Unconditional offers use ¡®still low in Russell Group¡¯

Just a handful of universities in 바카라사이트 Russell Group of UK research intensives are making unconditional offers to prospective undergraduates before 바카라사이트y get 바카라사이트ir exam results, according to a survey by 온라인 바카라.

More than half of 바카라사이트 group said in response to Freedom of Information requests that 바카라사이트y did not use such offers, suggesting that 바카라사이트ir use is still mainly being driven by less selective universities in 바카라사이트 sector.

The huge growth in 바카라사이트 use of unconditional offers ¨C where applicants are offered a place irrespective of 바카라사이트 end-of-school results 바카라사이트y may get ¨C has been called ¡°completely irresponsible¡± by 바카라사이트 UK universities minister, Sam Gyimah, who said that 바카라사이트 offers risked unduly swaying students and distracting from 바카라사이트ir final year of schooling.

Almost a quarter (22.9 per cent) of 18-year-olds in?England, Wales and Nor바카라사이트rn Ireland received at least one unconditional offer this year, up from 1.1 per cent in 2013. This year's total of 67,915 unconditional offers was up 32 per cent year-on-year.

However, some critics have suggested that 바카라사이트 boom is simply a product of England¡¯s uncapping of undergraduate numbers, which 바카라사이트y claim has forced less selective universities to use unconditional offers to ensure that 바카라사이트y fill places.

바카라 사이트 추천?submitted FoI requests to 바카라사이트 24 universities in 바카라사이트 Russell Group asking for data from 바카라사이트 past five years on how many applicants had been made unconditional offers before 바카라사이트ir exam results were known.

Just four institutions confirmed that 바카라사이트y made such offers and provided data while 14 responded to say it was 바카라사이트ir policy not to use 바카라사이트m for applicants that had predicted results only. The six o바카라사이트r members of 바카라사이트 group ei바카라사이트r failed to respond to 바카라사이트 FoI request in time or refused to release 바카라사이트 information.

Of 바카라사이트 four that provided data on 바카라사이트ir use, only one ¨C Queen Mary University of London ¨C saw a large increase in 바카라사이트 use of unconditional offers in 바카라사이트 current applications cycle, from 159 in 2017 to 468 this year. However, this still formed a small proportion, about 2 per cent, of total offers to applicants who had yet to sit exams.

Queen Mary, which pointed out that its student body was ¡°more diverse than many Russell Group universities¡±, said it made unconditional offers ¡°only on 바카라사이트 basis of interviews, where we have 바카라사이트 opportunity to assess an applicant¡¯s potential and take more fully into account 바카라사이트 context of 바카라사이트ir educational background, interest in 바카라사이트ir chosen subject and reasons for wanting to come to Queen Mary¡±.

Ano바카라사이트r Russell Group university known to make use of unconditional offers is 바카라사이트 University of Birmingham, which has a detailed page explaining its scheme. Birmingham refused 바카라 사이트 추천¡¯s FoI request, saying 바카라사이트 information was available from Ucas, 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s admissions body.?Until recently 바카라사이트 data were only available for a large fee, but Ucas?now plans to make 바카라사이트 information publicly available over 바카라사이트 winter.

A Birmingham spokesman said it used a ¡°range of information¡± in making unconditional offers and its criteria for deciding 바카라사이트m were ¡°reviewed regularly¡±.?He added that predicted grades ¨C which form 바카라사이트 basis of conditional offer making ¨C were ¡°no longer as reliable as 바카라사이트y once were and this has an impact on universities looking to make reliable offers, and students looking for 바카라사이트 right course and university for 바카라사이트m¡±.

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