{"id":19706,"date":"2019-08-14T13:52:14","date_gmt":"2019-08-14T13:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.englishforums.com\/news\/?p=19706"},"modified":"2019-08-14T13:52:14","modified_gmt":"2019-08-14T13:52:14","slug":"hinds-assails-university-admissions-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/hinds-assails-university-admissions-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Hinds assails university admissions system"},"content":{"rendered":"

Damian Hinds, the outgoing <\/b>Secretary\u00a0of State for\u00a0Education of the<\/strong> United Kingdom (UK), criticized university admissions procedures, specifically, the disturbing presence of many \u201cpressure-selling tactics, which are harming students\u2019 grades\u201d as they symbolized broader issues.<\/b>
\nUniversity admissions utilize systems where prospective students are allocated slots based on estimated grades. This approach is imperfect, and this makes university admissions questionable.
\nStatistics show high inaccuracy in university admissions\u2019 structures. Expressly, <\/b>only sixteen percent (16%) of applicants<\/b><\/a> correlate with the predicted marks.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Students failed by university admissions<\/b><\/h2>\n

The utilization of a system where students\u2019 admissions are founded on predicted results has proven to be a failure. Specifically, many applicants\u2019 chances are hindered by a bias structure.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nThe existence of both <\/b>unconditional and conditional offers<\/b><\/a> has been significantly criticized by the University and College Union (UCU).\u00a0<\/b>
\nThese opportunities are crafted in such a way that students only attain a place if the desired university is placed as the first choice.\u00a0<\/span>
\nThis shows the failure of the admission system because of the presence of certain aspects such as favoritism.\u00a0<\/span>
\nUniversities in the United Kingdom have come to acknowledge this challenge.\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0<\/b>
\nHe also affirmed that unconditional and conditioned opportunities replicated pressure-selling strategies that were detrimental to students\u2019 grades.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Universities\u2019 options in a post-qualification admissions (PQA) system<\/b><\/h2>\n

A PQA structure will come in handy in enabling universities to resolve the admission challenge.<\/span>
\nIt will enable students to make university applications after they have attained their results. As a result, the challenge of imperfect grade estimates will be resolved.\u00a0<\/b>
\nAdditionally, the PQA structure will eradicate the chaotic clearing structure and unconditional offers.<\/b> Equality will prevail as students will be presented with an unbiased admission system.\u00a0<\/span>
\nThe POA system has received considerable backing based on a survey involving ten admissions staff. <\/span>Seven of them<\/span><\/a> stated that they were in support.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nNevertheless, more discussions are being instigated so that well-informed, transparent, and fair choices can be made about student admissions.\u00a0<\/span>
\nA radical overhaul in university admissions is being orchestrated whereby real opportunities and reforms are being favored.<\/b> This occurs as the issue of <\/span>free college education<\/span><\/a> is continuously being debated.\u00a0<\/span>
\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Damian Hinds, the outgoing Secretary\u00a0of State for\u00a0Education of the United Kingdom (UK), criticized university admissions procedures, specifically, the disturbing presence of many \u201cpressure-selling tactics, which are harming students\u2019 grades\u201d as they symbolized broader issues. University admissions utilize systems where prospective students are allocated slots based on estimated grades. This approach is imperfect, and this makes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":19708,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,26],"tags":[343,1113,1350,1351,1487,1488,1489],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19706"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19706\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}