2011 marked the third year of the use of a flagging system for contextual data to decide which extra students to invite to interview. The aspects of contextual data looked at were the performance of the candidate’s school at GCSE and A-level; socio-economic circumstances by home postcode; and whether an applicant has been in care.
No matter what contextual information there is on a candidate they will still need to meet the standard conditional offer for a place and be within the top 80% in any pre-interview tests before they are invited to interview.
The University will ‘flag’ a candidate if they have one flag from the prior education and socio-economics background categories, or be flagged for being in care. When a candidate is flagged it is strongly recommended that they are invited to interview.
Contextual information only comes into play in deciding which extra students are invited to interview. It plays no part in deciding who gets an offer, or what that offer is.
Shortlisting rates of candidates with contextual data flagging
| 2011 entry |
Applications |
Met academic criteria shortlisted |
% shortlisted |
Accepts |
Success rate (%) |
| Flagged applicants |
598 |
366 |
61.2 |
93 |
15.6 |
| All UK domiciled applicants |
12,107 |
7,741 |
63.9 |
2,661 |
22.0 |
