…figure for the leading US private universities was only 48 per cent. However, the research showed that the social composition of the student body at elite universities was similar in…
Success matters as much as access
Success is as important as access in broadening the composition of the student body at the leading universities, the Sutton Trust summit heard this afternoon, writes John O’Leary Universities are…
Alternative routes to advancing access
…to help pay my way. I work in the finance office and earn £144 a week for 12 hours. I think British universities should bring this kind of system in.”…
Making a Statement
…is to show academic potential. Your statement is likely to be read by an academic or a trained admissions officer. They will be subject specialists whose priority is to offer…
Coding + Creativity = Careers?
…programming languages to solve computational problems; to design, use and evaluate computational abstractions that model the state and behaviour of real-world problems and physical systems; and how instructions are stored…
Breaking the mould, not the bank
…common sense and initiative, being commercially aware – that are indispensable in many jobs. The offer to these students is growing. My colleague, Conor Ryan, has blogged previously on how…