PPE Admissions Manual 2022 23.pdf

PPE Admissions Manual 2022-23
Last updated 26 October 2022

Introduction
This manual describes the procedures for PPE admissions in 2022-23. They have been agreed by the
standing committee for PPE, and are designed to comply with the Common Framework for
admissions.
The following policies or procedures are different from those in previous admissions rounds:
•  The contextual information available for this cohort of applicants does not include
cGCSEs. See this page of the UAO Handbook and Appendix I for details.
•  Because cGCSEs are not available, the pre-interview score introduced in 2020 will be
unavailable; reallocation will be done on the basis of the TSA Overall score alone; and
the post-interview score will be calculated without cGCSEs.
•  Interviews will be online again this year, and can either happen at the candidate’s home
or in school (more information about online interviews is in the UAO handbook here and
on the University website here).
•  If, by Friday of 4th week in Michaelmas, you know that you will make a certain number
of open offers in PPE, include them in your total capacity on ADSS. If you don’t know at
that stage whether you will make any open offers, do not include them. Previously,
colleges were asked not to include open offers in their total capacity.
The following PPE ADSS features are different from last year:
•  There are some new columns in the view PPE Contextual Data Information 2022-23.


If you have any questions about this manual, please contact the admissions coordinator or PPE
administrator:


If you have any questions about general admissions procedures, refer to the UAO handbook (access
via Single Sign On – please note that graduate students will not be able to access this) or contact
UAO

Feedback and suggestions are welcome, at any stage, especially from those new to the process. Just
email
with the subject line ‘Feedback’.
Good luck and best wishes,

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Contents

Introduction ........................................................................................................................................ 1
Contents .............................................................................................................................................. 2
Summary of the Cycle ......................................................................................................................... 3
Weekly Instructions ............................................................................................................................ 5
Week 3, Michaelmas Term ............................................................................................................. 5
Week 6, Michaelmas Term ............................................................................................................. 6
Week 7, Michaelmas Term ............................................................................................................. 7
Week 8, Michaelmas Term ............................................................................................................. 9
Week 9, Michaelmas Term ............................................................................................................. 9
Mid-August, Long Vacation ........................................................................................................... 13
Appendix A: How to Use PPE ADSS ................................................................................................... 14
Appendix B: The TSA ......................................................................................................................... 14
Appendix C: Shortlisting .................................................................................................................... 15
Appendix D: Reallocation .................................................................................................................. 16
Appendix E: Interviewing .................................................................................................................. 17
Appendix F: Second Interview Selection ........................................................................................... 18
Appendix G: Open Offer Scheme ...................................................................................................... 19
Appendix H: Opportunity Oxford ...................................................................................................... 20
Appendix I: Contextual Data ............................................................................................................. 22
Appendix J: PPE ADSS Views ............................................................................................................. 28
Appendix K: PPE ADSS Fields ............................................................................................................. 30
Appendix L: ADSS School Types ........................................................................................................ 34
Appendix M: ADSS Subject Abbreviations ........................................................................................ 35

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Summary of the Cycle

Lead Tutors
Admissions Coordinator
Michaelmas
Weeks 3-4
Update available places at your
Confirms once PPE ADSS is live
college in ADSS by Friday, Week  (expected Tuesday, Week 3, 9am)
4.

Explains procedures for this
admissions round.
Week 6, Thursday
Arrange for TSA essays to be
Confirms once TSA Essays and TSA
marked.
Section 1 Scores available.

Generates college deselection
targets.
Week 7, Tuesday
Enter reserve, shortlist, deselect  After 3pm, performs reallocation.
decisions by 3pm.

Later that evening, confirms
After reallocation is confirmed,
reallocation is ready to lead tutors.
inform admissions coordinator
of further deselections before
9am Wednesday.
Week 7, Wednesday
Rescue deselected candidates
After rescues have been finalised,
between 9am and 1pm.
confirms final shortlist to lead

tutors and college admissions
Explain reasons for not rescuing  officers, who can begin sending
deselected Band A candidates
letters.
by 1pm.
Week 7, Thursday
College Admissions Officers

send letters to candidates.
Week 9, Monday,
First interviews take place.

Tuesday (and

Wednesday AM if
NB. First interviews for overseas
necessary)
candidates may also be
scheduled in Week 8 if
necessary.
Week 9, Wednesday PM  Enter first interview scores and
After 5pm, ranks candidates for
decisions by 4pm if possible or
second interview.
5pm at latest.

