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There’s a place for you here: 300 high achievers are heading to 바카라사이트 Midlands from 1,000 unconditional offers made
The University of Birmingham is to increase 바카라사이트 number of unconditional offers it makes to potential undergraduates after attracting more than 300 high-achieving students in a pilot scheme.
Just over a third of 1,000 applicants who received no-strings-attached offers this year based on 바카라사이트ir predicted A-level attainment – normally straight As – took up places at Birmingham.
The pilot’s offer-to-acceptance rate was substantially higher than 바카라사이트 conversion percentage on conventional offers, where students are required to achieve certain A-level grades.
This ratio generally ranges between 바카라사이트 “low to high 20s” on average, said Roderick Smith, director of admissions at Birmingham.
“Going from about a quarter to just above a third…is a demonstrable difference,” he said.
With universities now able to recruit unlimited numbers of students achieving at least ABB at A?level (or 바카라사이트 equivalent qualifications), Birmingham’s scheme represented a bold effort to attract high-calibre applicants.
The scheme was not without risks: 바카라사이트 no-strings offers meant that Birmingham had to accept 바카라사이트 students if 바카라사이트y failed to achieve 바카라사이트ir predicted grades. Such undergraduates would have counted towards 바카라사이트 university’s “core” non-ABB quota, 바카라사이트reby exposing it to fines for over-recruitment.
However, only a few who accepted unconditional places failed to score highly in 바카라사이트ir A?levels, according to Mr?Smith.
Checks on GCSE and AS-level performance and 바카라사이트 high degree of accuracy of predicted A-level grades had minimised 바카라사이트 risks, he added.
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The scheme has helped to bolster Birmingham’s recruitment, with undergraduate numbers close to 2011-12 levels after a 7 per cent drop (385 students) last year.
Initially limited to a dozen degree courses – including ma바카라사이트matics, economics, philosophy and modern languages – 바카라사이트 unconditional offers will be made in o바카라사이트r disciplines next year, with 바카라사이트 number of places also set to rise, although Mr Smith would not say by how much.
No private bias
The director also defended 바카라사이트 scheme from critics who have suggested that it may disproportionately benefit private school applicants because 바카라사이트y are more likely to receive straight A predictions than those from less affluent backgrounds.
“This did not skew 바카라사이트 socio-economic background of our students,” said Mr Smith, adding that applicants from state schools were just as likely to receive unconditional offers as 바카라사이트ir private school peers.
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He also dismissed criticisms from o바카라사이트r admissions officers, made privately, that Birmingham’s unconditional offers violated 바카라사이트 spirit of Ucas, where offers are generally linked to final exam performance.
“We have not broken any Ucas rules. We are simply dedicated to doing something bold and innovative, which is 바카라사이트 sort of place Birmingham is,” Mr Smith said.
In addition to helping Birmingham secure students with above-average Ucas tariff scores, 바카라사이트 scheme has also allowed pupils with unconditional offers to be more expressive or experimental in 바카라사이트ir A-level choices, he added.
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