug 16, 2020
A level policy decisions left disadvantaged students devastated
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Aug 15, 2020
A-level results: Too late for Oxbridge even if you win appeal
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Aug 15, 2020
A-levels: Worcester College, Oxford, 'will honour offers' despite results
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Aug 14, 2020
Worcester College in Oxford accepts all UK students with offers regardless of A Level results
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Aug 14, 2020
A-levels: Worcester College 'will honour offers' despite results
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Aug 14, 2020
UK: Non-EU students up 2%, EU numbers drop
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Aug 14, 2020
In the news 14 August 2020
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Aug 14, 2020
Students who appeal A Level grades may have Oxford places deferred to 2021
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Aug 14, 2020
Oxford University warns students who successfully appeal downgraded A-level they still won't be eligible for a place this academic year
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Aug 14, 2020
Universities say A-level mock appeal pupils must defer
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Aug 14, 2020
Unis and employers asked to 'show empathy' over grades
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Aug 14, 2020
A level results: Oxbridge applicants face multiple challenges
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Aug 14, 2020
Record numbers expected to appeal A-level results in scramble for university spots
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Aug 14, 2020
A-level appeals confusion leaves campuses uncertain over intake
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Aug 14, 2020
Poorer teenagers win a record number of places at university
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Aug 14, 2020
Universities offer freebies, discounts and family deals
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Aug 14, 2020
Letter to heads of admissions, higher education - 7 August 2020
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Aug 13, 2020
Top universities accused of inflexibility over A-level downgrades
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Aug 13, 2020
Students from disadvantaged backgrounds more likely than ever to be accepted into university on results day
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Aug 13, 2020
Record numbers of 18-year-olds and applicants from disadvantaged backgrounds accepted into university
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Aug 13, 2020
A level results day 2020: Full results and university entry data
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Aug 13, 2020
Desperate scramble for university places as A-level kids appeal grades after 40% marked down
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Aug 13, 2020
Chaotic race for university places amid mass confusion over appeals process
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Aug 13, 2020
A-level results: Record number of poorer pupils bound for university
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Aug 13, 2020
University clearing 2020: universities promise to be flexible on grades for admissions
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Aug 13, 2020
Will universities keep places open for A level appeals?
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Aug 13, 2020
Universities brace for the biggest ever clearing day
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Aug 13, 2020
UK university clearing set to be the busiest ever, experts warn
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Aug 13, 2020
Clearing 2020: How to get a university course place on A-level results day
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Year 12, and the perils of applying to university during a pandemic
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Aug 13, 2020
School leavers given new hope after A-level chaos
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Aug 13, 2020
A-level results: Pupils warned to be patient as clearing staff work from home
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Aug 13, 2020
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Aug 13, 2020
Adjusted A-level results put Scots ahead in search for university places
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Exam chaos means thousands of A-level students face agonising wait for university place
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Aug 12, 2020
University applicants worried about impact of pandemic on grades and university life
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Aug 12, 2020
‘It’s a buyer’s market’: universities brace for the biggest clearing day yet
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Anthony Seldon: Universities have a duty to help anxious school-leavers
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Aug 12, 2020
Starmer warns of ‘robbed generation’ as poll reveals grading fears
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Aug 12, 2020
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Aug 11, 2020
SNP told university places must go to most 'disadvantaged students' after exams farce
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Aug 11, 2020
Scotland exam results: UK now has two different entry systems for UK universities
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Aug 11, 2020
Making a mockery of results day
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Aug 11, 2020
UCU poll shows over 80% of school, college and university leaders want to reform the university admissions system - AoC responds
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Aug 11, 2020
Poll shows school, college and university leaders want to reform university admissions
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Aug 11, 2020
Leeway for universities on appealed grades
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Aug 11, 2020
'Don't jump the gun': how to make the right choice on clearing day
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Aug 11, 2020
Hold places for appealing A-level students, minister tells universities
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Aug 11, 2020
Why the answer to many questions this week will be 97%
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Aug 11, 2020
We need a fairer system for admitting students to university
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Aug 11, 2020
Universities told to keep places open for A-level appeals
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Aug 11, 2020
A levels: Universities urged to wait for appeal results
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Aug 11, 2020
University chiefs are told to keep places open until pupils can complete appeals against their A-level exam grades
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Aug 11, 2020
Universities urged to be ‘flexible’ with A-Level students who flunk grades due to Covid
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Aug 11, 2020
University admissions need overhaul to avoid inaccurate predicted grades
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Aug 11, 2020
Successful A-level appeals ‘will not count towards numbers cap’
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Aug 11, 2020
Asian students ‘more aggrieved’ by A-level cancellation
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Aug 11, 2020
Universities told to hold open places for students while they appeal A-level results
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Aug 11, 2020
UK universities urged to be ‘flexible’ on admissions amid A-level concerns
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Aug 11, 2020
Wait for A-level appeals, universities told
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Aug 11, 2020
Universities must hold places for students challenging their A-level grades after exams scrapped, ministers urge
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Aug 10, 2020
UK universities 'bribe' prospective students with laptops and up to £1,200 cash in desperate scramble to fill places
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Aug 10, 2020
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Aug 10, 2020
A-level results: University clearing ‘could be busiest yet’ as pandemic ruins gap year plans
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Aug 10, 2020
Thousands of A-level pupils face missing out on university places in race against time to win appeals
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Aug 10, 2020
University clearing set to be the busiest ever, experts warn
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Aug 10, 2020
Clearing could be busiest yet as students' gap year plans are disrupted - Ucas
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Aug 10, 2020
A word from UCAS: Five things on the minds of universities as we approach Confirmation and Clearing 2020
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Aug 7, 2020
SLC urges students entering Clearing to apply for finance right away
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Aug 5, 2020
Why are SQA results askew?
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Aug 5, 2020
Universities must offer students a new deal | Alice Thomson
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Aug 5, 2020
Increase in number of Scottish students accepted into university on results day
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Aug 4, 2020
Four students at east London sixth form are awarded £1m in scholarships to US Ivy league universities
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Aug 4, 2020
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Proportion of black school leavers going to university in England falls
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Jul 30, 2020
Gap between rich and poor university students widest for 12 years
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Jul 30, 2020
Biggest ever university clearing: Thousands of extra students will get college places after results
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Jul 30, 2020
Universities will fill gaps with biggest ever clearing
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Jul 30, 2020
Could Covid help us rethink university applications?
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Jul 27, 2020
'Follow your head and your heart': clearing advice from the experts
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Jul 27, 2020
Oxford will accept brilliant pupils from struggling schools even if they fail to get expected grades
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Jul 26, 2020
Data analysis of unconditional offers: Update
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Jul 23, 2020
Hindsight is a wonderful thing: Ofqual, gradings and appeals
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Jul 23, 2020
A-level unconditional offers raising uni drop-out rates
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Jul 23, 2020
Minister: university entry is ‘simplistic’ social mobility measure
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Jul 21, 2020
'All my safety nets went overnight': how Covid-19 is isolating student care-leavers
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Jul 20, 2020
There’s never been a better time to snag the university place of your dreams – and here’s how
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Jul 16, 2020
Cassandra calling out higher education
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Jul 13, 2020
Scepticism of universities has become Tory party´s new Euroscepticism
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Jul 7, 2020
Gordon Marsden: We can and must avoid a bleak future for higher education
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Jul 7, 2020
Welcome to the higher education rollercoaster
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Jul 6, 2020
Universities must re-think recruitment strategies as rules change on unconditional offers
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Jul 6, 2020
In the news 3 July 2020
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Jul 3, 2020
Universities banned from bad mouthing rivals and tempting students with 'conditional unconditional' offers
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Jul 3, 2020
Response to the Office for Students: The end of unconditional offers, but what’s the pandemic got to do with the OfS’s new power?
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Jul 3, 2020
Russell Group response to new regulatory condition announced by the Office for Students
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Jul 3, 2020
Conditional unconditional university offers banned until September 2021
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Jul 3, 2020
OfS bans 'conditional unconditional' offers to HE
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Jul 3, 2020
England bans ‘conditional unconditional’ offers during pandemic
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Jul 3, 2020
'Conditional unconditional' university offers to be banned in England
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Jul 3, 2020
Introduce a better system to eliminate unconditional university offers, says UCU
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Jul 2, 2020
If overseas students stay away, universities can enrol more disadvantaged people | Anna Mountford-Zimdars
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Jul 2, 2020
Oxbridge candidates will not have face-to-face interviews this year, as universities move them online
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Jun 30, 2020
Oxford University to interview candidates online
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Jun 30, 2020
Disadvantaged students could lose out under latest exam guidance
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Jun 30, 2020
East End students inspired by NHS heroes win places to study at Oxbridge
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Jun 29, 2020
Delaying 2021 A-levels will wreak havoc on university admissions, former Ucas chief warns
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Jun 25, 2020
2020 UCAS undergraduate figures show rise in offer holders
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Jun 25, 2020
ASCL responds to UCAS figures on students planning to start university
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Jun 25, 2020
UUK response to latest UCAS data on applicant offers and student deferrals
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Jun 25, 2020
Rise in number of students planning to start university this autumn
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Jun 25, 2020
Number of students planning to start university rises amid fears of deferrals
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Jun 25, 2020
Student deferrals dip in UK despite coronavirus fears
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Over a fifth of Oxford students are from black and ethnic minority backgrounds, new figures show
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More BAME undergraduates win places at Oxford University
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Jun 23, 2020
Twelve Oxford colleges accepted five or fewer black students in past three years
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Jun 23, 2020
Oxford University: 12 colleges take in five or fewer black undergraduates in three years
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Jun 23, 2020
BAME students make up one-fifth of new Oxford undergraduates
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Jun 23, 2020
Twelve Oxford Colleges have taken on just five or fewer black undergraduates in the past three years
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Jun 23, 2020
Admitting mistakes: Creating a new model for university admissions
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Jun 18, 2020
Universities should be stripped of admissions control and places should be allocated by lottery, report says
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Jun 18, 2020
Call for reform of ‘biased’ university admissions system
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Jun 18, 2020
Admitting mistakes: should the government take control of university admissions?