Emails lead tutors to confirm how
Enter college status for second
many second interviews they can
interview by 5pm.
pick in their time slot.
Week 9, Wednesday
Select second and third
At 10pm, emails lead tutors and
7-9.30pm
interviews (during time slots
college admissions officers to
specified in this manual).
confirm final list of second and third
interviews.
Week 9, Thursday
College Admissions Officers

confirm second and third
interviews to candidates by
11am.
Week 9, Friday (from
Second and third interviews

11am) and Week 10,
take place. Enter second and
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Monday, Tuesday, and
third interview scores by 5pm
Wednesday
on Wednesday, Week 10.
Week 10, Friday 5pm
Enter all final decisions.

Long Vacation
TBC (during A Level
Decide whether to keep your
Returns claimed open offer
results week in mid-
open offer candidate.
candidates to origin colleges.
August)
TBC (mid-August)
Decide who to take from open

offer pool.
TBC (mid-August)

Confirms open offer allocation and
moves open offer candidates to
new colleges.

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Weekly Instructions
Before Michaelmas Term, the PPE administrator asks college admissions officers to confirm (a) who
their lead tutor is for the coming admissions cycle and (b) which other tutors need access to PPE
ADSS. Lead tutors are given read-write access and other tutors are given read-only access, unless
colleges request otherwise.
If anyone needs access after the deadline, or finds that they have not been granted the access they
expected, please contact the PPE admissions coordinator
. We will then
fill in the online form requesting for your access to be updated. Please check that you have the right
access as soon as possible after ADSS goes live, so that we can make any changes in time. If you have
read-write access, you will be able to see the view PPE College Information – My College. If you have
read-only access, you will not be able to see that view.
Week 3, Michaelmas Term
Once ADSS is live (expected Tuesday, Week 3, 9am), the PPE admissions coordinator will send an
email to lead tutors, copied to college admissions officers. This will ask lead tutors to:
•  Login to ADSS.
•  Select your role using the dropdown on the top right-hand side of the screen (under the
date).
•  Click on the view PPE College Information – My College on the left-hand side of the screen.
•  Update your college’s total capacity (the total number of places at your college), number of
deferred places (candidates already admitted for 2023-entry), and available capacity (total
capacity minus deferred places) by Friday of week 4. As a change from previous years, if you
already know that you will make a certain number of open offers in PPE, include the number
of open offers you will make in your total capacity. If you don’t know yet whether you will
make any open offers, do not include them.
•  The numbers you enter in the view are not binding, but will be used as a guide during the
shortlisting and reallocation process. If you need to update them later in the process, please
let the admissions coordinator know.
The admissions coordinator will also remind lead tutors that all admitting tutors and staff involved in
PPE admissions at their college should complete the relevant training courses in preparation for the
admissions round:
•  Mandatory Initial training for tutors who are new to admissions interviewing at Oxford and
are not necessarily familiar with the University’s admissions and selection process.
•  Mandatory Refresher training for tutors have experience of admissions interviewing at
Oxford and are familiar with the University’s admissions and selection process, but are
required to refresh their knowledge at least once every five years.
•  Contextual data training – a separate module to help tutors understand how the University
uses contextual data. The course has been expanded this year to include information on
provision the new Widening Participation questions from UCAS. Please note that the training
does not include information on the use of Contextualised GCSEs in the 2023 cycle.
Additional guidance on Contextualised GCSEs will be released following the completion of
ongoing analysis and consultation.
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Week 6, Michaelmas Term
The PPE admissions coordinator emails lead tutors once the following are available in ADSS: (a) TSA
Section 1 scores and (b) shortlisting, deselecting, and reservation targets. It is expected that TSA
Section 1 scores and essays will be available by Thursday Week 6, and shortlisting targets soon
afterwards. Information about candidates with special considerations for the TSA (e.g. bereavement,
illness, disruption on the day of the test) will appear on ADSS as “TSA special considerations”.
Information about the TSA (including how Section 1 scores are calculated and how essays are to be
marked) is in Appendix B. Information about shortlisting (including how targets are set and how to
weigh different elements of the application) is in Appendix C.
The admissions coordinator will ask lead tutors to do 3 things:
•  Arrange for the TSA essays of your candidates to be marked according to the criteria set out
in Appendix B. To download the PDFs of TSA essays, go to the view PPE View TSA Essays and
Enter Scores – My College. Click on Attachments PDF in the top central section of the screen,
then select ‘all candidates in the view’ and ‘slot number’ = 1. To find the essay questions for
each time zone, click on Documents on the top right-hand side of the screen (under ‘Results
per page’), then TSA_Section2_2023_TZ1 etc.
•  Enter TSA essay scores in ADSS by 3pm on Tuesday, Week 7.
•  Enter shortlist, reserve, and deselect decisions in ADSS by 3pm on Tuesday, Week 7. To enter
your decisions, go to the view PPE Reserve Shortlist and Deselect – My College, then tick the
box next to the candidate name (do not click on the candidate name). Once you have ticked
the box, a button called Change Status shows up in the top right-hand side of the screen.
Click on it and enter one of the three statuses: Reserved or Shortlisted or Deselected.
When making your decisions, bear in mind the following:
•  Be guided by the shortlisting criteria in Appendix C.
•  Shortlist (or deselect and then rescue later; see p.7 for how to rescue) candidates in
contextual data Band A, provided (a) they are predicted to achieve the standard conditional
offer and (b) they have a TSA section 1 score within the top 80% of those who have a TSA
section 1 score. There will be a column in ADSS telling you which Band A candidates satisfy
the top-80% requirement.
•  If you wish not to shortlist a Band A candidate who satisfies the top-80% requirement, you
must explain why, in writing, to the admissions coordinator at

