www.theguardian.com/education/2022/jun/11/first-post-covid-school-leavers-face-fight-for-fewer-university-places
Is.this situation going to continue if we don't have grade deflation. Are more universities going to be forced to interview or to require supplementary exams?
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High grade students being rejected. Is this fair?
mids2019 · 11/06/2022 15:04
blue421 · 11/06/2022 18:33
I understand where you're coming from but some firms do care which university you've been to, particularly in professional services such as investment banking and management consultancy. There was a very limited range of universities represented when I worked in corporate finance.
Yes, people get in from other universities but some firms also use the university as an easy filter (in their mind at least). Some of the accountancy firms are going for more of a Uni blind/initial testing approach but this isn't the case everywhere. I think there's inevitably some generational bias as partners/directors recruiting are influenced by which universities had the best reputation when they were undergraduates.
Pennox · 11/06/2022 15:21
The stars have gone missing from my post but you know what I mean, he needed A stars in his predictions. And always would have done for those subjects at those unis surely?
JackieWeaver101 · 12/06/2022 13:15
He had A stars in his predictions.
Pennox · 11/06/2022 15:21
The stars have gone missing from my post but you know what I mean, he needed A stars in his predictions. And always would have done for those subjects at those unis surely?
Angrymum22 · 12/06/2022 14:16
Uni snobbery is a real thing in some industries. My DN is doing civil engineering. She had applied for architecture but changed her mind by the time her Alevel results were through. She had applied to a northern Uni ( ex poly) because a number of her friends were going there. After considering her options she went through clearing and landed a place at the top Russell group Uni for the course she wanted. She has just landed a paid internship with Balfour Beatty for her year in industry. If she performs well this is likely to lead to a guaranteed job at the end of her course.
When looking at Universities it is useful to see where all the research funding is going. These universities attract the best postgrads and teaching staff. Oxford and Cambridge have lost the top spots in many areas.
We are in the process of looking at courses and unis with DS who is in yr12. Advice coming from school is that due to Covid many are faking to get places because so many have deferred in the last two years. The advice is to defer or go through clearing. DS has had a tough time over the last 6mnths and his predicted grades don’t reflect his ability. School are unwilling to bump them and we don’t want them to. We don’t know whether DS will actually improve on them, although we hope he will.
He still has no idea what he wants to do so we are encouraging him to take a year out to work, hopefully he will refocus and be able to make a more informed decision after he has experienced the real world.
Also he can build up some savings. As a bit of incentive we are going to offer to pay tuition fees so he doesn’t end up in perpetual debt. We haven’t told him yet though.
I don’t really care what work he does, he just needs to find a work ethic.
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