A Level成绩比offer的要求低5个Grades大学都收,而且是Russel Group大学。英国大学这是要闹那样?

英国很多大学为了竞争和广告效果,把入学要求(Entry Requirements)定的比较高,但如果学生没有考到要求的成绩也会收,这是个大家都在玩的game(要求定的高说明学校牛X),但一般也就降低2个grade左右,这个报道说低了5个Grades大学都收,而且是Russel Group大学,这太ridiculous了。降5个Grades,就是说offer的要求是AAA,实际考到BCC都要。

英国上大学年龄的年轻人减少EU来的人也减少,大学为了招学生也是拼了,除了降grades越来越多的给unconditional的offer,这个问题不是只有排名低的学校有排名高的Russel Group大学也有。

过去大学招生每个学校有配额,最近几年配额取消,学校能招多少就招多少,所以很多排名高能招到学生的就拼命招,据说这方面比较成功的是UCL(未经证实),传闻说它的学生人数增加了三分之一,有了钱就盖房子建一个新校区,问题是老师人数没有怎么增加,教学设施也不是短时期就能改善的,会不会因为学生人数增加每个学生得到的资源减少这就难说了。

Universities are admitting students whose A-level results are up to five grades below offer, head warns
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2018/10/04/universities-admitting-students-whose-a-level-results-five-grades/

Universities are admitting students whose A-level results are up to five grades below their original offer, a leading headmaster has warned.

Chris Ramsey, head of the £37,860-a-year Whitgift School in south London, said that Russell Group institutions are increasingly giving places to 18-year-olds regardless of whether they meet their offers or not.

Mr Ramsey, who chairs the universities committee at the Headmasters’ and Headmistress’ Conference (HMC), said that there is growing concern among schools about the practise.

“The biggest gap at my schools was five grades down from the offer admitted,” he told headteachers at the annual HMC conference in Manchester.

“We had plenty of fives across HMC schools, fours were commonplace, threes, twos.” He said that in the past two to three years, there has been an increase in the number of students being accepted to their universities of choice despite missing their offer.

Mr Ramsey said that if this pattern continues, university offers risk losing their integrity as word spreads among pupils that they do not really need to meet their offers as they may well be given a place either way.

The trend comes amid fierce competition among universities to attract students, even if it means disregarding their usual entry requirements.

The lifting of student number controls in England in 2015 gave universities free rein to recruit as many undergraduates as they see fit - but the move has led to accusations that they now act like businesses, seeking to maximise their revenue by recruiting as many students as possible.


A dip in the population of 18-year-olds in recent years has also heightened competition between universities. "

There were significant rises in university offers a few years ago, and schools responded by predicting in some cases ambitiously, though always realistically," Mr Ramsey said.

"However, there is the potential for an unhelpful vicious circle if universities think schools will over predict and ‘control’ for that by setting offers higher than they need to.

“The reality is that in the last three years, and particularly this last year, many candidates have gained entry to their chosen universities with grades lower than those required.”

Universities have also been giving out rising numbers of unconditional offers. In the past year alone, there has been a 32 per cent rise the unconditional offers, according to new figures released by Ucas, the university admissions service.

Dame Janet Beers, who is vice Chancellor at Liverpool University and President of Universities UK, told heads that she not in favour of them.

“We don’t use unconditional offers,” she said. “This is partly because I’m in charge and I don’t agree with them.”

有教无类嘛 {:5_141:} 。进得去他出得来吗?

丢一个学生丢一笔钱,学校是不愿意看到学生fail掉的太多的特别不愿意看到学生第一年就fail掉,学生程度差又不想失去学生,怎么做你懂的。

哦,学校收生当生意做啊!做老师叫兽的,工司生意好就要加人工啰! {:5_142:}

话说老大不缺钱,要学校增加老师人手啰!咯咯! {:5_147:}

怪不得大学老师罢工。

喜闻乐见 {:5_142:}

Leicester 今年给了不少unconditional offers…好歹也是Russell group啊 {:5_134:}

Leicester今年要裁一批人,估计是前几年招生人数下降的原因,看起来今年为招学生也是拼了。

五个grade低于都能进的话好奇ccd能进哪个russle group大学 {:5_129:}

Many universities just want to get enough bums on the seats. {:5_139:}

See the article above "…Russell Group institutions are increasingly giving places to 18-year-olds regardless of whether they meet their offers or not. "

悬…

我们系今年有两个欧洲的同事都离开了,去了澳洲, 英国老师薪水本来就少,学生越来越多,还看跌英镑

这算什么,学生因为生病完全没去考试,学校也发了offer,还有比这更搞笑的吗

这算什么,学生因为生病完全没去考试,学校也发了offer,还有比这更搞笑的吗

虽然不好的A level或者没有A level就可以上不错的大学,这些人以后可能会后悔的,以后找工作需要填A level成绩,对于竞争激烈的位置可能就会因为这个原因第一关就被刷掉。

Leicester不是罗素大学集团

大学招生都是生意

真为英国的未来担心! 唉, 感觉押错了宝

我儿子6月申请UCAS时,高中最后2年所有成绩单,各科老师评语,英语剑桥高级证书,老师推荐信,要求写这个推荐信的老师必须是申请人学习期间前一,2年,十分了解学生学习情况和学习能力的主课老师写,并且要提供老师的私人邮箱。还有自我评价信等,然后有些英国大学还具体来问一些个人具体情况,觉得选人还是很严格的啊。