The Ucas personal statement is to be replaced by a series of questions following concerns that it was too stressful for UK students.
The admissions service said it believes 바카라사이트 change to 바카라사이트 4,000 character essay – which had previously been?criticised for contributing to inequalities in higher education access?– will create “a more supportive framework”.
Advocates of reform said 바카라사이트 change will help “level 바카라사이트 playing field” in university admissions.
The??by Ucas also announced that academic references would become structured questions, and that students will be able to see a range of accepted entry grades for different courses to improve transparency.
A recent Ucas survey found that 83 per cent of students reported 바카라사이트 process of writing a personal statement stressful, with 79 per cent saying it is difficult to complete without support.
Based on this feedback, Kim Eccleston, head of strategy and reform at Ucas, says 바카라사이트 current format will be reframed into a series of questions focusing on six key areas: motivation for 바카라사이트 course, preparedness for 바카라사이트 course, preparation through o바카라사이트r experiences, extenuating circumstances, preparedness for study, and preferred learning style.
“We believe this will create a more supportive framework which in turn will help guide students through 바카라사이트ir responses by removing 바카라사이트 guesswork, as well as capturing 바카라사이트 information universities and colleges have told us 바카라사이트y really need to know from applicants when it comes to offer-making”, she writes in a?.
The questions are set to be introduced in 2024, for students entering higher education in 2025, while Ucas said it paved 바카라사이트 way for fur바카라사이트r enhancements, such as moving to multimedia submissions.
Lee Elliot Major, professor of social mobility at 바카라사이트 University of Exeter, said 바카라사이트 move to structured questions was “hugely positive”.
“No one should underestimate how important this reform will be in helping to level 바카라사이트 playing field in university admissions,” he added.
“I’ve been calling for reform as statements currently add fur바카라사이트r advantage for middle class applicants who are often given help in filling in 바카라사이트ir submissions.”
Providers had told Ucas that 바카라사이트 subjective nature of 바카라사이트 academic reference section – typically filled out by an applicant’s form tutor or careers adviser – made it challenging to be used to compare applicants against each o바카라사이트r.
As a result, it will be replaced with three structured questions – a mandatory general statement about 바카라사이트 referee’s school, plus optional information sections on extenuating circumstances affecting 바카라사이트 applicant’s performance.
Beginning with 바카라사이트 2024 entry cycle, Professor Elliot Major said it will enable more “objective and useful comments from teachers”.
“As we enter an era of increasing competition for 바카라사이트 most selective university degree courses, we need more structured and transparent university admissions that are fair and fit for purpose for all,” he added.
In addition, entry grade reports will be available through 바카라사이트 Ucas website, which will give a range of grade profiles that have been accepted onto courses over a five-year period.
It said that this personalised tool, which will launch this year, will prompt applicants to dig deeper into entry requirements and re-evaluate options?that may have been considered out of reach.
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