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Jun 17, 2020
This year, students have a better chance of getting into a top university | Koen Lamberts
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Jun 17, 2020
Students have more chance of getting accepted at a top university this year, higher education chief says
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Jun 17, 2020
Higher education providers must take action to protect their least advantaged offer holders
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Jun 15, 2020
The other independently educated could miss out on HE this year
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Jun 14, 2020
'It's all I talk about': crunch time for sixth-formers to decide on university places
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Jun 13, 2020
Up to 46,000 fewer home students could start at UK universities this year amid the coronavirus pandemic
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Jun 12, 2020
Universities are told to lower their A-level offers even further to help the country's poorest students
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Jun 11, 2020
Lucrative foreign students ‘taking Oxbridge places from state pupils’
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Jun 9, 2020
UCU Scotland comment on commissioner for fair access annual report
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Jun 5, 2020
In the news 5 June 2020
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Jun 5, 2020
Top universities could lower offers in anticipation of deferrals because of coronavirus
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Jun 5, 2020
Top universities prepare to lower offers to fill places as they prepare for a wave of deferrals
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Jun 4, 2020
Concerns over ‘deeply subjective’ criteria for extra English places
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Jun 4, 2020
Students feel "abandoned or ignored" by universities they have applied to, study finds
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Jun 3, 2020
UCU response to plans for student number controls
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Jun 2, 2020
Russell Group responds to limits on student numbers
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Jun 2, 2020
English universities to take on extra science students
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Jun 2, 2020
Scotland: Minister Richard Lochhead wants rethink on university cap
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Plans to limit number of English students going to uni in Wales
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May 29, 2020
We can't yet say what's on offer in September, UK universities tell freshers
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May 29, 2020
Predicted and estimated grades must not be and do not have to be so central in decisions for universities and employers
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May 28, 2020
School 'alarm bells' as elite unis ask for student data
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May 27, 2020
Targets would mean taking low grade students, say unis
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May 27, 2020
The data science behind Clearing Plus
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May 26, 2020
Clearing Plus: Transforming admissions experiences
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May 26, 2020
Admissions needs extra manpower in “race” to submit
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May 22, 2020
Union warns that disadvantaged students could miss out under plans for summer exams
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May 22, 2020
Thousands of A-level students could lose their unconditional university offers
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May 22, 2020
In this pandemic, admissions policy is being developed in real time
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May 14, 2020
The admissions problem isn’t just about “prediction”
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May 13, 2020
Above and beyond predictions – No exams presents an opportunity for innovation in contextual admissions
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May 7, 2020
To stop poor students giving up on university, we must offer them places now | David Latchman
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May 5, 2020
Sutton Trust on A-levels
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May 4, 2020
Admissions: HE institutions could be fined £500,000
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May 4, 2020
Unexpected diversion: Coronavirus’ impact on prospective and current university students
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May 4, 2020
Young people believe A-level cancellations will damage their university chances
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May 4, 2020
ASCL response to Sutton Trust poll on students’ A-level concerns
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May 4, 2020
Universities will not be allowed to cram in extra students to plug funding gaps but will get £2.6bn
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May 4, 2020
£100m to buy university land for new schools, and 3 more support package measures
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May 4, 2020
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May 3, 2020
More personalised options and support than ever for students in Clearing 2020
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May 3, 2020
Coronavirus: UUK proposed number cap ‘won’t end recruitment battle’
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Apr 28, 2020
Oxford University ‘replacing private school pupils with rich overseas students’
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Apr 24, 2020
Coronavirus: Longer 'pause' for unconditional offers
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Apr 20, 2020
Further extension to moratorium on unconditional offer-making
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Apr 17, 2020
Scottish pupils judged on grades without exams
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Apr 15, 2020
A level grades could prejudice university admissions
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Apr 14, 2020
Uni budgets, quality, admissions (podcast)
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Apr 10, 2020
UK universities fear huge budget holes as Chinese students stay home
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Apr 10, 2020
Universities UK: state bailout required to save institutions
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Apr 10, 2020
Universities call for state aid with income set to plunge
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Apr 10, 2020
Universities ask government for £2bn bailout after loss of high tuition fees from overseas students - with less than 40% of the 120,000 from China expected to return after lockdown
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Apr 10, 2020
Universities face a financial storm – that's why we need government help | Alistair Jarvis
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Apr 10, 2020
Universities demand £2 billion Government bailout as they warn institutions face 'financial failure'
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Apr 10, 2020
More students from deprived neighbourhoods enter HE
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Apr 7, 2020
New poll finds almost one-third of applicants feel less confident they will get into their chosen university since the Coronavirus pandemic
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Apr 7, 2020
International student hit ‘core financial problem’ for UK sector
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Apr 7, 2020
UCU response to Hepi poll: University applicants need "support and safety nets"
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Apr 6, 2020
We can make admissions work without A levels
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Apr 5, 2020
Coronavirus: Universities’ unconditional offers moratorium extended
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Apr 4, 2020
Minister: 'Extend moratorium on unconditional offers'
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Apr 3, 2020
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Apr 3, 2020
If a student numbers cap is to return, then the sector needs to demonstrate that it was the last resort
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Apr 3, 2020
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Apr 2, 2020
Students with non-UK university offers are being kept in the dark about what the new A-Level system means for their futures
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Apr 1, 2020
Pupils face being denied places at chosen universities as coronavirus triggers £7bn funding black hole
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Mar 31, 2020
Coronavirus: Pupils may be denied choice as universities face £7bn black hole
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Mar 31, 2020
How to… reinstate number controls in English HE
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Mar 30, 2020
Concern for A-level students over cap on university admissions
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Mar 30, 2020
Why this is not the time to dwell on HE student numbers
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Mar 30, 2020
Bring back student number controls, VC says
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Mar 30, 2020
Government will place strict limit on student numbers at universities
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Mar 30, 2020
Coronavirus: Cap on university admissions mooted
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Mar 30, 2020
Coronavirus: Government 'to cap university admissions' for first time in five years
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Mar 30, 2020
University admissions could face emergency controls
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Mar 30, 2020
Government set to cap university admissions amid Covid-19 chaos
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Mar 29, 2020
Re-assessing this week’s row on unconditional offers – and why it may all be a red herring
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Mar 28, 2020
Universities warned to stop making unconditional offers to boost student numbers
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Mar 24, 2020
The clock is ticking on a decision about September entry
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Mar 24, 2020
Last year one Oxford college admitted 96% of its students from state schools. How did they do it?
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Mar 24, 2020
Universities face fines for poaching students
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Mar 24, 2020
Unis must stop unconditional offers in virus confusion
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Mar 23, 2020
Coronavirus: Universities warned over rush to unconditional offers
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Mar 23, 2020
Coronavirus: Universities warned over rush to unconditional offers
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Mar 23, 2020
Universities told not to alter applicants’ offers
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Mar 23, 2020
Joint statement on university admissions
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Mar 20, 2020
Update from UCAS and Universities UK
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Mar 20, 2020
Exam cancellations to spark ‘almighty scramble’ in UK admissions
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Mar 20, 2020
‘A complete and utter mess’: Year 13 students face rushed goodbyes and uncertainty over university as UK schools close
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Mar 19, 2020
Fears that cancelling exams will hit BAME and poor pupils worst
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Mar 19, 2020
Coronavirus: How will students still get A-level and GCSE qualifications and be admitted to university?
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Mar 19, 2020
University places to be offered even if students don't complete exams says education chief
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Mar 19, 2020
Coronavirus: Teenagers will be able to go to university without passing exams
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Mar 19, 2020
UCAS update on coronavirus
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Mar 18, 2020
Coronavirus: ‘One big unconditional offer’ for students
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Mar 18, 2020
Flexible admissions could mitigate Covid-19 impact
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Mar 18, 2020
Coronavirus, confirmation, and clearing
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Mar 17, 2020
Before society can ‘level up’, the ruling Eton-Winchester clique needs levelling down | Fiona Millar
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Mar 10, 2020
Oh, Oxbridge. You don't understand how privilege works
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Mar 9, 2020
In the news 6 March 2020
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Mar 6, 2020
‘No silver bullet’ to fix English admissions system, sector warns
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Mar 4, 2020
Back-door cuts to university places could provoke ‘clash of the classes’
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Mar 3, 2020
In the news 28 February 2020
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Feb 28, 2020
Universities could admit students after A-level results
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Feb 27, 2020
Consultation on the higher education admissions system in England
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Feb 27, 2020
UCU says review of university admissions must consider radical changes
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Feb 27, 2020
Students could apply to university after A-levels under major overhaul of admissions system
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Feb 27, 2020
UCAS welcomes the launch of the Office for Students’ admissions review
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Feb 27, 2020
Admit two: OfS reviews university admissions
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Feb 27, 2020
All potential students could be made to apply to university after they get their A-levels
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Feb 27, 2020
Schools invited to comment on major review of university admissions
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Feb 27, 2020
Uni admissions could scrap use of predicted grades
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Feb 27, 2020
Universities to withhold offers until after A levels
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Feb 27, 2020
University personal statements could be scrapped in overhaul of the admissions process
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Feb 27, 2020
Grammar schools hit with complaints over plans to prioritise poorer children, watchdog says
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Feb 24, 2020
Are student number controls coming back to English higher education?
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Feb 24, 2020
56% of applicants back post-qualification admissions
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Feb 19, 2020
Parents of rejected straight-A pupils write to Nicola Sturgeon attacking 'degrading' cap on Scottish university places
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Feb 18, 2020
Chinese agents predict recruitment bounceback after coronavirus
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Feb 18, 2020
More than half of applicants say universities should make offers after students receive results
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Feb 17, 2020
Students say they don't understand university offer-making. This must change | Julia Buckingham
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Feb 17, 2020
UK universities face pressure to reform admissions process
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Feb 17, 2020
More schools turn to Oxbridge entry experts
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Feb 17, 2020
Oxford principal: admissions should be 90% state pupils
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Feb 16, 2020
Oxford misses target for state school pupils
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Feb 14, 2020
Proportion of poorer students at university stalls
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Feb 13, 2020
Proportion of disadvantaged university students stalls
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Feb 13, 2020
Oxford Brookes doing worse than University of Oxford on state school admissions
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Feb 13, 2020
Universities still fail to give three-quarters of places to state school pupils despite demands of ministers and regulator
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Feb 13, 2020
A modest proposal to protect private school kids' Oxbridge places – they're being stolen by 'disadvantaged students'
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Feb 11, 2020
Young mentor secures 60 Oxbridge offers for deprived pupils
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Feb 10, 2020
Oxbridge, look at pupils' backgrounds – not school
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Feb 9, 2020
In the news: 7 February 2020
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Feb 7, 2020
'Grindingly slow' progress on disadvantaged uni access
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Feb 6, 2020
Two in five 18-year-olds in UK apply to study at university this year
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Feb 6, 2020
Elite universities are offering to pay students up to £2,000 to take a gap year
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Feb 4, 2020
Universities pay students thousands to delay degrees
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Feb 4, 2020
Eton to Oxbridge? If it’s tougher, that’s fair
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Feb 3, 2020
Was my son rejected by Oxford because he went to a private school?
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Jan 30, 2020
More universities handing out high number of ‘strings attached’ unconditional offers despite crackdown
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Jan 30, 2020
Fall in 'conditional unconditional' offers predicted
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Jan 30, 2020
UCAS forecasts conditional unconditional offers will ‘significantly decline’ in 2020
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Jan 30, 2020
Why would private schools get to dictate who is ‘suitable’ to go to university? | Nathalie Olah
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Jan 30, 2020
‘Tide turning’ on use of ‘conditional unconditional’ offers
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Jan 30, 2020
Three quarters of UK universities that gave students unconditional offers will not do it in 2020
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Jan 30, 2020
Three-quarters of unis appear to have ditched ‘conditional unconditional’ offers
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Jan 30, 2020
Universities lock in students with guaranteed places
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Jan 30, 2020
Education less elitist, but we still have a way to go...