by 1pm on Wednesday, Week 7.
•  You are also encouraged to shortlist candidates in Band B.
•  Your deselection targets will be sent to you by the admissions coordinator on Thursday of
Week 6. (You will see some targets displayed in the view PPE Reserve Shortlist and Deselect
– My College. These are not the correct targets. Please ignore these and rely instead on the
information in the admissions coordinator’s email.)
•  You must deselect exactly the number of candidates required by the coordinator. You will be
able to rescue candidates later, if you would like to interview above quota. Deselection
targets are set so that across the University we meet our goal of interviewing 2.75
candidates per place. Your target deselection number is not your total number of candidates
minus your expected number of interviews.
•  Once you have done the required number of deselections, you should mark all your other
candidates as either “shortlisted” or “reserved”.
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•  The “reserve” option is for exporting colleges.
•  The admissions coordinator’s email on Thursday of Week 6 will tell you whether you
are an importing or exporting college, and how many candidates you can reserve if
you are an exporting college.
•  Reserved candidates will not be reallocated to other colleges, so the reserve option
is a way of holding on to candidates you definitely want to interview at your college.
•  Importing colleges do not need to reserve candidates because none of their
candidates will be exported.
•  Your reserve allowance is 1.2 x the number of places available at your college. Your
reserve allowance will be confirmed to you by the admissions coordinator in the
Week 6 email (if the reserve allowance number is a fraction, it will be rounded up).
•  As with the deselection targets, please ignore the reserve allowance displayed in
ADSS, which is incorrect.
Week 7, Michaelmas Term
Monday
The admissions coordinator will ask you to confirm which person from your college should be given
access to the PPE enter rescue decisions view on Wednesday morning. This does not have to be the
lead tutor, but it does need to be someone with read-write access to PPE ADSS.
If you want to test how rescuing works in advance of the rescue period, contact

