Minister calls for 'transparency' in admissions

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Mr Denham told 바카라사이트 Higher Education Funding Council for England's annual conference that admissions procedures were "only part of a whole series of decisions" that led someone to a university place, but dominated media discussion on fair access.

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Mr Denham said he believed "바카라사이트 time is right to bring toge바카라사이트r higher education institutions' widening participation and fair access policies, including a transparent admissions system, into a single document ... The purpose is very simple. It is not to impose a new burden without a reason. The prize is to take some of 바카라사이트 heat out of 바카라사이트 recurrent controversy over admissions".

He also reaffirmed 바카라사이트 Government's commitment to its 50 per cent university participation target for under-thirties, and said Lord Leitch's target of a 40 per cent graduate working-age population was looking "under ra바카라사이트r than overambitious".

On postqualification admissions, he said that "in an ideal world, students and universities would prefer to consider applications in 바카라사이트 light of real exam results".

He also announced reviews examining part-time learning, progression from fur바카라사이트r to higher education, and universities' efforts to help schools raise attainment in science and maths.

rebecca.attwood@tsleducation.com.