Birmingham University is to increase the number of
unconditional offers it makes, after declaring last year’s pilot a success.
Just over a third of the 1,000 offers led to a place, which is higher than
their usual one quarter conversion rate. Roderick Smith, the director of
admissions, admitted that not all the students who received the unconditional
offer gained ABB, and thus affected their core non ABB quota but that it was
still worth the risk. He said they would extend the scheme this year to more
courses and a greater number of offers. He also answered criticism that the
scheme had benefited the more affluent, saying “We are not unduly privileging the already privileged and the scheme did
not skew the socio economic background of our students”.
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