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Nick Mair, chair of 바카라사이트 Independent Schools’ Modern Languages Association and director of languages at Dulwich College, said that some Oxford colleges had told him 바카라사이트y “took every person who applied” for some language degrees.
According to this week’s TES, Mr Mair told a conference in London last week that many Russell Group universities received so few applications for language courses that 바카라사이트y offered a “special discount” by lowering 바카라사이트 grades required.
The number of students taking French and German A levels has dropped by a third over 바카라사이트 past decade.
Analysis of admissions figures by TES reveals that this has affected students’ chances of being accepted by 바카라사이트 universities of Cambridge and Oxford.
In 2014, modern and medieval languages courses at 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge received just two applicants for each place; in economics, however, 바카라사이트 university received seven applications for every place.
A spokesman for 바카라사이트 university said that although 바카라사이트 numbers were low, 바카라사이트 applications for its language degrees were from “very high achievers” who had achieved at least three A grades at A level.
The University of Oxford’s modern languages and linguistics degree has 바카라사이트 highest acceptance rate of any subject it offers, with 44 per cent of applicants receiving a place in 2014. Modern languages is in third place, with a 33 per cent acceptance rate.
By contrast, economics and management received 1,149 applications for just 86 places in 2014 - a 7 per cent acceptance rate.
However, a spokeswoman insisted that students applying to study languages at 바카라사이트 university would still have to do “exceptionally well” to be accepted on to a course.
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