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Jan 29, 2020
ISC statement: 'Transforming opportunity in higher education' report from the OfS
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Jan 29, 2020
Top universities agree targets to improve access for disadvantaged students
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Jan 29, 2020
Top unis agree disadvantaged pupils admissions targets
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Jan 29, 2020
Plans to boost disadvantaged university students could ‘discriminate’ against better-off pupils, private schools say
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Jan 29, 2020
Education experts warn of bid to boost numbers of disadvantaged students getting to Oxbridge
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Jan 29, 2020
Top universities to give more places to disadvantaged
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Jan 29, 2020
Private schools criticise plans to get more poor students into university
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Jan 29, 2020
Middle-class pupils will be squeezed out of Oxbridge, says Office for Students
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Jan 29, 2020
Top universities step up efforts to close inequality gap
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Jan 28, 2020
V-c calls for admissions quotas to create mixed-ability campuses
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Jan 23, 2020
Grammar schools fail the top university test
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Jan 23, 2020
Scotland: Unfair rules let rich postgrads skip queue for courses, say universities
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Jan 22, 2020
Scotland: Free university deal ‘penalises dual nationals’
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Jan 20, 2020
How we gave Oxford University applicants a level playing field
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Jan 19, 2020
More Scottish 18-year-olds means tighter university squeeze
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Jan 19, 2020
How Scottish universities are failing our young
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Jan 19, 2020
Middle-class high achievers will miss out on Oxbridge places as colleges are under pressure to meet diversity targets, whistleblowers warn
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Jan 18, 2020
No easy answers – Oxbridge interviews: The teacher’s perspective
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Jan 17, 2020
London state school praised by Stormzy secures 51 offers to study at Oxford and Cambridge
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Jan 16, 2020
London state school rivals top independents with 51 students offered Oxbridge places
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Jan 16, 2020
University deprived background targets are nearly met
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Jan 16, 2020
Scottish universities close to meeting deprived background targets ahead of schedule
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Jan 16, 2020
Oxford makes 'record' number of offers to state pupils
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Jan 16, 2020
Contextual admissions: what you need to know
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Jan 16, 2020
Record numbers of state school pupils offered Oxford places
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Jan 16, 2020
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The evidence against conditional unconditional doesn’t stack up
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Nottingham Trent University fights corner for unconditional offers
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Jan 14, 2020
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SNP cap on university places attacked after more than 14,000 Scots miss out
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Dec 23, 2019
Students pressured into joining universities through ‘false’ advertising and financial inducements, regulator warns
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Dec 19, 2019
Universities face crackdown over misleading adverts
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Don't mislead applicants, regulator warns universities
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Universities face admissions review to improve access
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Dec 19, 2019
UCAS end of cycle report - AoC responds
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Dec 18, 2019
‘Conditional unconditional’ offers continue to rise, though students are less likely to accept them
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Dec 17, 2019
UCU comment on UCAS report showing further rise in unconditional offers
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One in four uni applicants given 'unconditional' offer
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Majority of school leavers receive university offer with an incentive, research suggests
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‘Conditional unconditional’ offers ‘less popular’ with applicants
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UCAS 2019 cycle: prediction, participation, and unconditional offers
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Dec 17, 2019
'Conditional unconditional' offers on the rise
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‘Conditional unconditional’ offers up, but fewer pupils accept
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UK universities make record number of unconditional offers
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One in four students got unconditional offers to study at university despite warnings
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Unconditional offers hit a record high as universities accused rushing to put 'bums on seats'
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Dec 17, 2019
Unconditional offers from universities hit record
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Dec 17, 2019
Universities defying plea to scrap unconditional offers
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Call for universities to randomly allocate places
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Dec 12, 2019
Elite universities should choose students randomly via a 'lottery' to help poorer pupils
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Top universities ‘should allocate places by lottery’
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Elite universities ‘will need 100 years’ to hit OfS access goals
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Dec 11, 2019
Forget Shakespeare: Oxbridge interviews should cover Jilly Cooper
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Oxford interviewer drops Shakespeare for Harry Potter
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Dec 9, 2019
Disadvantaged students less likely to attend ‘more selective’ university courses
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Dec 5, 2019
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Dec 5, 2019
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The students who made it to Oxbridge against the odds
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Universities UK welcomes UCAS figures on disadvantaged students
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Nov 28, 2019
Half of 18-year-olds get into uni with lower grades
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Nov 28, 2019
Teachers told to do more to help poor students into uni
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UCAS' 2019 End of Cycle Report reveals ‘unprecedented opportunity’ for anyone considering university
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Nov 28, 2019
Half of students get degree place with lower grades
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University admissions gap between rich and poor students still 'far too wide'
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Half of university places go to 'substandard' students
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Nov 28, 2019
'Best time ever': school-leavers have pick of university courses, says Ucas
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Nov 28, 2019
Now is an ‘ideal time’ to get a university place, Ucas says
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Nov 28, 2019
Podcast 63: Debunking racism myths on campus
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Nov 24, 2019
The secret behind why it's easier to get an offer from Cambridge...but accept an offer from Oxford
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Nov 22, 2019
Here’s an election idea: why not let anyone sit Oxbridge finals? | Laura McInerney
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Nov 19, 2019
Academies beating private schools for university places
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Nov 15, 2019
Progress stalls for poorest applicants to top universities
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Can boarding schools really improve the life chances of disadvantaged children?
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Nov 10, 2019
Children in care given boarding school places are three times as likely to go to university
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Nov 10, 2019
Head of boarding school slams Russell Group institutions for a 'lamentable lack of standards'
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Nov 10, 2019
'Any fool' can get into university, leading head says as he accuses elite institutions of peddling 'illusion' of high standards
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Nov 9, 2019
Record numbers signing up to study medicine at university, figures show
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Nov 7, 2019
Fight for Oxbridge place tougher than ever after applications surge
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Nov 7, 2019
In the news 1 November 2019
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Nov 1, 2019
Forget unconditional offers – studying maths is more likely to lead to student non-continuation
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Nov 1, 2019
How women students put a rocket up Cambridge
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Oct 9, 2019
Admissions improbable: new frontiers in student recruitment
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Will courses and providers close if we cap private school entry rates?
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University cap on private schools ‘will drive brightest pupils abroad’
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Private schools warn uni cap would lead to brain drain
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Oct 2, 2019
Introducing PQA could help first year students
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Sep 30, 2019
A-levels should be scrapped - they don't suit 21st century innovation
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Sep 26, 2019
T-level limbo: the lack of clarity is not good enough
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Russell Group universities still undecided on T levels
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Sep 25, 2019
Labour motion on private school quotas aims at HE ‘structural change’
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Sep 23, 2019
Could school-blind university applications help address diversity and social inclusion inequalities?
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Sep 22, 2019
Good University Guide 2020: who gains from unconditional offers?
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Sep 22, 2019
Labour begins bid to abolish private schools with university quotas
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Sep 22, 2019
‘Common sense’ needed on English post-qualification admissions plans
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Sep 22, 2019
More disadvantaged students than ever have a place at university
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Sep 19, 2019
Record number of disadvantaged pupils get university places
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Sep 19, 2019
One in five university students is from a poor background
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Sep 19, 2019
Ministers to consider post-results university admissions
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Sep 16, 2019
Education Secretary backs review of university admissions
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Sep 16, 2019
Williamson backs 'worrying' unconditional offers review
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Sep 16, 2019
Education secretary backs review of university admissions
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Sep 16, 2019
Government to consider scrapping university offers based on A-level predictions
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Sep 16, 2019
Students could apply for university places after A-level results
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Sep 16, 2019
Unconditional university offers could breach consumer laws
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Sep 16, 2019
Unconditional offers for university students must end, says Education Secretary Gavin Williamson
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Sep 13, 2019
Birmingham University stops unconditional offers after pressure from ministers
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Sep 13, 2019
Education secretary: conditional unconditional offers ‘must end’
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Sep 12, 2019
Gavin Williamson: universities must end grade inflation
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Sep 12, 2019
ASCL comment on Education Secretary’s call over unconditional offers
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Sep 12, 2019
No place for 'conditional unconditional offers', says Education Secretary
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Sep 12, 2019
Williamson wants end of university unconditional offers
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Sep 12, 2019
‘Entrenched’ grade inflation in danger of making degrees worthless, education secretary warns
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Sep 12, 2019
The Oxbridge problem is broader than just admissions
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Sep 10, 2019
England's best-performing universities will be banned from charging more than £6,000-a-year in tuition fees
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Sep 9, 2019
Oxford and Cambridge aim to halve rich versus poor entry gap
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Sep 9, 2019
Selective universities must follow through on promises to admit more disadvantaged students, regulator says
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Sep 9, 2019
Cambridge University lets in record level of state school pupils who make up 68 per cent
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Sep 9, 2019
Cambridge University accepts record number of state school pupils
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Sep 9, 2019
State school numbers rise at Cambridge
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Sep 9, 2019
Cambridge takes record number of state pupils
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Cambridge admits record number of state educated students
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Sep 9, 2019
Oxbridge is discriminating against well-off pupils. Here's how to end the injustice
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Sep 8, 2019
Edinburgh universities welcome thousands of new students
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Sep 7, 2019
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Sep 3, 2019
Best-performing academy chain warns pupils to reject unconditional offers from universities
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Aug 27, 2019
Recruitment in England: a little wide of the target
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Aug 26, 2019
‘Easier’ exams offered by private schools smooth pupils’ entry to top universities
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Aug 24, 2019
We’re learning to stop being education snobs
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Aug 24, 2019
Parents are at the sharp end of marketisation
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Aug 23, 2019
DfE removes Russell Group EBacc endorsement
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Aug 20, 2019
DfE ditches statement suggesting top unis support EBacc subjects
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Aug 20, 2019
It’s the autonomy, stupid: Augar, admissions and market signalling
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Aug 19, 2019
Top unis' GCSE demands favour private pupils
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Aug 19, 2019
How researching post qualification admissions turned me from advocate to sceptic
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Aug 19, 2019
Predicted grades are a lottery and work against the poorest students. Let’s get rid of them | David Olusoga
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Aug 18, 2019
No shame in skipping university if you don't get the grades
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Aug 17, 2019
University applications from 18-year-olds at record high
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Aug 16, 2019
The Guardian view on A-levels: end the guesswork in university admissions | Editorial
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Aug 16, 2019
Use Google to book your place at university
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Aug 16, 2019
Clearing scholarships: Unis criticised over offering money for places
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Aug 16, 2019
Record number of students seek university through clearing
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Aug 16, 2019
Top universities replace UK school-leavers with foreign students
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Aug 16, 2019
Universities accused of offering 'bribes' in the mad scramble to lure students
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Aug 16, 2019
A-level results day 2019: Universities offer students £4,500 cash to fill places
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Aug 16, 2019
A-level results day 2019: Heads teachers attack use of unconditional university offers
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Aug 16, 2019
Number of students accepted to university drops this year
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Aug 15, 2019
Record number of disadvantaged students off to university
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Aug 15, 2019
Poorer young people increasingly shun university
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Aug 15, 2019
Social class still stops too many pupils from fulfilling their A-level potential | Mary Richardson
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Aug 15, 2019
A level entry patterns: How much influence did the Russell Group’s list of facilitating subjects have?
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Aug 15, 2019
A level results day 2019: the data
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Aug 15, 2019
'A bit crazy': students and university staff on A-level results day
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Aug 15, 2019
Yes, university admissions need an overhaul – but it's easier said than done
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Aug 15, 2019
More needs to be done for BAME applicants at top universities, says student
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Aug 15, 2019
Clearing 2019 guide: How to get a university course place on A-level results day
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Aug 15, 2019
Dear Ofqual…
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Aug 15, 2019
University offers should be based on real results
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Aug 14, 2019
Transforming the uni applications system
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Aug 14, 2019
PQA: Just what does it mean?
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Aug 14, 2019
What if all university offers were unconditional?
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Aug 14, 2019
A-level results: a minority of students achieve predicted marks, so yes the system should be reformed
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Aug 14, 2019
Has the time come for a new admissions system?
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Aug 14, 2019
A-level results day and university clearing - live: The national results and trends from across the UK
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Aug 14, 2019
Why we can't get rid of predicted grades for university
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Aug 14, 2019
Make university offers after results, urges Labour
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Aug 14, 2019
Aced your A-levels? How adjustment can offer a last-minute upgrade
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Aug 14, 2019
A-Level results: How does clearing work if you are not happy with your grades?
