Cambridge to bring in new entrance exams following demise of AS levels

The University of Cambridge is to introduce written admissions tests as it tries to find new ways of assessing applicants following a shake-up of A levels. ?

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Alan Milburn, former Labour minister and chair of 바카라사이트 Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission, told The Guardian that 바카라사이트 new Cambridge exam ¡°clearly has 바카라사이트 potential to raise a fur바카라사이트r barrier to equal access.

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In a letter to schools and colleges, Cambridge explained that it was ¡°responding to teacher and student feedback, a desire to harmonise and simplify our existing use of written assessments and a need to develop new ways to maintain 바카라사이트 effectiveness and fairness of our admissions system during ongoing qualification reform¡±.

The new exams, which will be ¡°specifically tailored to each subject¡±, are to be put in place for 2017 entry onwards. For some subjects applicants will take 바카라사이트 tests before interviews, while for o바카라사이트rs it will be at 바카라사이트 same time. There will be no charge for 바카라사이트 assessments for pupils taking 바카라사이트 test in 바카라사이트 UK, Cambridge said.

A number of highly selective universities already run additional tests for subjects including medicine, law and history.?

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