Tuesday
By 3pm, lead tutors enter TSA essay scores and reserve, shortlist, and deselect candidates. The
admissions coordinator then performs the reallocation (see Appendix D). Once the reallocation is
finalised (usually around 6 or 7pm) the admissions coordinator asks lead tutors to do the following:
•  Check that the results (number of imports and exports) are roughly in line with what you
expected. You may be reallocated slightly more or slightly fewer candidates than the system
indicates (essentially because Harris Manchester only takes mature candidates).
•  Inform the admissions coordinator if you would like to deselect further candidates. Confirm
deselections as soon as possible and before 9am on Wednesday to give these candidates a
chance of being rescued by other colleges. You cannot deselect candidates that have been
reallocated to you, unless they do not meet (or are not predicted to meet) the standard
offer.
•  Consider whether you would like to rescue any of the deselected candidates on Wednesday
morning. Use the view PPE All Deselected Candidates to look at who is available.
Wednesday
The person in charge of rescuing candidates for your college will be given access to the PPE enter
rescue decisions view on ADSS between 9am and 1pm on Wednesday.
•  In order to see the view, you will need to leave ADSS and log back in again once the view has
been shared (i.e. you will be asked to re-enter your SSO details and password). ADSS does
not have a logout button so the easiest way to do this is to open a “new private window” or
“new incognito window” on your web browser and login using that.
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•  The view will include the fields: candidate name, UCAS ID, rescue decision, and rescue
college.
•  If you want to claim someone, fill in the rescue decision field with ‘yes’ and rescue college
field with your college, then click save.
•  The candidate will disappear from the view and reappear in the view PPE rescue decisions
made. This view has the same fields as the other view and will be visible to all tutors, so that
you can (a) check whether your rescues were successful (they may not be if another college
clicked save slightly before you) and (b) check whether any other candidates you want to
rescue have already been claimed by another college.
•  If you are having trouble, please email
with the UCAS ID of the
candidate(s) you want to rescue and we will try to rescue them for you. There is no
guarantee that we will be able to rescue them before another college does.
The rules of the rescue process are as follows:
•  You can rescue your own candidates or candidates from other colleges.
•  Origin colleges do not have priority over their candidates.
•  While the rescue process is ongoing, do not make any changes to ADSS except when using
the PPE enter rescue decisions view.
•  Rescue any Band A top-80% candidates that you originally deselected, or explain in writing
why you have not rescued them (as described on p.6 above), by 1pm on Wednesday.
After 1pm, when the rescue process is complete, the admissions coordinator emails lead tutors and
college admissions officers to confirm the final shortlist. College admissions officers can then (and
only then) start sending letters to:
•  Deselected candidates, who are in the view PPE All Deselected Candidates (choose your
college from the drop-down menu on the left).
•  Shortlisted candidates (those with either ‘shortlisted’ or ‘reserved’ status), who are in the
view PPE Enter Interview Scores and Enter Decisions – My College.
Colleges can also start timetabling first interviews, bearing in mind:
•  The agreed interview timetable: PPE overseas candidates can be interviewed in week 8, and
all PPE candidates can be interviewed on Monday, Tuesday, and (if necessary) the morning
of Wednesday 9th week.
•  Most interviews are expected to take place at home, but any interviews taking place in
schools in the UK are expected to be between 9am and 5pm, or during local office hours
outside of the UK, where possible.
•  Colleges are free to choose the number and the length of interviews, as in a normal year.
Colleges who want to do three interviews per candidate are asked to consider scheduling
two of them back to back. Colleges who want to do one interview per candidate are free to
do so.
•  Tech problems happen. Try to leave blocks of time open for rescheduled interviews. Budget
for this when deciding how long your interviews will be.
•  Rescheduling interviews is harder with applicants in remote time zones. It would make sense
to schedule interviews with these applicants at the very beginning of the interview period,
so that you leave yourself as much time as you can for rescheduling them.
•  If you have interviewees in the Americas, make sure some of the slots for rescheduling are in
the afternoons. Mornings for remote interviewees to the east.
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•  First interviews should be timetabled with the aim of entering all interview scores and
decisions by 4pm on Wednesday, Week 9. Scores and decisions must be entered on ADSS by
5pm at the latest on Wednesday, Week 9. If just one college fails to meet this deadline, it
holds up the allocation of second interviews for everyone else.
•  You can (but do not have to) use the ADSS view PPE College 1 Interview Scheduling to
schedule first interviews.
When planning your interviews, bear in mind:
•  The policy on the conduct and content of PPE interviews, in Appendix E.
•  It is best practice to avoid single-sex admissions panels (taking a panel to include the
interviewing tutors in all three subjects). As far as practically possible, colleges should use
mixed-sex panels, perhaps by ‘swapping’ tutors with another college, or adding suitably
qualified lecturers.
Week 8, Michaelmas Term
The admissions coordinator emails lead tutors with procedures for interviews. The email will ask you
to:
•  Familiarise yourself with the deadlines and procedures for Week 9.
•  Let the admissions coordinator know if someone other than you will be selecting second
interviews on Wednesday evening of Week 9.
•  Confirm how you can be contacted (e.g. MS Teams, phone) during the second interview
selection period.
•  Note that the second interview selection process works in the same way as the rescue
process, i.e. a screen is shared with the relevant person at the relevant times.
•  The person selecting second interviewees can arrange to test the system in advance, by
contacting the admissions coordinator email address.
Some first interviews for overseas candidates may take place during this week.
Week 9, Michaelmas Term
Monday
First interviews take place.
Tuesday
First interviews take place.
Wednesday
In the morning, any remaining first interviews take place.
Lead tutors must do the following by 4pm if at all possible and 5pm at the latest:
•  Enter scores of 0-100 for either two or three interviews (even if you have done one
interview per candidate, you should still enter two or three scores). ADSS labels them by
subject (Politics, Philosophy, Economics) but they do not need to be subject-specific. The
scale for interview scores is set out in Appendix E. Save the scores as you enter them.
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•  Enter one of the following decisions under ‘College 1 Decision’ for each candidate (do not
leave any candidate blank): Place, Open Offer, Place for Alternative Year, Reject,
Recommend for Second Interview. Bear in mind that:
•  You can fill all places after first interviews.
•  You can no longer reserve candidates. The PPE Committee agreed before the 2018-
19 admissions round that this potentially disadvantaged reserved candidates, since
they were unlikely to be second interviewed, but were also not guaranteed a place
at their origin college.
•  You can recommend any number of candidates for second interview. These
candidates may or may not be given a second interview. You do not have priority
over these candidates and any interviewing college who wishes to offer them a
place may do so.
•  Enter in the view PPE college status for second interview:
•  Your college’s ‘status for second interview’. The statuses that can be chosen are as
follows: 1. Urgently need candidates, 2. Seriously looking for candidates, 3.
Interested in candidates, 4. Not holding 2nd interviews. The status you choose
determines when you can schedule second interviews (see the time-slots in
Appendix F). During their time slot, each college can schedule up to the number of
unfilled places plus one. If you wish to hold more interviews, you must use the last
time slot on Wednesday evening to schedule them.
•  The number of first interviews completed, the number of second interviews you will
do, and the number of first and second interviews combined.
The admissions coordinator then ranks candidates who have TSA Overall, TSA essay, and interview
scores according to a post-interview ranking formula (for how the formula is calculated see Appendix
F). You can start considering who you’d like to select for second interviews using the view PPE
candidates available for second interview. This view is visible to tutors at all times, so you do not
need to wait until the ranking is available to use it. It includes all candidates recommended or
rejected after first interview.
The admissions coordinator will email lead tutors when the ranking is available (expected to be
around 6.45pm). This email will confirm the time slot when each college can select second
interviews, and the number of second interviews you can schedule in your slot (number of unfilled
places + 1).
Arranging second interviews works as follows:
•  To select candidates, go to the view PPE Second Interview Enter Decisions. This view is only
visible during your time slot. As with the rescue process, to see the view you need to leave
ADSS and log back in again once the view has been shared (i.e. be asked to re-enter your SSO
details and password). ADSS does not have a logout button so the easiest way to do this is to
open a “new private window” or “new incognito window” on your web browser and login
using that. The admissions coordinator’s email will explain what to do if this does not work.
You can also test that the system works for you, in advance of the week itself, by contacting

