Michael Barber

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A review of the setting options for a radical overhaul of University admissions in England has been launched, the watchdog through Higher Education .

The Office for students outlined, a entry system, the scrap, the use of predicted A-level grades.

Instead, applications would be delayed until the students their test had Results .

Sir Michael Barber , Chairman of the watchdog, said it will not be recognized "in General", that parts of the recording-system "works".

In a separate report, the Higher Education Policy Institute, says a fairer system would be to remove the tuition fees for The First year for students whose parents attended no University.

The Office for students " three-month report on how the universities allocate places following the concerns about the fairness of the current system, the statements will be used, predicted, exam, notes, references, and personal.

The watchdog indicates that in 75% of cases, the pupils ' grades not predicted by schools.

There have already been warnings from Ministers of education to reduce "unconditional offers", when the universities compete for students with offers of places, regardless of the exam grades.

There was concern about the lack of transparency in how the "context" - run deals where a disadvantaged candidate may be offered a place with lower grades.

the watchdog also rejected advertised on the discrepancy between the required qualities to get the universities and often much lower grades that were actually used, places.

warnings were statements that were "personal" - where students write about their own interests in a course - may be skewed toward those with The Most of the help from parents or teachers.

Sir Michael said the recording process "it is particularly unfair on students from disadvantaged backgrounds".

The watchdog has would mean three options for reform:

delay applications or offers, until test Results are known, an amendment to the current timetable, either the Abitur or the publication of the Results , sooner or University start term later.

But it would also remove the need for information is used as a proxy for the Results of the audit - such as predicted grades, personal statements and references.

Unconditional offers would also be no longer needed and the students would not have to have multiple applications dependent on the Results , the may or may.

Jo Grady, head of the UCU lecturers' union, said there was "growing support for change to a fairer admissions system where students apply to University after you have received your Results ".

"This assessment is the opportunity for us to finally move to a system where the University offers are based on the actual performance rather than unreliable estimates of the potential. is "

Claire Sosienski Smith, of the National Union of Students, said: "It was clear that for some time, the licensing system works in the interest of the students, so it is good to see that the OfS in the plot. "

But Clare Marchant, the head of Ucas, which runs The Admissions service, said that they were already "to explore how the schedule-offer-you could improve and How To say a reliable grade before.

another approach to the creation of more open access to the University is proposed by the Higher Education Policy Institute. To remove

the financial hurdles for the disadvantage, the Think Tank suggests someone in The First generation of A Family , should go to University, do not pay tuition fees in The First year, with the government picking up the cost.

The watchdog is the publication of their Results according to the inclusion and assessment ends in may, but the universities are independent bodies, and changes to the approval are not imposed.

But the review has the support of universities Minister Michelle Donelan , who said it was vital that the attendance processes were transparent and the work in students 'interests".

you said, the criticism would be helped "a lot, determine how The System Can be improved".

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Source of news: bbc.com