Contextual Admissions Enquiry

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Dear University of Liverpool,

I would like to ask for the following information:
(year refers to entry year, for example: 2010-2011 entry year refers to students applying in 2010, entering in 2011)

1. The first year when the university started using contextual data for admissions (in any form), and, if the university has stopped doing this, the last year of this practice
2. For each year where the university uses contextual admissions, the subjects or departments or schools that practice contextual admissions
3. For each year where the university uses contextual admissions, the list of indicators used. I would like this information on a per-application year basis (as the university may have changed the indicators). I would like to ask for detailed description of the indicators, example descriptions include: if students’ postcode was in bottom 2 quintile of Polar 3 index, if students have been in care for more than 3 months
4. For each year where the university uses contextual admissions, what the data are used for: flagging applicants, guaranteed interviews, contextual offers
5. For each year where the university uses contextual admissions, how many applications were flagged, how many applicants were given a contextual offer, and how many accepted them

Yours faithfully,

Eddy Zou

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Hello Eddy

 

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Hello Eddy

 

Please find attached the response to your request for information under
the Freedom of Information Act (our reference FOI/2223/168).

 

Kind regards, Kirsty

 

Kirsty Rothwell
Freedom of Information Officer / Data Protection Co-ordinator
Legal & Governance

Pronouns: She/Her
Phonetic pronunciation of first name: kir-stee

University of Liverpool, Foundation Building, Brownlow Hill, Liverpool L69
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