•  To claim a candidate, fill in the ‘College 2’ field (with your college name) then save. The
candidate will disappear from PPE Second Interview Enter Decisions and reappear in PPE
Second Interview Candidate Information. (If another college has saved slightly before you,
the candidate will go to them.)
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•  After you have claimed a candidate, go to PPE Second Interview Candidate Information and
fill in the interview and reading times. Make sure you do this before the end of your
timeslot.
•  Colleges can schedule PPE second interviews on Friday 9th week (from 11am), or Monday,
Tuesday, or Wednesday 10th week. Even though this whole period is available, you are
urged to schedule all your second interviews as close to one another as possible. The more
spread out your second interviews are, the more time there is for candidates to discover
what previous candidates’ second interviews at your college involved. If (and only if) the
candidate requests a second interview to be held on Thursday 9th week, it is fine to hold it
then.
•  To claim a candidate for third interview, contact the admissions coordinator who will select
them for you. Then enter the timing in PPE Second Interview Candidate Information. Third
interviews do not count towards the quota you can schedule in your slot.
At the start of each time slot, the admissions coordinator will contact the relevant colleges to
confirm that their slot has started. At the start of the final time slot, the admissions coordinator will
contact all colleges to confirm that the final slot has started.
At 10pm (or once decisions are finalised), the admissions coordinator will email college admissions
officers (copied to lead tutors) to confirm which candidates have second or third interviews and
where to find the timings of those interviews. College admissions officers will then contact
candidates by 11am on Thursday of 9th week.
Friday, Week 9 (from 11am) and Monday–Wednesday, Week 10
Second and third interviews take place.
Wednesday, Week 10
On Wednesday afternoon, the admissions coordinator emails lead tutors to confirm the following
final tasks:
•  Enter all second and third interview scores into ADSS by 5pm on Wednesday, Week 10.
•  Enter final decisions on all candidates (including open offer candidates) by 5pm on Friday,
Week 10.
To enter interview scores:
•  Go to PPE Enter Interview Scores and Enter Decisions – My College. Fill in the dropdown
‘College 1 Decision’. If you second or third interviewed any candidates, find those candidates
(you may need to change the candidates displayed, using the filter tool on the left-hand side
of the screen) and then fill in the dropdown ‘College 2 (or 3) Decision’ and enter their
interview marks.
Friday, Week 10
Confirm all final decisions by 5 pm. All colleges need to do this for college admissions officers to see
what the final decisions are:
•  Go to PPE Final Decisions. For applicants with an offer (Place, Place for Alternative Year, or
Open Offer) College 1 must do two things:
o  Fill in the ‘Offer College’ field with the name of the college taking the candidate.
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o  If the college is giving the candidate an Opportunity Oxford offer, fill in the “OO
Offer” field with “Yes”.
o  Change the status of the candidate. Click on the candidate. This will cause a Change
Status button to appear in the top right-hand side of the screen. Click on the button
and from the dropdown choose one of three options: Offer, Deferred Offer, or Open
Offer.

