…achieve the same as a millionaire’s son. While universities shouldn’t have to compensate for 18 years of inequality, they should adjust their admissions processes to recognise pent up potential. This…
Spotlight on: Michelle Sebele
…and I left determined to study medicine. How did you find university as a care leaver? I did the extended medical degree programme at King’ College London which gave me…
2018 summer programme roundup
…reflected on his experience: “Before this week I never would have considered London universities. I wouldn’t have even come to an open day before this – I was just going…
Sutton Scholar wins award for ‘best effort’
…programme after a strong recommendation from his teacher at Francis Combe Academy in Watford, as well as excellent grades. He met several of the social mobility criteria for the programme;…
Oxford University tries a new approach to recruiting poor students
…of the Sutton Trust, an education charity. Whereas most universities accept applications until January, Oxford (like Cambridge and most medical schools) demands them by October. It sets extra tests, which…
Cambridge trying to widen state access to study medicine
…schools to apply to study medicine by letting them experience undergraduate life. The project was the brainchild of two medical students at Gonville and Caius College who were concerned at…