Applicants with three A*s at A-level are 20% more likely to get offer if they are white than if they are from ethnic minority People applying to study medicine at Cambridge University with three A*s ...

It's a life-changing roll call. As the admissions tutor reads out names, the men and women gathered around the table reply crisply to each one: "Yep ... yep ... yep ...

Hopeful applicants labor over every word, straining to set themselves apart through carefully crafted anecdotes that demonstrate why they merit a place at the most selective universities. At least in ...

The well-known British University of Cambridge has ended the practice of applying for admissions on paper - for the first time, overseas applicants and those applying for a music scholarship can now ...

University students should be selected on the basis of academic excellence and not to hit “artificial benchmarks”, the new head of admissions at Cambridge warned last night. Mike Sewell, director of ...

It is time for the stereotype of Cambridge University as a “bastion of privilege” to be dispelled, according to the institution’s vice-chancellor, who argues that introducing a free foundation year ...