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Mid-August, Long Vacation
Monday of A-Level results week
Once A-Level results are available in eVision, usually around 9am, the admissions coordinator will
write to the lead tutor (or another nominated contact) of each college that underwrote an open
offer. They will ask lead tutors to confirm whether they wish to keep their open offer candidate or
release them to the pool. The deadline to decide is normally 6pm that evening.
The admissions coordinator will also review college decisions on candidates that missed their grades.
They may advertise rejected candidates to the wider group of colleges, if necessary, in line with the
University’s confirmation policy.
Tuesday of A-Level results week
Around 9am, the admissions coordinator will write to lead tutors of all colleges. The email will
explain which candidates are available and will ask lead tutors to do two things, normally by 6pm
that evening:
•  List your top 3 candidates in rank order
•  Let the admissions coordinator know if there is any candidate you are not willing to give a
place to.
Wednesday of A-Level results week
The admissions coordinator will write to lead tutors to confirm the final allocation of open offer
candidates and will ask lead tutors to confirm if there are any mistakes in the list, normally by 11am
that day. The PPE administrator will then transfer open offer candidates to the relevant colleges on
eVision, normally by noon that day.

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Appendix A: How to Use PPE ADSS
If you have more than one ADSS role (i.e. you have permission to access ADSS for several different
degrees or colleges) you should use the dropdown on the top right-hand side of the screen to switch
between roles.
Click on the various views on the left-hand side of the screen to access (or, if you have read-write
permissions, edit) data. A list of the views and their purpose is in Appendix J. A list of the data in
the Candidate Summary view and its meaning is in Appendix K.
Double-click on a candidate name to view their UCAS form. To generate a PDF of their UCAS form,
tick the box next to their name then click Generate PDF. To generate a PDF of the UCAS forms for all
candidates on a screen, click Generate PDF All.
If you have any questions about or problems with ADSS you may be able to find the answer in the
ADSS Web Guide for Tutors. You are also welcome to contact us

