Media contributions
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Title Ucas personal statement ‘contributes to access inequalities’ Media name/outlet Times Higher Education Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 24/11/22 Description Professor Jones said: “Fee-paying schools and colleges have long known that the Ucas personal statement, in its current form, is a chance for their pupils to advantage themselves further in the university application game. Lots of extracurricular activities can be made available, and lots of help writing the statement can be offered.
“Ucas has remained wedded to a ‘free response’ personal statement, even as evidence of its limits has grown. In other nations, a more fair-minded and context-sensitive approach to selection has long been taken.
“The reforms that we’re recommending will belatedly begin to level the admissions playing field.”URL https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/ucas-personal-statement-contributes-access-inequalities Persons Steven Jones
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- higher education
- university admissions