New analysis shows the secret to success in world university rankings isn’t all about money.
- Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Social Policy, School of Applied Social Sciences, Durham University
Names of applicants will no longer be shown on university admissions forms from 2017. But will it help?
Many people think that the admissions process should take into account the type of school students attended.
UCAS says A-level grades and the choice of course are the reason for the gap in offers. But more evidence is needed.
Universities have a long way to go before they become exemplars of ethnic equality and diversity. That’s the thrust of a new report published by race equality think-tank, the Runnymede Trust. As David…
Young people from black British backgrounds are more likely to go to university than their white British peers, but they are much less likely to attend the UK’s most selective universities. As the Independent…
New analysis of the ethnic diversity of both university students and the academics in charge of their education has revealed wide disparities in ethnic representation compared to UK population averages…
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