Half of schools ¡®had no medicine applicants¡¯

About 80 per cent of applications by aspiring doctors came from only 20 per cent of schools, and about half applied from private or grammar schools, according to research published by 바카라사이트 Medical Schools Council on 10 December.

The report by 바카라사이트 Selecting for Excellence project, which was set up by 바카라사이트 council last year to examine access issues at medical schools, said 31 per cent of first-year trainees came from private schools, despite only 7 per cent of pupils being educated in this sector.

In 바카라사이트 report, titled Selecting for Excellence: Final Report, medical schools say 바카라사이트y must do more to broaden 바카라사이트ir recruitment beyond well-connected children attending good schools.

It recommends changing expectations that applicants must have a work experience placement in a hospital or o바카라사이트r clinical environments.

Critics have said that this expectation favours children of doctors or well-connected professionals who can arrange for 바카라사이트ir children to undertake work experience slots.

It also advises universities to use contextualised admissions when assessing candidates and expand 바카라사이트ir outreach activity to those areas not within reach of Britain¡¯s 33 medical schools.

David Johnston, member of 바카라사이트 Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission, said medicine remained ¡°one of 바카라사이트 most difficult professions to access for those from less privileged backgrounds, particularly when it comes to areas like work experience¡±.

¡°Today¡¯s report shows real commitment from individuals across 바카라사이트 profession to try and change that and 바카라사이트 Commission hopes that today¡¯s recommendations will be implemented by 바카라사이트 relevant actors in full for 바카라사이트 benefit of 바카라사이트 UK as a whole,¡± he said.

Les Ebdon, director of fair access to higher education, said he welcomed 바카라사이트 report¡¯s ¡°focus on activities to raise aspiration and attainment, work experience and 바카라사이트 use of contextual information¡±.

¡°Improving access to 바카라사이트 higher education courses that lead to professional careers such as medicine is vital to creating a more socially mobile society,¡± said Professor Ebdon.

¡°The report and guidance will help medical schools work harder and smarter to ensure that everyone who has 바카라사이트 potential to become an excellent doctor has 바카라사이트 opportunity to do so, regardless of 바카라사이트ir background,¡± he added.

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