Figures released by the 探花直播 of Cambridge show another rise in the number of state-educated Home students being accepted on to a course of study. 探花直播number, for the 2017 admissions cycle, has increased to 64.1% (up from 62.5% in the 2016 cycle). This is the highest level since comparable records began more than 30 years ago.听听
Figures released by the 探花直播 of Cambridge show another rise in the number of state-educated Home students being accepted on to a course of study. 探花直播number, for the 2017 admissions cycle, has increased to 64.1% (up from 62.5% in the 2016 cycle). This is the highest level since comparable records began more than 30 years ago.听听
While welcoming these figures we cannot be complacent
Dr Sam Lucy
探花直播latest figures also show an increase in the number of students coming from areas of the UK which have a low participation rate in higher education. Admissions from students in Polar3 Quintile 1 (a geographical area of low participation rates in Higher Education) have risen from 3.3% to 4.6%. Admissions of students identified using other measures of socio-economic disadvantage are also up.
探花直播proportion of Home applicants accepted who declared themselves to be from an ethnic minority background increased from 21.8% to 22.1%, another record high.
Dr Sam Lucy, Director of Admissions for the Cambridge Colleges, says:
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探花直播total number of students applying to Cambridge stood at just over 17,000, a rise of 2.6% on the 2016 cycle, and another all-time high. 探花直播total number of acceptances was 3,497, an increase of 1.2%.听
探花直播 探花直播 spends around 拢5m a year on outreach activities. These include residential stays at Colleges, open days and visits to schools across the UK.
Professor Graham Virgo, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education, says:
鈥淲e take diversity extremely seriously and our outreach teams have been working hard to challenge misconceptions about what Cambridge is like. It鈥檚 a tribute to their hard work that more young people from different backgrounds have been given the chance of a world-class education here at Cambridge. I鈥檓 delighted that the message is getting through that people can find their place here, no matter where they鈥檙e from or whatever their background.鈥
Details of the 2017 admissions statistics can be found .
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