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Aug 14, 2019
UCAS responds to Labour’s proposed changes to the higher education admissions system
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Aug 14, 2019
Labour pledge 'radical' university admissions overhaul to end unconditional offers
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A-level results: how to help students through clearing
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Aug 14, 2019
Labour vows shake-up of university offers in bid to boost poor and minority students
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Aug 14, 2019
Awarding university places on predicted grades 'deeply unfair' - Labour
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Aug 14, 2019
Labour will scrap predicted grades to make university admissions fairer | Angela Rayner
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Aug 14, 2019
Labour backs post-qualification admissions system for England
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Aug 14, 2019
Labour would make students apply for university after A-level results are announced
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Aug 14, 2019
A-level results day: Labour will scrap university offers based on predicted grades
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Aug 14, 2019
Labour would end university offers before results day
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Aug 14, 2019
The A-level results day circus fails to deliver for students
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Aug 14, 2019
Labour plans to scrap predicted grades system
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Aug 13, 2019
Academic underachievers lured to degrees in football, make-up and golf management
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Aug 13, 2019
Labour plans to reform UK universities admission system
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Aug 13, 2019
Labour wants universities to offer places after exam results
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Aug 13, 2019
University admissions: Questions surrounding the system
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Aug 13, 2019
Labour pledges to ditch predicted grades from university admissions
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Aug 13, 2019
A levels: Labour promises to abolish clearing
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Aug 13, 2019
Labour pledges to ditch predicted grades from university admissions
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Aug 13, 2019
Everything that’s different about university clearing on A-level results day 2019
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Aug 13, 2019
Discovering Uni: planning your higher education journey
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Aug 13, 2019
The Sutton Trust responds to labour’s proposed changes to the higher education admissions system
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Aug 13, 2019
Labour Party backs overhaul of university admissions system
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Aug 13, 2019
The expansion of clearing is a nightmarish vision of PQA
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Aug 13, 2019
University admissions is about human beings, not algorithms
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Setting realistic student expectations in clearing
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Aug 13, 2019
Concerns raised over Erasmus student scheme as no-deal Brexit looms
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University admissions fail students. Let's give places for real grades, not predictions | Jo Grady
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Aug 13, 2019
Clearing becoming route of choice for university applicants
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Aug 13, 2019
Which Russell Group universities are in Clearing 2019?
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Aug 12, 2019
A-level results day and Clearing 2019: reasons to be cheerful
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Aug 12, 2019
What should we be telling A level students about university?
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Aug 12, 2019
Universities will start admitting students who don't meet the entry standard later, and will give them an extra tuition to catch up
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Aug 12, 2019
Record 80,000 pupils could go through clearing
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Aug 11, 2019
A-level results day 2019 checklist: guide to what happens on the day
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Aug 10, 2019
Leadership, organisation, resilience: how university societies boost your employability
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Aug 10, 2019
Keep calm and carry a personal statement: staying cool during clearing
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Aug 10, 2019
Clearing 2019: what students can expect and how they can succeed
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Aug 10, 2019
UK universities brace for last-minute fight for A-level students
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Aug 10, 2019
Students call the shots in university clearing overhaul
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Aug 10, 2019
UK admissions isn’t perfect, but improving it will be difficult
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Aug 9, 2019
A levels: Only 1 in 10 parents understands clearing
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Aug 8, 2019
More students are using Clearing than ever before
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Aug 7, 2019
Universities see rise in non-EU admissions
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Aug 6, 2019
Number of international students winning places at universities in Scotland reaches record high
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Aug 6, 2019
Scottish universities welcome the world on results day
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Aug 6, 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
Scottish exam results: Clearance advice for pupils who may have missed out on their desired grades
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Aug 6, 2019
Call for universities to stop lobbying against admissions overhaul
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Aug 6, 2019
Clearing 2019 guide: How to get a university course place on A-level results day
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Aug 5, 2019
It’s time to stop obsessing about Oxbridge | Emma Duncan
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Aug 5, 2019
Universities make unconditional offers to two-fifths of pupils
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Aug 4, 2019
Medical schools ease admission rules in name of diversity
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Aug 4, 2019
In the news - 2 August 2019
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Aug 2, 2019
Universities could be forced to lower their fees to encourage more students from poor backgrounds to apply for a place
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Aug 2, 2019
Universities face fines if they fail the disadvantaged
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Aug 2, 2019
Admissions: a contextualised tale of two reviews
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Aug 1, 2019
A-level results: What is Ucas?
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Jul 31, 2019
UUK response to UCAS update on unconditional offer-making
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Jul 30, 2019
Unconditional offers – an update for 2019
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Jul 30, 2019
4 problems with unconditional offers from universities
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Jul 30, 2019
Unconditional offers have 'negative impact', claims AoC
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Jul 30, 2019
Unconditional A level uni offers rise to 38% of pupils
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Jul 30, 2019
Number of students offered degree place regardless of exam grades rises despite crackdown
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Jul 30, 2019
Unconditional offers: Taking your foot off the gas in the last few months of school is the sort of decision you take as a child and regret as an adult
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Jul 30, 2019
Update on unconditional offer-making for 2019
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Jul 30, 2019
Government pressure fails to stem rise in unconditional offers
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Jul 30, 2019
Unconditional university offers hit record high, says Ucas
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Jul 30, 2019
Unconditional offers continue to rise despite government intervention
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Jul 30, 2019
Unconditional university offers on the rise for 18-year-olds
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Jul 30, 2019
Universities ignore appeals to cut unconditional offers
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Jul 30, 2019
Unconditional offers for students surge to record high, as universities 'ignore Government warnings'
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Jul 30, 2019
Another increase in unconditional offers highlights need for radical change, says UCU
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Jul 29, 2019
Putting student care experience in context
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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
Guaranteed university place for care leavers in Scotland
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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
Most students think universities should take the background of applicants into account – but only half support lower grade offers
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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
Students seek a human side to admissions
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Jul 25, 2019
Scotland: Young people in care get new university guarantee
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Jul 25, 2019
Universities 'should take students' backgrounds into account'
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Jul 25, 2019
Scotland’s universities to offer guaranteed places to care leavers
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Jul 25, 2019
Scotland's universities to guarantee places to care leavers
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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
Education: What do we want from the next Prime Minister
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Jul 22, 2019
Universities to look at post-qualification applications
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Jul 22, 2019
UCU response to Universities UK admissions review
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Jul 22, 2019
Major review of university admissions underway
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Jul 22, 2019
University applications could be after A-levels
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Jul 22, 2019
Universities may wait for exam results before offering places
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Jul 22, 2019
Students and the public must have confidence in university admissions | Alistair Jarvis
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Jul 22, 2019
Oxford's admission problem is because state schools fail to push their brightest pupils, vice chancellor suggests
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Jul 18, 2019
Universities in Scotland 'remain open' to international students despite Brexit uncertainty
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Jul 15, 2019
Rail firm offers free trips to university open day
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Jul 13, 2019
Applying to university: how to make an open day worthwhile
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Jul 12, 2019
Data visualisation: the state of 2019 admissions
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Jul 10, 2019
3 ways to get more disadvantaged pupils into Oxbridge
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Jul 8, 2019
Clearing opens today – plan A for 17,500 people
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Jul 5, 2019
Record number of teenagers win US scholarships
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Jul 4, 2019
US universities case studies: ‘This programme has changed my life’
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Jul 4, 2019
Which degrees will students want to take in the future?
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Jul 2, 2019
Scotland's GP crisis forces 'discrimination' against medical students from rest of UK
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Jul 2, 2019
Medical schools ‘must discriminate’ to protect Scottish NHS
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Jul 2, 2019
'East End Eton's' head asks private school parents to give £3,000 to get its pupils into university
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Jun 24, 2019
In the news 14 June
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Jun 14, 2019
Universities should admit students even if they only achieved D grades at A-Level, says minister
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Jun 14, 2019
More poor youngsters must be admitted to Scottish universities even with 'hard cases' of middle-class pupils missing out, ministers told
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Jun 13, 2019
Universities told they must change attitude to schools
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Jun 13, 2019
Cambridge Uni accepts more Eton grads than black men
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Jun 12, 2019
Supplementary guidance to the Office for Students
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Jun 10, 2019
Universities under pressure to widen access
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Jun 10, 2019
CATS to offer pathway to 13 UK universities
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Jun 7, 2019
Oxford University admitted a record share of ethnic minorities last year
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Jun 7, 2019
Contextual uni offers ‘create perception of unfairness’
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Jun 6, 2019
Oxford makes progress on diversity – but too slowly, says university head
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Jun 6, 2019
Record ethnic minority students at Oxford
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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
A-level English can lead to a variety of careers
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Jun 4, 2019
Oxford’s admissions offer needs to be examined in context
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Jun 4, 2019
Letter to Directors of Admissions, higher educational institutions
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May 30, 2019
Will new online guidance on ‘facilitating subjects’ help or hinder fair access to highly-selective universities?
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May 24, 2019
Russell Group universities scrap their list of preferred A-level subjects
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May 24, 2019
Russell Group universities scrap list of 'facilitating subjects'
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May 23, 2019
Call for national curriculum to include complex grammar
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May 23, 2019
Bright teenagers risk having university plans 'scuppered' by bad A-levels advice, Russell Group warns
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May 23, 2019
Top UK universities plot course for disadvantaged students
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May 23, 2019
Russell Group scraps preferred A-levels list after arts subjects hit
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May 23, 2019
Russell Group ditches ‘facilitating subjects’ A-level list
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May 23, 2019
Teenagers given updated advice on A-level choices
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May 23, 2019
Elite universities scrap list of ‘preferred’ A-Levels amid concerns about arts
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May 22, 2019
In defence of conditional unconditional offers
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May 22, 2019
‘My headteacher said: “Stop crying – you got into Oxford!”’
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May 22, 2019
University sector rises to challenge from Education Secretary
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May 22, 2019
Unis pledge to end ‘strings attached’ unconditional offers
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May 22, 2019
Minister hits back at vice-chancellors who claim admissions intervention is illegal
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May 22, 2019
Damian Hinds: some v-cs trying to ‘justify damaging practices’
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May 22, 2019
Universities are to stop offering 'unconditional' places to students amid fears it lowers grades
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May 22, 2019
Eight universities ignore Hinds’ plea to ditch strings-attached offers
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May 22, 2019
University chiefs defy Damian Hinds, the education secretary, over ‘unethical’ offers
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May 22, 2019
I will not let educational standards be eroded by unconditional offers | Damian Hinds
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May 22, 2019
How we break down the barriers to Oxbridge entry
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May 21, 2019
Oxford schemes for the disadvantaged 'are a big step in the right direction'
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May 21, 2019
ISC statement on Oxford University's plans to widen access to pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
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May 21, 2019
Want black students to feel at home? Don't ignore the little things
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May 21, 2019
Oxford University must become more diverse. But we’re already on the right path | Alan Rusbridger
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May 21, 2019
Oxford University to help disadvantaged gain admission
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May 21, 2019
Oxford University to offer free year of study to disadvantaged students with lower grades
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May 21, 2019
New schemes to get poorer students into Oxford
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May 21, 2019
One in four Oxford places set for poorest students by 2023 as university announces 'sea change' in admissions
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May 21, 2019
Oxford wants one in four students to be from poorer backgrounds
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May 21, 2019
One in four Oxford University places will be ring-fenced for the poorest students by 2023
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May 21, 2019
Oxford University agrees to let in disadvantaged students with lower grades
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May 21, 2019
Oxford to take 1 in 4 students from deprived backgrounds in new admissions programme
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May 21, 2019
We need to recognise prior learning
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May 16, 2019
Government to look at IGCSE university entrance 'loophole'
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May 15, 2019
DfE ministers at loggerheads over minimum A levels for uni
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May 15, 2019
Minister restates opposition to student loan grade threshold
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May 15, 2019
Top uni to lower A-level offers for poor pupils by four grades
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May 14, 2019
Warwick University to lower entry grades for disadvantaged pupils
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May 14, 2019
It's time we stopped persecuting Britain's real strugglers: the privately educated | Owen Jones
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May 13, 2019
Quotas won't help minority students at university says Tory hoping to be first black London mayor
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May 13, 2019
State pupils ‘given boost’ for Oxbridge
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May 13, 2019
Britain should 'celebrate' more state school children going to Oxbridge, Education Secretary says
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May 12, 2019
Mind your headlines
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May 12, 2019
Bias against private school children ‘like antisemitism’ says head as Oxbridge places fall
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May 11, 2019
Black students reluctant to apply to Cambridge University 'due to lack of Afro-Caribbean hairdressers'
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May 9, 2019
Universities ready to fight ‘unlawful’ curbs on offers
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May 9, 2019
Was Damian Hinds’s intervention on conditional unconditional offers legal?
