This paper details our 2015-16 re-evaluation of the University of Cambridge’s maintained sector admissions target, which informed the collegiate University’s decision to retain an ultimate target of 64% in our 2017-18 Access Agreement.
Office for Fair Access (OFFA) Access Agreement 2017-18: Re-evaluation of admissions target for maintained school pupils
Researcher: Dr Alexa Horner, Research Officer, Cambridge Admissions Office
Office for Fair Access (OFFA) Access Agreement 2017-18: Re-evaluation of POLAR3 Q1 and Q2 admissions target
Researcher: Dr Alexa Horner, Research Officer, Cambridge Admissions Office
This paper details our 2015-16 re-evaluation of the University of Cambridge’s POLAR3 admissions target, which informed the collegiate University’s decision to retain an ultimate target of 13% in our 2017-18 Access Agreement.
Office for Fair Access (OFFA) Access Agreement 2017-18: Admissions target based on Output Area Classification 2011
Researcher: Dr Alexa Horner, Research Officer, Cambridge Admissions Office
This paper details the 2015-16 research which informed the collegiate University’s decision to introduce a new OAC-related admissions target into the University’s 2017-18 Access Agreement with the Office for Fair Access (OFFA), and which determined an appropriate target.
Office for Fair Access (OFFA) Access Agreement 2017-18: Use of Output Area Classification 2011 (OAC2011)
Researcher: Dr Alexa Horner, Research Officer, Cambridge Admissions Office & Dr Catherine Sumnall, former Research Officer, Cambridge Admissions Office
This paper details our 2014 assessment of OAC2011’s ability to identify those applicants to the University of Cambridge whose circumstances we know to be associated with relative disadvantage, and the evidence-based selection of the specific OAC2011 subgroups that should receive the OAC “flag” in our admissions process.
Destinations of first degree graduates from the University of Cambridge using data from 2011/12 and 2012/13 DLHE returns: A comparison of bursary recipients and non-bursary recipients
Researcher: The University of Cambridge Careers Service
This paper briefly compares the employment and salary outcomes of recent Cambridge graduates that received a bursary with those that did not.