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SUMMARY:Competitive admissions to Higher Education – how do institutions
  differentiate between applicants? - Tim Oates (Assessment Research & Deve
 lopment Division\, Cambridge Assessment)\, Janet Graham (Director\, Suppor
 ting Professionalism in Admissions Programme) and Dr Robert Wilkins (Dept.
  of Physiology\, Anatomy and Genetics\, University of Oxford)
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CONTACT:Elizabeth Ford
DESCRIPTION:UCAS applications to UK Higher Education institutions\, the nu
 mber of A-levels awarded an A grade and high achieving students exceeding 
 the minimum entry requirements are all on the increase. In this context\, 
 the increasing numbers of well-qualified applicants presents institutions 
 with a real challenge: how can they choose between applicants in a way tha
 t is consistent\, fair\, transparent and predictive of their future academ
 ic success? This session will look beneath the surface of the reported sta
 tistics. It will consider the wider context of admissions to competitive H
 igher Education entry\, including the impact of the Schwartz Report’s re
 commendations on admissions processes. We will also look at how one instit
 ution uses various forms of assessment to help with differentiating betwee
 n applicants.
LOCATION:Cambridge Assessment\, 9 Hills Road\, Cambridge
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