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May 8, 2019
Minister’s attempt to curb unconditional offers is illegal, say universities
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May 7, 2019
Oxbridge: ‘Contextual’ offers don’t go far enough
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May 3, 2019
Education minister brands lowering of A-level grades as 'lunacy'
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May 3, 2019
Degrees for E-Grade pupils? It's mad, says minister
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May 3, 2019
Students going to university with EEE grades at A-levels is 'lunacy', education minister says
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May 2, 2019
Muslim students shouldn't feel that Oxbridge isn't for them
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May 2, 2019
Minister says letting pupils into university with three Es is 'lunacy'
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May 2, 2019
The multiple equality measure – an alternative to POLAR
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May 2, 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
Cambridge offer for Romanian teen came to UK to be a rocket scientist
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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
More college graduates attending Scottish universities
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Apr 30, 2019
UCU calls for greater use of contextual data in university admissions
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Apr 30, 2019
Half of uni entrants from college get full credit for qualifications
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Apr 30, 2019
Scotland: Teaching entry rules relaxed owing to shortages
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Apr 18, 2019
Do A-level results matter or not? A question for our unscrupulous universities | Laura McInerney
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Apr 16, 2019
Universities should be forced to stick to their entry requirements
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Apr 16, 2019
Reform will let rich buy university places, says former minister Lord Willetts
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Apr 12, 2019
Willetts: grade threshold for loans risks ‘two-tier’ system
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Apr 11, 2019
Rise in unconditional offers sparks call for new system of post-qualification university applications
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Apr 10, 2019
Autonomy fears over government review of English admissions
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Apr 8, 2019
How to stop everyone cheating their way to university
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Apr 6, 2019
Response to government calls for university admissions review
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Apr 5, 2019
In the news: 5 April 2019
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Apr 5, 2019
MillionPlus responds to the Education Secretary’s call for a review of university admissions
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Apr 5, 2019
Review of higher education admissions arrives at a timely moment, says AoC
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Apr 5, 2019
War on 'unconditional' Russell Group university offers that pile pressure on students into accepting
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Apr 5, 2019
Universities urged to review ‘unacceptable’ admissions practices
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Apr 5, 2019
DfE tells universities to stop 'unethical' admissions tactics
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Apr 5, 2019
Hinds tells unis to stop 'unethical' strings-attached offers
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Apr 5, 2019
Universities urged to stop using ‘unethical’ tactics to pressure students into accepting places
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Apr 5, 2019
Fair university access cuts ‘happiness gap’ between rich and poor
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Apr 5, 2019
‘Comprehensive’ review of English university admissions launched
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Apr 5, 2019
Hinds demands end to ‘unethical’ unconditional offers
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Apr 5, 2019
Universities that 'pressure sell' unconditional offers are 'unethical', Education Secretary warns
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Apr 5, 2019
Universities shamed for snaring students with ‘unethical’ offers
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Apr 5, 2019
Government review of unconditional university offers "perfect opportunity" for radical overhaul
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Apr 4, 2019
Who will blink first in the battle over admissions?
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Apr 4, 2019
More Scots students going to university, but college numbers fall
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Mar 26, 2019
Brexit not affecting MBA intake – GMAC
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Mar 26, 2019
Tackling the damage done to the UK by private schools | Letters
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Mar 20, 2019
Universities are accused of failing working-class white males as number of black and ethnic minorities students soars
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Mar 17, 2019
UK international student strategy sets 600K recruitment target
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Mar 16, 2019
Parents use disclosure laws to find out why Oxbridge rejected children
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Mar 16, 2019
Universities have lost the country: Here’s how UUK must reform to win it back
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Want to go to Oxbridge but not terribly bright? Let Boris and Toby be your guides …
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Mar 13, 2019
Women-only college at Cambridge is set to admit men for the first time
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Cambridge offers places only for deprived
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Mar 6, 2019
Cambridge University to take on poorer students who outdo their A-level expectations for first time
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Mar 6, 2019
Beat A-level predictions and get second chance at Cambridge
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Mar 6, 2019
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Feb 28, 2019
The gap between advantaged and disadvantaged students at ‘top’ universities has increased – here’s why
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Feb 27, 2019
Wealth gap at Scotland's universities widens with little progress in closing gulf in school attainment
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Feb 26, 2019
Scotland: 'Class divide' as richest pupils still dominate university places
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Feb 26, 2019
1 school exam grade in 4 is wrong. That’s the good news…
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Feb 25, 2019
Top universities will need to accept fewer middle class students to meet diversity targets, regulator admits
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Feb 21, 2019
Universities may have to shut door on elite to hit access targets
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Feb 21, 2019
Should students apply to university after they receive their A-level results?
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Feb 18, 2019
The universities where less than five per cent of places go to working-class white students
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Feb 15, 2019
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Feb 15, 2019
SNP's blatant social engineering undermines Scotland's best universities
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Feb 14, 2019
Scotland: Lowering university entry grades for disadvantaged students will unlock their potential, not hit standards
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Feb 14, 2019
Fewer than 5% of poor white students in 50% of universities
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Scottish universities to lower grade requirements to boost diversity
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Feb 14, 2019
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Feb 7, 2019
Russell Group university outreach programmes flounder as half admit fewer state school students than previous year
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Feb 7, 2019
Wales: Taxi driver's son gets into Harvard and is the first in his family to go to university
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Feb 7, 2019
Denying loans to students with weaker A-levels will ‘penalise poor families’
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Feb 5, 2019
Towards a contextual model of unconditional offers
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Feb 4, 2019
UCAS 2018 – equality and the offer-making marketplace
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Feb 4, 2019
In the news 1 February 2019
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Feb 1, 2019
47 state school students offered places at top US unis
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Feb 1, 2019
The universities that make ‘strings attached’ unconditional offers
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Jan 31, 2019
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Jan 31, 2019
UCAS provides an unprecedented breadth of analysis on offer-making and equality in admissions at universities and colleges
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Jan 31, 2019
Where next for admissions: soft PQA or hard clearing?
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Jan 31, 2019
One in three unconditional offers made by just seven universities
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Jan 31, 2019
UCAS End of Cycle 2018: a new order
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Jan 31, 2019
UCAS on unconditional offers: the last days of the gold standard?
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Jan 31, 2019
Good grades no longer a must: ten universities now make more than half of offers unconditional
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Jan 31, 2019
University of Nottingham ends unconditional offers
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Jan 31, 2019
Universities’ intake of disadvantaged students falls
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Jan 31, 2019
20 universities account for bulk of rise in unconditional places
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Jan 31, 2019
Eight in ten offers are unconditional at one British university, Ucas figures show
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Jan 31, 2019
Universities named and shamed over unconditional offers
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Jan 31, 2019
Pressure mounts to end ‘free passes’ for students
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Jan 31, 2019
Is UCAS fit for purpose?
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Jan 30, 2019
Steep rise in unconditional university offers
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Jan 30, 2019
Unconditional offers, pressure selling, and consumer law
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Jan 28, 2019
In the news 25 January 2019
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Jan 25, 2019
Unis face fines for unjustified unconditional offers
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Jan 25, 2019
Addressing rise of unconditional offers is a must, says AoC
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Jan 25, 2019
Universities 'pressure-selling' place offers to school-leavers
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Jan 25, 2019
Universities making unconditional offers may be breaking law by 'pressure selling' to students
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Jan 25, 2019
The OfS on unconditional offers
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Jan 25, 2019
Clampdown on luring students with unconditional offers
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Jan 25, 2019
Universities face fines or deregistration over ‘pressure selling’ unconditional places to students, the regulator warns
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Jan 25, 2019
Universities must stop pressuring students into accepting unconditional offers, watchdog warns
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Jan 25, 2019
Unconditional offers could be illegal, regulator warns
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Jan 25, 2019
Universities could face fines for offering high number of degree places regardless of exam grades, regulator warns
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Jan 25, 2019
Universities ‘pressure sell’ with unconditional offers
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Jan 25, 2019
Universities face sanctions for unjustified unconditional offer making
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Jan 25, 2019
University admissions overhaul needed to tackle unconditional offers, says UCU
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Jan 24, 2019
Rise in least advantaged university entrants in Scotland
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Jan 23, 2019
How to get black pupils into Oxbridge
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Jan 18, 2019
The state school with a ‘secret formula’ for getting 41 pupils into Oxbridge
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Jan 17, 2019
Rapid growth in EU enrolments at UK universities reverses
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Jan 17, 2019
State school in one of London's poorest boroughs secures 41 offers to study at Oxford and Cambridge universities
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Jan 17, 2019
The key to contextualised admissions
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Jan 17, 2019
School for poorest pupils gets 37 Oxbridge offers
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Jan 17, 2019
State school in one of London's poorest areas sees 41 pupils offered places at Oxford and Cambridge
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Jan 16, 2019
Post A level university applications advised
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Jan 16, 2019
London state school says 41 students offered Oxbridge place
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Jan 15, 2019
Higher Education Policy Institute report on access: the debate rages on
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Jan 15, 2019
Britain’s university offers system is unfit for purpose and needs replacing | Graeme Atherton
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Jan 15, 2019
A beginner’s guide to post-qualification admissions
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Jan 14, 2019
We need an admissions system that works for students, not universities
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Jan 14, 2019
University offers 'should be made after results day', say lecturers
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Jan 14, 2019
Here’s how the Cambridge admissions process looks from the inside
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Jan 14, 2019
Post-qualification uni applications could ‘backfire’, Ucas warns
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Jan 14, 2019
November term start proposed for post-qualification applications
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Jan 14, 2019
Report says students should apply to university after they get results
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Jan 14, 2019
School pupils should only apply for university after A-Level results UCU says
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Jan 14, 2019
Universities should give offers after results day, says study
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Jan 14, 2019
Call for university applications to be made after A-level results
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Jan 14, 2019
Make students apply to university after A levels, say lecturers
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Jan 14, 2019
Why not getting into Oxbridge can make, not break, students
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Jan 10, 2019
Grammar schools and access to universities: HEPI report not an accurate or complete picture
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Jan 10, 2019
Grammar schools significantly increase the chances of disadvantaged pupils reaching highly-selective universities, especially Oxbridge
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Grammars boost poorer pupils’ chances of getting into top universities
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Jan 10, 2019
Pupils from the poorest families are twice as likely to get into Oxbridge if they attend a grammar school
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Jan 10, 2019
Poor pupils at grammar schools twice as likely to attend Oxbridge, study claims
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Grammar schools send more ethnic minority students to Cambridge than all comprehensives combined
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Jan 10, 2019
Beacon grammars could take more poorer pupils
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Jan 10, 2019
Grammars ‘are vital for social mobility’
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Jan 10, 2019
Access hurdles facing white working-class males ‘overblown’
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Jan 8, 2019
Drop in international school pupils choosing UK universities
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Jan 8, 2019
University chiefs angry over ‘elitist’ student loan plans
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Jan 8, 2019
Let’s go fly a kite: access and participation
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Jan 7, 2019
Private schools accused of 'cheating the GCSE system to rig their results'
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Dec 30, 2018
Exam reforms boost private pupils in race for universities
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Dec 29, 2018
A tariff threshold for HE admissions?
