2012 marked the fourth 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-economic background categories, or be flagged for being in care. When a candidate is flagged it is strongly recommended that they are invited to interview.
Shortlisting rates of candidates with contextual data flagging
| 2012 entry |
Applications |
Met academic criteria shortlisted |
% shortlisted |
Accepts |
Success rate (%) |
| Flagged applicants |
928 |
581 |
62.6 |
160 |
17.2 |
| All UK domiciled applicants |
11,832 |
7,618 |
64.4 |
2,695 |
22.8 |
