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This major overtake involves that students would apply for universities after receiving their A-level results. The OFS – Office For Students, University registrar, reviewed the current admission procedure and proposed this change in order to foster a fairer system.
The Post-Qualification admissions would enable students to apply after getting their A-Level result. It will fairer the system by scraping out the reliance of predicted grades and personal statements.
Sir Michael Barber, chair of the OFS, said: “We want to use our powers to convene, to consult and to discuss how we can arrive at a system of admissions where the interests of all students are paramount.”
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There have been several issued highlighted in Current System. Predicted grades and personal statements are considered disadvantageous to poorer students. Along with this, Unconditional offers can pressurize students into accepting a place, prematurely.
Sir Michael added: “There is widespread recognition that certain aspects of the current admissions system are not working, and may be especially unfair on students from disadvantaged backgrounds.”
On the admissions review, Jo Grady, general secretary of the University and College Union (UCU), said: “There is growing support for a shift to a fairer admissions system, where students apply to university after they have received their results. Allowing students to apply after they receive their results would bring us into line with the rest of the world and eliminate the use of controversial unconditional offers.
“This review is the opportunity for us to finally move to a system where university offers are based on actual achievement rather than unreliable estimates of potential.”
OFS also launched a major review of the system which will examine if post-qualification admissions would benefit students.