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Dec 18, 2018
Why are high-flying state school pupils less likely to apply to Oxford or Cambridge than their private school peers?
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Dec 18, 2018
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Dec 18, 2018
Unconditional offers ‘will lead to degree overhaul’
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Dec 18, 2018
Barring pupils with fewer than three Ds ‘access to student loans’ is ‘retrograde step’
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Dec 17, 2018
'The university admissions system belongs to a different era'
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Dec 14, 2018
UK universities accepting more students with low grades
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Dec 13, 2018
Uni places for 80% of pupils with DDD grades
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Dec 13, 2018
University acceptance rates for students with lower grades on the rise
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Dec 13, 2018
More students with lower A-level grades admitted to university, figures show
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Dec 13, 2018
With three D grades at A-level, 80% got university places
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Dec 13, 2018
Record proportion of English and Scottish 18 year olds accepted into university
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Dec 13, 2018
Fee-hungry universities lower bar to entry
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Dec 13, 2018
The class divide in Oxbridge interviews | Letters
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Dec 12, 2018
What did I learn at private school? They should be abolished
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Dec 12, 2018
Don’t diss private schools over Oxbridge entries
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Dec 11, 2018
How to fix Oxbridge’s biased admissions system | Letters
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Dec 10, 2018
How primary schools are the key to fixing Oxbridge inequality
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Dec 10, 2018
Scotland’s universities ‘remain open to EU students’
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Dec 9, 2018
Scotland's universities to give EU degree of assurance
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Dec 9, 2018
Scotland´s universities `remain open to EU students´
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Dec 9, 2018
Two universities setting targets to recruit more white male students
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Dec 8, 2018
Times Letters: Reasons for private schools’ Oxbridge success
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Dec 8, 2018
In the news 7 December 2018
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Dec 7, 2018
Oxbridge needs to guarantee places for the best state school pupils
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Dec 7, 2018
8 schools send as many pupils to Oxbridge as three-quarters of all schools
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Dec 7, 2018
Just 8 'top schools' win more Oxbridge places than 2,900 others
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Dec 7, 2018
Oxbridge 'over-recruits from eight schools'
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Dec 7, 2018
Eight of Britain's most elite schools sent 1,310 students to Oxbridge in three years, while 2,894 schools combined only sent 1,220
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Dec 7, 2018
Eton and Westminster among eight schools dominating Oxbridge
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Dec 7, 2018
Eight schools send more to Oxbridge than 2,800 rivals
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Dec 7, 2018
Elite schools send more students to Oxbridge than 2,900 schools combined
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Dec 7, 2018
Eight schools send more pupils to Oxbridge than three quarters of the rest of UK schools, report finds
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Dec 6, 2018
Oxford and Cambridge should admit students who have not done A-levels, Education Secretary says
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Dec 6, 2018
Eight schools send as many pupils to Oxbridge as three-quarters of all schools
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Dec 6, 2018
Progress slows in closing university opportunity gap
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Dec 6, 2018
Progress slows in closing the gap between the most and least advantaged students starting degrees
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Dec 6, 2018
Slow rise in university admissions from disadvantaged students
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Dec 6, 2018
Scotland: Aberdeen University lowers ‘poor student’ target
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Dec 5, 2018
Scotland: Universities reject straight-A Scottish pupils
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Dec 3, 2018
Straight-A students rejected by Scotland's top universities because they're Scottish
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Dec 2, 2018
Record number of Scottish students accepted to universities
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Nov 29, 2018
New Reform report on student access
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Nov 28, 2018
Bath Spa University to ignore grades and offer £750 bonus to new students
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Nov 20, 2018
Don't force pupils to accept unconditional offers ahead of other university places, school leaders urge
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Nov 20, 2018
MAT and uni chiefs call for reform of unconditional offers
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Nov 20, 2018
University 'not for people like us'
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Nov 14, 2018
What to put in your Ucas personal statement if you don’t have grade 6 flute
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Nov 13, 2018
Ireland: Exam appeals sped up so pupils do not miss courses
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Nov 2, 2018
DfE to ‘test appetite’ for music as facilitating subject
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Nov 1, 2018
University axing unconditional offers demonstrates need for system overhaul
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Oct 31, 2018
University axing unconditional offers demonstrates need for system overhaul
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Oct 31, 2018
London university stops making unconditional offers in bid to 'maintain standards'
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Oct 31, 2018
University in London to stop making unconditional offers
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Oct 31, 2018
University stops making unconditional offers
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Oct 31, 2018
More students from deprived areas accepted to Edinburgh University
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Oct 31, 2018
University ditches unconditional offers after A-level results suffer
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Oct 31, 2018
Inequalities between state schools preparing pupils for university in Scotland
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Oct 30, 2018
Avoiding common university interview mistakes
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Oct 26, 2018
Women drive record applications to Oxbridge and medical schools - Ucas
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Oct 25, 2018
The rise of unconditional offers – universities need to be careful
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Oct 23, 2018
The rise of unconditional offers - universities need to be careful
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Oct 23, 2018
Universities that give unconditional offers to be named
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Oct 20, 2018
Low expectations are keeping bright pupils away from Oxbridge
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Oct 19, 2018
Why nature trumps nurture (to a degree)
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Oct 19, 2018
How do you pass an Oxford interview? The answer’s obvious
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Oct 19, 2018
Oxford University interview questions: Would you pass the test?
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Oct 18, 2018
‘Geek Girl’ gamers are more likely to study science and technology degrees
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Oct 18, 2018
What does a rock look like? Oxford reveals sample interview questions
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Oct 18, 2018
Family and school help get you to university, but then it’s up to you
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Oct 18, 2018
Family helps get you into university, but then it’s up to you
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Oct 18, 2018
Cambridge still closing doors to students from poorer backgrounds
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Oct 18, 2018
Should universities consider ethnicity in admissions?
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Oct 17, 2018
University of Birmingham opens door to more Chinese students
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Oct 16, 2018
Beyond school qualifications: how to make admissions truly inclusive
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Oct 12, 2018
Universities are admitting students whose A-level results are up to five grades below offer, head warns
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Oct 4, 2018
Head warns universities of falling entry standards
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Oct 4, 2018
Should a university teach a killer?
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Oct 2, 2018
Cambridge University set to give poorer students who fail entry requirements chance to study
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Oct 1, 2018
Top schools call for an end to universities' use of unconditional offers
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Sep 28, 2018
Half of all British youngsters will now go to university but experts warn it could be simply ‘quantity over quality’
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Sep 28, 2018
Ireland: Exam result corrections ‘must be made more quickly’
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Sep 28, 2018
Top schools call for end to unconditional offers
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Sep 28, 2018
Tony Blair’s pledge on university fulfilled at last
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Sep 28, 2018
Social mobility’s enemies
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Sep 27, 2018
New partnership to raise aspirations of students in Calderdale
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Sep 26, 2018
Nicola Dandridge: Universities must embrace diversity
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Sep 23, 2018
Record 40% of London school leavers head off to university
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Sep 20, 2018
Could means-tested fees help poorer students get into university? | Nick Hillman
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Sep 20, 2018
More Scots going to university as gap between rich and poor narrows
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Sep 20, 2018
Record number of students through clearing as universities scramble to fill course places
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Sep 20, 2018
Drama backstage? Clearing statistics in 2018
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Sep 19, 2018
Record numbers of students accepted through Clearing
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Sep 19, 2018
Students from care background defy expectations, report claims
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Sep 12, 2018
Capital gains: How school pupils become university students
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Sep 9, 2018
Students should declare eating disorders and self-harm under reformed Ucas forms, university boss says
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Sep 9, 2018
OfS access consultation
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Sep 7, 2018
OfS to consult on regulation changes
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Sep 7, 2018
Top universities to face pressure over admissions
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Sep 7, 2018
Tough targets on poor students
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Sep 7, 2018
British universities could be closed unless they work harder to recruit more poor students
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Sep 6, 2018
Call for alternative route to BA and BSc
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Sep 4, 2018
Heads welcome calls for minimum entry requirements to university
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Sep 4, 2018
University admissions have to change: it’s time for PQA
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Sep 3, 2018
The summer scramble for students is tough on university staff | Elisa Haf
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Aug 23, 2018
The meteoric rise of the unconditional offer
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Aug 21, 2018
Leave the street slang to students
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Aug 21, 2018
Refer a friend for a degree and earn £500
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Aug 19, 2018
Universities offer free travel and cash to lure students
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Aug 19, 2018
Universities woo students with gadget giveaways
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Aug 18, 2018
Prestigious universities edge out rivals in UK's battle for students
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Aug 17, 2018
Just a C-grade needed to get on top course: Universities drop requirements by three grades in order to fill places... even as the number of top marks hits highest level for six years
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Aug 17, 2018
Stormzy is helping black students get into elite colleges, now it’s time for Cambridge University to follow his example
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Aug 16, 2018
Result! A level results day 2018
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Aug 16, 2018
Young people 'more sceptical about value of university' – poll
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Aug 16, 2018
UCU calls for admissions reform as students receive A-level results
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Aug 16, 2018
Some headlines from A-level results day by Mary Curnock Cook
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Aug 16, 2018
'Stay calm, don’t panic’: 5 graduates explain why they don’t regret missing out on their first choice uni
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Aug 16, 2018
Fall in numbers accepted on degree courses
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Aug 16, 2018
Heads slam May over North-South uni admissions divide
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Aug 16, 2018
A-level results day and UCAS clearing – LIVE: Universities accept thousands fewer students as pass rates hit lowest level since 2010
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Aug 16, 2018
One in three UK teens are worried about getting into university this month due to too much competition
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Aug 16, 2018
Three ways to secure your university future after A-level disappointment
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Aug 16, 2018
A Level results day 2018: UCAS Clearing - how to apply and how does Clearing work?
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Aug 16, 2018
Don’t fear clearing! Eight out of ten degree courses still have places available, A Level students are assured
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Aug 16, 2018
Sir John Dunford: A-Level results day: ‘we must change university admissions’
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Aug 15, 2018
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Aug 15, 2018
John Dunford: A-level results day - 'We must change university admissions'
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Aug 14, 2018
University unconditional offers 'undermine education'
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Aug 14, 2018
Middle-class teenagers ‘play the system to get into top universities’
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Aug 13, 2018
University admissions and clearing: what to expect this year
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Aug 10, 2018
How to land a jumbo jet on a postage stamp
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Aug 10, 2018
Results day approaches for undergraduate applicants across England, Northern Ireland, and Wales
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Aug 10, 2018
Call for cap on Scottish university places to be lifted
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Aug 10, 2018
University applications in Wales fall again to the lowest level in a decade
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Aug 9, 2018
Clearing 2018 guide: How to find an alternative university course on A-level results day
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Aug 8, 2018
Record number of Scots secure a place at university
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Aug 8, 2018
Clearing gave me the second chance I needed
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Aug 7, 2018
Scottish students celebrate as university places are confirmed
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Aug 7, 2018
Let’s not pile even more pressure on teens over their A-level results | Nick Hillman
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Aug 7, 2018
Universities chief calls for ministers to bring back maintenance grants amid diversity criticism
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Aug 6, 2018
Are young people turning their backs on university?
