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Apply for university AFTER getting your A-level grades

by liamssoft | October 31, 2011 at 03:42 am

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Dr Wendy Piatt (Director General, The Russell Group) on national ITV News (6-30pm) 18 Nov 2010

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Dr Wendy Piatt (Director General, The Russell Group) on national ITV News (6-30pm) 18 Nov 2010

The most radical overhaul of university admissions for half a century would allow students to apply after they receive their A-level results, sparing them the anguish of the clearing system.

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The proposals, published today by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (Ucas), aim to end the system which sees university hopefuls admitted on predicted grades.

Under the new system, A-level exams would be brought forward by 15 days, results published in early July before schools break up for the summer holidays, and the university term would start no earlier than 8 October. At present, university hopefuls are given provisional places based on their predicted grades. But today's report reveals that fewer than one in 10 students receive correct predictions for all three subjects. Only 51.7 per cent of all predictions are accurate, with 41.7 per cent being over-predictions. One in 11 receives an over-prediction by two or more grades and 28 per cent receive at least one under-prediction.

The proposed new system, which will go out for consultation until January, would be the first major shake-up to university admissions since Ucas was founded in 1961....independent.co.uk