As part of a desire to be more transparent the following information has been provided by universities and colleges of higher education to illustrate the question: ‘How do institutions of higher education consider applications?’. The information has been compiled by the Delivery Partnership for Admissions Reform, a body that is based at Universities UK, the organisation that represents University Vice Chancellors in the UK, and Guild HE which represents principals of smaller institutions of higher education, and which has members from all sectors of education.
A selection of Case Studies of real students has been provided to illustrate how institutions considered their applications. These are just a sample, and there are other variations. For more information, institutions should be contacted direct.
Please see the introduction for a general explanation of what the case studies are illustrating.
Case Studies:
Case Study 1: Admissions to a very selective programme with high academic and non-academic requirements at a research intensive university (Medicine)
Case Study 2: Admissions to an unselective but reasonably high academic requirement programme at a popular medium sized, research intensive university (Politics and International Relations)
Case Study 3: Admissions to an arts subject in a small traditional university which operates a selection process including assessment by academic admissions tutors (History)
Case Study 4: A course which requires Criminal Record Bureau checks as an entrance requirement, in a small traditional university (Adult Nursing)
Case Study 5: Courses at an Arts Institute in the South of England.
Case Study 6: A non-selective science programme at a research intensive Scottish university.
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