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Aug 6, 2018
A degree of doubt over university education
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Aug 5, 2018
Ucas apologises to thousands of students after email wrongly said they got into university
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Aug 2, 2018
Email error raises tension for edgy A-level students
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Aug 2, 2018
Students are best placed to encourage diversity at universities
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Aug 1, 2018
Last minute advice for Scottish students as results day approaches
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Aug 1, 2018
'Why my university banned unconditional offers'
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Jul 30, 2018
Universities should pitch to parents as well as pupils
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Jul 29, 2018
In the news 27 July 2018
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Jul 27, 2018
Introducing smarter student planning
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Jul 27, 2018
Universities want ‘bums on seats’ because you created a market, minister
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Jul 27, 2018
Is it time for a gentlefolks’ agreement among Vice-Chancellors to abandon unconditional offers?
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Jul 26, 2018
When is an unconditional offer not an unconditional offer – and other points missed
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Jul 26, 2018
Update from UCAS – increase in unconditional offers
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Jul 26, 2018
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Jul 26, 2018
Rise in unconditional offers prompts call for university admissions overhaul
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Jul 26, 2018
Unconditional offers rise ‘completely irresponsible’, says minister
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Jul 26, 2018
Universities are bribing students with unconditional offers | Robert Allison
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Jul 26, 2018
Huge rise in unconditional university offers
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Jul 26, 2018
Deaf pupils less likely to go to top universities
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Jul 26, 2018
Universities under fire as a quarter of students are handed unconditional offers regardless of their A-level grades
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Jul 26, 2018
University standards under question as quarter of teenagers handed unconditional offers regardless of grades
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Jul 26, 2018
Huge rise in unconditional university offers for students
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Jul 26, 2018
Deaf students far less likely to attend prestigious UK universities than classmates, report finds
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Jul 26, 2018
Rise in unconditional offers prompts call for university admissions overhaul
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Jul 26, 2018
Heads warn universities as unconditional offers soar by a third
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Jul 26, 2018
More than a fifth of teens handed unconditional offers by universities
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Jul 26, 2018
Unconditional offers 'undermine credibility' of higher education, universities minister warns
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Jul 26, 2018
Quarter of pupils get unconditional university offers
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Jul 26, 2018
Increase in unconditional offers made to young people in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland
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Jul 26, 2018
Unconditional surrender. How far should OfS regulate admissions policy?
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Jul 25, 2018
UCU calls for end to unconditional offers after massive increase
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Jul 25, 2018
Free flights as universities ‘fight like cats and dogs’ for students
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Jul 22, 2018
University staff should go to mosques and working class youth clubs to improve campus diversity, says watchdog
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Jul 14, 2018
A view from both sides
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Jul 13, 2018
In the news 12 July 2018
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Jul 13, 2018
MillionPlus comment on the UCAS June deadline statistical release
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Jul 12, 2018
Contextualised admissions report
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Jul 10, 2018
University offers should look at students' backgrounds, not just A-level grades, says watchdog
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Jul 10, 2018
Make greater use of contextual admissions, English sector told
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Jul 10, 2018
Entry to university should include the entrant's background
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Jul 10, 2018
Be more ambitious on contextual admissions, says the Office for Students
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Jul 10, 2018
Universities told to consider ‘context’ of student grades
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Jul 10, 2018
Colleges urged to set ambitious targets for access to HE
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Jul 10, 2018
'It means everything': the university opening its doors to asylum seekers
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Jul 10, 2018
Give more places to disadvantaged students, watchdog urges universities
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Jul 10, 2018
Alastair Sim: Getting poorer applicants to university isn’t easy but we are trying hard
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Jul 10, 2018
University entry 'should be background, not just exams'
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Jul 10, 2018
Universities forced to lower grades for poor students complain they will plummet down league tables
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Jul 10, 2018
Universities told to lower offers for poor
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Jul 10, 2018
Where are the mature students in 2017?
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Jul 5, 2018
OfS responds to UCAS mature student analysis
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Jul 5, 2018
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Jul 5, 2018
'Why unconditional offers should be banned'
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Jun 30, 2018
What not to do on your Ucas university application
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Jun 29, 2018
How to write a great Ucas personal statement for university
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Jun 29, 2018
Low expectations are stopping young disabled people going to university
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Jun 26, 2018
Are university admissions racially biased?
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Jun 24, 2018
Ucas denies loss of confidence after revelation black people more likely to have applications investigated
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Jun 22, 2018
Ditch predicted grades
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Jun 20, 2018
My predicted grades were way off. It’s time to get real about A-levels | Grace Holliday
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Jun 20, 2018
Proportion of pupils going to university hits new high
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Jun 20, 2018
Scotland: University access targets squeeze out top students
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Jun 20, 2018
Daily roundup 19 June: Loneliness fund, hygiene poverty, and predicted grades
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Jun 19, 2018
Students should get their exam results before applying to university, says union
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Jun 19, 2018
UK only country to use predicted grades for university admissions, study shows
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Jun 19, 2018
ASCL comment on UCU report on university admissions
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Jun 19, 2018
'Ditch predicted grades' from university admissions
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Jun 19, 2018
Jewish students put off going to certain universities due to Left-wing anti-Semitism, Labour Students leader claims
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Jun 18, 2018
It’s time for fundamental reform of university admissions
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'Labour anti-Semitism row is putting off Jewish students'
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Jun 18, 2018
UCU comment on Public Accounts Committee higher education market report
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Jun 15, 2018
‘No need to finish your A-levels,’ universities tell school pupils
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Jun 13, 2018
Students’ 10 top tips for picking a law school
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Jun 13, 2018
Pupils from armed forces families ‘less likely’ to go to university
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Jun 13, 2018
A whole generation has been sold a university fraud, and we are all short-changed
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Jun 11, 2018
The number of black students at Oxford is far from ideal - but it is making progress
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Jun 7, 2018
David Lammy criticises Cambridge University 'spin' after open letter
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Jun 6, 2018
Al Sharpton attacks Oxford University for failing to admit enough black students: 'How could you be so bright and so dumb at the same time?'
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Jun 6, 2018
Oxford and Cambridge's failure to take in more black and disadvantaged students is 'staggering' says universities minister
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Jun 6, 2018
Universities to tackle ‘pressing problem’ of BAME students being less likely to qualify with top degrees
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Jun 6, 2018
Vocational qualifications widely recognised in university admissions
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Jun 5, 2018
How Oxford and Cambridge can attract more black students
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Jun 5, 2018
Universities now admitting twice as many BTEC students as they did a decade ago, figures show
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Jun 4, 2018
Cambridge University asks for help attracting black students
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Jun 4, 2018
Cambridge University says it cannot do more to admit black British students 'on its own'
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Jun 4, 2018
University entrants remain highly qualified
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Jun 4, 2018
Cambridge University asks for help enrolling black students
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Jun 4, 2018
Schools 'shun jobs and apprenticeships' in drive to get more pupils to university
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Jun 4, 2018
Cambridge colleges failing to offer places to black students
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Jun 4, 2018
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Jun 2, 2018
The Ucas row is bad. But racism in education starts much earlier
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Jun 1, 2018
Managing grade inflation and demonstrating student improvement
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Jun 1, 2018
Black applicants 'face more university fraud claims'
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May 31, 2018
Endorsement or bribery? Undergraduates three times more likely to receive an offer after 'string pulling'
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May 31, 2018
Scotland: Government blames universities for lack of progress on recruiting poorest students
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May 31, 2018
Black students applying to university are more likely to have bids flagged for false or misleading information
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May 31, 2018
Black students are far more likely to face a fraud probe when applying for university
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May 31, 2018
Ucas admits failures after new data reveals black students more likely to have university applications investigated
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May 31, 2018
Ucas criticised over fraud screening of black applicants
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May 31, 2018
Black applicants make up half of cheats, says Ucas
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May 31, 2018
SNP humiliated over university targets
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May 31, 2018
Manifesto idea #23: Nick Hillman
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May 29, 2018
Oxford, elitism and how to really tackle diversity | Letters
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May 24, 2018
Disadvantaged students with lower grades perform just as well in medical degrees
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May 24, 2018
Oxford sorry after tweet says Lammy is bitter
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May 24, 2018
Oxford and inequalities in British society
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May 24, 2018
Scotland: Private pupils classed as deprived for university
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May 24, 2018
Oxford University retweets post calling David Lammy ‘bitter’ after criticism of diversity figures
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May 23, 2018
They are so clever. So how can Oxford University get it so wrong on access?
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May 23, 2018
Oxford admissions statistics – how diverse is the university and what has David Lammy said about it?
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May 23, 2018
Manifesto idea #18: Dan McEvoy
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May 23, 2018
Manifesto idea #17: Conor Ryan
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May 23, 2018
Oxford Uni retweets person calling David Lammy 'bang out of order' over diversity data
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May 23, 2018
Oxford University admits need to improve student diversity after third of colleges accept handful of black applicants
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May 23, 2018
Oxford faces anger over failure to improve diversity among students
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May 23, 2018
Oxford’s Wadham College: Diversity drives standards up, not down
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May 23, 2018
Oxford University can’t solve British inequality by itself
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May 23, 2018
One in 10 Oxford undergrads from disadvantaged areas
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May 23, 2018
Geography finds its place among elite
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May 23, 2018
Oxford scheme offers path from disrupted schooling to university
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May 22, 2018
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May 19, 2018
Manifesto idea #12: Shakira Martin
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May 18, 2018
Qualified Scottish students 'turned away' from top university
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May 17, 2018
A few more Oxbridge places for disadvantaged children is just tinkering | Frances Ryan
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May 14, 2018
Scotland: Universities issue warning over low applications from disadvantaged students
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May 12, 2018
In the news: 11 May
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May 11, 2018
Bright pupils 'should be fast-tracked to university'
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May 11, 2018
Founding new Oxbridge colleges 'could help disadvantaged sixth-formers'
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May 10, 2018
UCU comment on HEPI Brightside report on widening access to higher education
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May 9, 2018
USA: Social media ‘fair game’ say admissions staff
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May 8, 2018
Too many unconditional offers? Bring back university entrance exams | Gill Evans
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Prof John Raftery writes for THE: Elitism is alive and well in most UK universities
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Scotland: SNP backs university cap despite fear of middle classes missing out
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36,000 missing male students – and three other things we learned from UCAS figures
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Education Secretary welcomes record proportion of university entrants from state schools
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Half of white working-class and black British students in England get into university with vocational qualifications such as BTECs
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Oxford University admits more women than men for first time – Ucas
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Oxford University admits more women than men for first time in history
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Record number of poor students enter top universities, figures show
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Oxford admits more women than men for first time – Ucas
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Record number of poor students enter top universities, figures show
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A first from Oxford as women win more places than men
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East End Eton a dab hand at Oxbridge entry
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The secret to getting in to a top university? Piano and ballet lessons | Anonymous academic
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Robin Hood and the American dream
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All the facts you need to answer tricky questions about higher education
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Sutton Trust students get places at US unis
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Never too old for new tricks: the joy of being a mature student
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Further decline in part-time student numbers “a profound concern”
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Jan 11, 2018
Number of white people accepted at universities drops despite overall rise in UK students
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What our students need is more unconditional offers from universities, not fewer
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Jan 7, 2018
This is how hard it is to get a place at Wales' two medical schools
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These are the key dates for Ucas applications to go to university in 2018
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Universities cashing in on unconditional offers are doing great harm to our examinations system
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Unconditional offers ‘undermine A levels’
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Sutton Trust - admissions
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A barrier to access?
