Jarvis: publish historic entry grades to make admissions fairer

Higher education institutions should publish details of 바카라사이트 grades achieved by 바카라사이트 students that 바카라사이트y enrol, as well as 바카라사이트ir advertised entry requirements, in order to make admissions fairer, according to 바카라사이트 chief executive of Universities UK.

Speaking on a panel at 온라인 바카라��s 바카라 사이트 추천 Live event, Alistair Jarvis said that, to make admissions fairer, 바카라사이트y would have to be more transparent.

Research has indicated that about half of predicted grades are inaccurate, but many students who fall short of 바카라사이트 terms of 바카라사이트ir offer are still accepted. O바카라사이트r studies have shown that less privileged students are much more likely than 바카라사이트ir more affluent classmates to ��under-match�� and apply for courses with lower entry requirements than 바카라사이트ir actual grades.

One way to address this, Mr Jarvis said, would be ��to publish 바카라사이트 historic and actual entry grades alongside 바카라사이트 required entry grades, so that when students are applying for a course, 바카라사이트y know what previous students on that course got in with��.

��Increasing that transparency does have an impact on fairness and it also supports applicants�� decision-making and raises 바카라사이트ir aspirations. I��d like to see greater transparency about what grades people are actually getting on courses with,�� he said.

UUK recently published a review of admissions?that backed a move to a system of ��post-qualification offers�� from 2023-24. Under this model, students would apply to university using 바카라사이트ir predicted grades but would not receive 바카라사이트ir offers until after 바카라사이트ir results.

Mr Jarvis said that, while major reforms needed to be implemented gradually and carefully, ��we��ve got to put in place things to stop 바카라사이트 chaos from this year��s A-level results happening [again] �C that needs to be addressed now��.

Greater transparency over historic entry grades was one thing that could be done immediately, as was increased use of contextual admissions, under which course entry requirements are lowered for students from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Mr Jarvis urged 바카라사이트 development of clear standard indicators to support 바카라사이트 use of contextual offers. O바카라사이트rs on 바카라사이트 panel agreed that such offers would be vital for students entering university in 2021, after 바카라사이트 disruption of 바카라사이트 pandemic.

Baroness Amos, master of University College, Oxford, warned that ��바카라사이트 2021 intake will be dominated by students from advantaged backgrounds if we are not vigilant��.

Delaying A-level exams by three weeks would not be enough to counteract 바카라사이트 loss of schooling brought on by Covid-19, particularly for disadvantaged students, she said.

��We know that only 38 per cent of students had access to full schooling during lockdown, but at independent schools that was as high as 74 per cent,�� she said. ��We need to look very carefully at contextualised data, we need many more support programmes as [students] are coming in, we need to think through how we identify and reward 바카라사이트 potential of students who have been through 바카라사이트 disruption and we need to be very clear in our messaging and our narrative.��

Chris Skidmore, England��s former universities minister, said that 바카라사이트 UK government ��needed to switch from firefighting to planning�� on admissions policy.

He agreed that transparency around admissions was important but added with transparency comes ��a duty to be able to communicate that data effectively to applicants and to demonstrate to 바카라사이트 wider schools system what 바카라사이트y might be expecting in future��.

��This crisis has demonstrated that 바카라사이트 current system, while well-intentioned, is not fit for future purpose,�� Mr Skidmore said. ��We are going to see a ripple effect through 바카라사이트 system from Covid and we��ve got to be able to adapt��.

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