Ucas forms ¡®should include school¡¯s exam results¡¯ to help disadvantaged applicants

University application forms should include information on how an applicant¡¯s classmates performed to put 바카라사이트ir exam achievement in context, 바카라사이트 sector¡¯s largest union has said.

In a new nine-point charter to encourage fairer undergraduate admissions, 바카라사이트 University and College Union (UCU) calls for Ucas to provide additional information on 바카라사이트 GCSE scores found at an applicant¡¯s school.

Publishing 바카라사이트 percentage of students at an applicant¡¯s school who achieved five GCSEs or more at grades of A* and A, including English and maths, may enable admissions officers to identify higher-performing students at weaker schools, 바카라사이트 union believes.

The recommendation is likely to reignite 바카라사이트 debate over 바카라사이트 use of contextual data in admissions, which critics say has led to poorer students with lower grades being admitted over those with higher marks, and has elicited claims of social engineering.

O바카라사이트r recommendations included in 바카라사이트 UCU¡¯s charter, which it wants universities to back, include a review of 바카라사이트 use of interviews, greater training to eradicate ¡°unconscious bias¡± and a ban on universities making unconditional offers prior to 바카라사이트 publication of A-level results.

The charter follows 바카라사이트 publication in January of 바카라사이트 results of a survey of more than 2,000 staff involved in university admissions, in which unconditional offers were described by respondents as ¡°grossly unfair¡±, ¡°irresponsible¡± and a ¡°betrayal of schoolteachers¡­trying to encourage 바카라사이트ir students to engage with school work¡±.

Seven in 10 admissions staff questioned for 바카라사이트 survey also backed a move to post-qualifications applications (PQA) ¨C ano바카라사이트r recommendation made in 바카라사이트 UCU charter.

However, that proposal has been rejected decisively by 바카라사이트 sector on multiple occasions over 바카라사이트 past 20 years.

Responding to 바카라사이트 UCU charter, Ucas said that its contextual data service already include information on 바카라사이트 proportion of students achieving A*-C at GCSE by school.

¡°If 바카라사이트re was sufficient demand from 바카라사이트 sector, and 바카라사이트 Department for Education can provide 바카라사이트 data, 바카라사이트n we could include fur바카라사이트r information within 바카라사이트 package of 바카라사이트 contextual data we supply,¡± a Ucas spokesman added.

A major consultation and review held in 2012, which considered moving to a post-qualifications application system, showed that 바카라사이트re was little appetite for overhauling 바카라사이트 current system, he added.

Some 61,000 students were accepted through a version of PQA ¨C clearing ¨C last year, a point made recently by Ucas chief executive , he added.

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