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Poor students 'lose on grade predictions'
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Poorer students put at disadvantage by university application process, charity warns
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Disadvantaged students given lower predicted A-level grades, report says
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University admission system 'puts poorer students at disadvantage'
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In the news: 15 December 2017
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Community colleges lauded as USA’s secret weapon
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UCAS undergraduate end of cycle report
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Record numbers of disadvantaged students secure a Scottish university place
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Dec 14, 2017
Number of white teenagers gaining a place at university falls further behind other ethnic groups
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Wealthy students tighten grip on university places
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Poorest school-leavers half as likely to attend university as their peers
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University access gap widens, and five other findings from today's Ucas report
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Scotland: Brexit vote ‘helping Scots get places at university by discouraging applications from EU’
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University entrance rates for school leavers at a record high and four other key points from new Ucas research
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Scotland: Rich school leavers twice as likely to go to university
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Young Londoners 25 per cent more likely to enter higher education in 2017 than their counterparts across the rest of England
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Teenage pregnancies halve since 2008
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Black students on going to Oxbridge: ‘it’s not even asked or pushed for, it’s just assumed no one is applying’
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Second highest number of acceptances for nursing courses, despite fall in applications
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University admissions officers rate IB Diploma Programme as the best pathway for university preparation
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Twice as many poor students attend universities since fees were brought in
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Nov 27, 2017
MillionPlus comment on the UCAS End of Cycle Report 2017
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Nov 27, 2017
New figures show record numbers of Scots accepted to university
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MillionPlus comment on the UCAS End of Cycle Report 2017
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Nov 27, 2017
Project Fear fails again as international students apply in record numbers despite Brexit scaremongering
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Nov 27, 2017
Record 71,000 foreign students admitted to UK universities
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Nov 27, 2017
Scots buck trend as record number get into university
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Largest ever proportion of UK’s 18 year olds entered higher education in 2017, UCAS data reveals
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Nov 24, 2017
Scotland: Bar lowered for Scottish teacher trainees
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Nov 21, 2017
‘Working-class children get less of everything in education - including respect’
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Poach the student: how UK universities could compete for second or third years
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Northern cities beaten to Oxbridge by 12 schools in south
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US: Survey of admissions staff shows enrolment outlook varies widely
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Nov 20, 2017
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Update to UCAS report on minimising the risks of unconscious bias in admissions
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The Oxford University college fighting elitism
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Scotland universities to lower entry requirements for children from poor backgrounds
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Scottish universities to widen access for students from deprived areas
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Targets for universities to recruit more disadvantaged students "push institutions into competition"
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Scotland: Universities agree to two-tier admissions system
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Nov 13, 2017
Chief blamed for drop in University of Bath applications
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Vice-chancellor Dame Glynis Breakwell salary row deters Bath university applicants
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Nov 2, 2017
Scotland's top universities urged to slash entry grades for poor students
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Oct 31, 2017
I’m a Cambridge student and University Challenge contestant – but I almost didn’t get here
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In the news: 27 October 2017
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Black Oxbridge admissions: why David Lammy's comments and MP coalition fail to highlight all the real issues
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Poor student admissions to top universities could rise by half if they entry requirements were lowered
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Give poor pupils a two grade break
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‘Top universities should make lower offers to worse-off students’
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Top universities should drop entry requirements by two grades for poorer students, says new study
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Hundreds more poor students could attend 'top' universities if entry requirements were dropped by two A-level grades
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Call for lower grades to help poorer students
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‘Lower grades to let in more poor students’
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Applications to 'early deadline' university courses reach all-time high
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Oct 26, 2017
100 MPs call on Oxbridge chancellors to take ‘urgent action’ on widening admissions
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Oct 25, 2017
Required reading: How can we fix the Oxbridge problem?
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Oct 25, 2017
To recruit more black students, we must demystify Oxbridge admissions | Raph Mokades
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MPs demand urgent action from Oxbridge to widen admissions base
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Oct 24, 2017
The danger of less advantaged students being put off Oxbridge | Letters
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David Lammy misses the point: to get to Oxbridge, you have to apply first | Ellie Gomes
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Whiteness dominates Oxford - but that shouldn’t discourage BAME students from applying
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Priyamvada Gopal: Oxbridge bashing is an empty ritual if we ignore wider social inequities
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Oct 22, 2017
'Shocking' level of social inequality at Oxbridge revealed
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Oct 21, 2017
The Welsh Baccalaureate 'puts students at a disadvantage for top universities'
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Oct 21, 2017
Oxbridge 'failing to address diversity', David Lammy says
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Oct 20, 2017
If Oxford colleges exclude black students, the university should intervene
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The Guardian view on Oxbridge admissions: race, place and class matters | Editorial
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Race, class and Oxbridge’s stranglehold on British society | Letters
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Black students on Oxbridge: 'we need to change the narrative'
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Oxford is accepting more state school pupils – in the South East at least
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Oxford and Cambridge universities accused of 'social apartheid' over failure to offer places to black students
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Labour MP David Lammy slams 'social apartheid' of Oxbridge admissions
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Seven years has changed nothing at Oxbridge. In fact, diversity is even worse | David Lammy
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Oxbridge uncovered: More elitist than we thought
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Oxford and Cambridge Universities accused of "social apartheid" after colleges fail to admit any black students
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Oct 19, 2017
Oxford accused of 'social apartheid' as colleges admit no black students
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Oct 19, 2017
How diverse is Oxbridge? Share your experiences
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Oct 19, 2017
Oxbridge becoming less diverse as richest gain 80% of offers
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Oct 19, 2017
Half of students starting university are now first in their family to do so, new figures reveal
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Oct 18, 2017
'We aren’t trying to wrong-foot them': The truth about the Oxbridge interview
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Oct 18, 2017
University interview tips: 'confidence won't make up for flannel'
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Oct 18, 2017
The question that should be asked at Oxford interviews | Brief letters
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Oct 15, 2017
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Oct 13, 2017
Oxford University sample interview questions: would you make the cut at Britain’s top uni?
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Oct 12, 2017
Australia: International students will soon need to pass mandatory English tests before being accepted into university courses
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Oct 11, 2017
Path to success – your future
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Oct 9, 2017
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Oct 4, 2017
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Oct 4, 2017
Family's first student in Cambridge state school record
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Sep 27, 2017
Ancient universities are worst at opening doors to poorer students
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Sep 27, 2017
English GCSE mismatch puts university offers at risk
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Sep 25, 2017
Good University Guide 2018: what universities want
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Sep 25, 2017
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Sep 22, 2017
Post-results university admissions would be a step backwards | Letters
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Sep 20, 2017
Implication of subject choice on university entry
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Sep 19, 2017
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Sep 19, 2017
Historians will laugh at us when they look back at our university application system
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Sep 19, 2017
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Sep 18, 2017
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Sep 18, 2017
Teenage student entry rate hits record high
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Sep 18, 2017
Scotland: Scots teenagers more likely than ever to go to university
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Sep 18, 2017
Educational inequality still ‘deeply entrenched’ despite marginal progress
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Sep 13, 2017
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Sep 12, 2017
The rigged crapshoot of top exam grades
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Sep 1, 2017
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Aug 28, 2017
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Aug 28, 2017
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Aug 28, 2017
GCSEs, A-levels and other school qualifications should be scrapped
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Aug 27, 2017
Independent schools concerned over new GCSEs as they worry universities will favour 9s over A*s
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Aug 25, 2017
Clearing should offer a second chance – even for the most competitive courses
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Aug 25, 2017
Europe emerges as popular study destination for students
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Aug 25, 2017
Top UK universities to set up own entry examinations
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Aug 25, 2017
UCAS Clearing update: Tuesday 22 August 2017
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Aug 22, 2017
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Aug 22, 2017
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Aug 22, 2017
Being the first person in your family to go to university
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Aug 21, 2017
Top GCSE marks may not indicate greater ability
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Aug 21, 2017
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Aug 18, 2017
New Insights on WP: A more radical approach to contextualised admissions
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Aug 17, 2017
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Aug 17, 2017
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Aug 17, 2017
Universities UK comment ahead of A level results day
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Aug 16, 2017
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Aug 15, 2017
Clearing: broaden your scope by baccalaureate
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Aug 15, 2017
More than half of last year's Oxbridge entrants came from state schools
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Aug 14, 2017
Just one in five students in the country’s poorest communities will make it to university
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Aug 14, 2017
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Aug 14, 2017
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Aug 14, 2017
Leading universities still have thousands of empty courses, figures show, as they prepare to drop standards to fill places
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Aug 13, 2017
Poorer students’ subject choices may be putting them at a disadvantage, study finds
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Aug 13, 2017
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Aug 13, 2017
‘It’s not them, it’s you: why this year’s clearing empowers students
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Aug 13, 2017
Students choosing A-levels in career specific subjects are less attractive to elite universities, new study suggests
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Aug 13, 2017
'Free for all' at universities as number of unconditional places being given to students doubles at top institutions
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Aug 12, 2017
University entry is a ‘free for all’
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Aug 12, 2017
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Aug 11, 2017
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Aug 10, 2017
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Aug 10, 2017
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Aug 10, 2017
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Aug 10, 2017
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Aug 10, 2017
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Aug 10, 2017
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Aug 10, 2017
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Aug 10, 2017
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Aug 10, 2017
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Aug 10, 2017
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Aug 10, 2017
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Aug 9, 2017
Record numbers from deprived areas win a place at university
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Aug 9, 2017
28,700 Scottish applicants accepted to higher education
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Aug 8, 2017
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Aug 8, 2017
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Aug 8, 2017
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Aug 7, 2017
UCAS Clearing 2017: How students found their university when all other avenues closed
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Aug 7, 2017
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Aug 6, 2017
University access gap between poor pupils and their peers widens
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Aug 3, 2017
US Justice Department to investigate universities that discriminate against white people
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Aug 2, 2017
Black female student's powerful response to critics who questioned her winning a place at Cambridge University
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US government threat to unwind affirmative action at universities
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Jul 31, 2017
Results Day 2017: a step-by-step guide to adjustment
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Jul 31, 2017
UCU writes to Open University and Jo Johnson in protest at Cuban student ban
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Jul 25, 2017
Student Emily Hughes denied loan due to namesake
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Jul 25, 2017
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Jul 25, 2017
Princess Eugenie 'was rejected by university and only given a place when they realised she was royal'
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Jul 18, 2017
University ‘gave Eugenie place because she is a royal’
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Jul 18, 2017
Princess Eugenie 'was rejected by university and only given a place when they realised she was royal'
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Jul 17, 2017
(No longer) supporting professionalism in admissions?
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Jul 17, 2017
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Jul 14, 2017
Record numbers of English students targeting Scottish universities
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Jul 13, 2017
UCAS announces its intention to move fair admissions resources online
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Jul 7, 2017
IB versus A-levels - what university admissions officers think
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Jul 7, 2017
UCAS clearing: how do I enter & what happens next?
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Jul 5, 2017
What are the TEF lessons from specialist arts universities?
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Jul 5, 2017
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Jul 5, 2017
Results Day 2017: a step-by-step guide to Adjustment
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Jul 5, 2017
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Jul 5, 2017
GCSE pass levels causing confusion over university entry
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Jun 28, 2017
UCU response to report on government social mobility failings
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