Appendix B: The TSA
The test date this year is Wednesday 2 November and candidates will normally take the test in a
registered centre (usually their school or college).
The test has two sections.
a.  Section 1 is made up of 50 multiple-choice questions and aims to assess the
following: problem-solving skills, including numerical and spatial reasoning; critical
thinking skills, including the ability to understand an argument; and the ability to
reason using everyday language.
b.  Section 2 is a writing task that seeks to evaluate a candidate’s ability to organise
ideas in a clear and concise manner, and communicate them effectively in writing.
Questions are not subject-specific and candidates must answer one question from a
choice of four.
Section 1 is marked by Cambridge Assessment Admissions Testing (CAAT). These marks appear in
ADSS as: TSA Problem Solving, TSA Critical Thinking, and TSA Overall. The CAAT website states that
TSA Overall scores “are calculated on the TSA scale to one decimal place (running approximately 0–
100). The scale is an estimate of the candidate’s ability, which makes scoring comparable by
factoring in the question and overall test difficulty, using the Rasch statistical technique.” It is
possible for a candidate to achieve a mark over 100.
Section 2 is marked by College 1 for each candidate (prior to reallocation). The marks entered by
each college appear in ADSS as TSA Essay. The suggested payment rate for essay marking (if done by
someone without an existing college contract) is set out in the Senior Tutors’ Committee Register of
Approved Payments.
A single mark on the scale 1-100 should be given, to reflect the overall quality of the essay, and
specifically whether the candidate has:
i.   addressed the question in the way demanded
ii.   organised their thoughts clearly
iii.   used clear, concise, compelling and correct English
iv.   used general knowledge and opinions appropriately
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70-100
Clear construction, interesting and effective argument, excellent use of
English.
65-69
A well-written and well-structured essay addressing the question as required.
60-64
A reasonably well-argued and appropriate answer. There may be some
weaknesses in the use of English, the scope of the answer, or the coherence
of the ideas.
50-59
A weak answer failing to address the question appropriately, or with
significant weaknesses in argument, structure, or use of English.
49 or
A very poor answer strongly suggesting that the candidate is not suitable.
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Appendix C: Shortlisting
The shortlisting criteria are specified on the course website as follows:
We only interview those who have a realistic chance of getting in, when judged by
past and predicted exam results, school reports, personal statements and the pre-
interview test. Applicants who do not take the pre-interview test will not normally be
shortlisted for interview.
The Admissions Coordinator sets the deselection targets for each college such that across the board
we shortlist the target number of interviews. Colleges with high numbers of candidates with a good
TSA Overall score will be asked to deselect fewer than colleges with low numbers of those
candidates.
In response to the Admissions Process Review of PPE, in 2020-21 PPE Committee agreed to
introduce a new “pre-interview score” that incorporated both TSA Overall scores and contextualised
GCSE scores (cGCSEs). However, cGCSEs are not available for this cohort because of changes to the
way GCSEs were awarded during the pandemic (see Appendix I: Contextual Data). For this year,
therefore, the “pre-interview score” is not available. You should instead rely on the other
information available at this stage. Decisions should not be based solely on the TSA. Each
component of an application should be weighted as follows:

Information
High
Medium
Low
Pre-Interview Admissions Test
Yes

(TSA Overall and TSA Essay)
GCSE (or equivalent) profile
Yes

Predicted (or actual) performance at
Yes

A-Level (or equivalent)
UCAS teacher’s reference

Yes

AS-Level module grades

Yes
UCAS personal statement

Yes

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Useful sources of information when assessing candidates’ achieved and predicted qualifications:
•  International qualifications entry requirements
•  UK qualifications entry requirements (including information on GCSEs and AS-Levels)
•  PPE-specific entry requirements (IB, A-Level, and Scottish Advanced Highers only)
•  Requirements for mature students
•  Requirements for applicants that have already completed an undergraduate degree
…and when assessing the personal statement:
•  FAQ on writing a personal statement for PPE (scroll down the page)
As in previous years, shortlisting decisions should not be based on what subjects candidates have
studied at school. PPE candidates are not required to have studied particular subjects before. History
was advertised to 2023-entry applicants as helpful (not recommended or essential) where helpful
means ‘may be useful on course’. Maths was advertised to 2023-entry applicants as recommended;
the advice on the PPE course page (requirements tab) is: “You may like to consider taking Maths to
AS-level, or an equivalent qualification such as IB Standard Level, even if you do not pursue it
further. However, we do understand that these qualifications may not be available to all students.
Extra tuition will be available to students that have not studied Maths A-Level who require any
assistance.”
You should shortlist contextual data Band A candidates provided (a) they are predicted to achieve
the standard conditional offer and (b) they perform to an appropriate standard in the TSA Overall.
An appropriate standard is a score within the top 80% of those who have the TSA Overall. There will
be a column in ADSS telling you which Band A candidates satisfy the top-80% requirement.  You are
also encouraged to shortlist Band B candidates. See p.6 for further information on the process and
Appendix I for an explanation of the contextual banding.
Appendix D: Reallocation
After colleges have entered their reserve, shortlist, and deselect decisions, the admissions
coordinator performs the reallocation. Only shortlisted (not reserved or deselected) candidates at
exporting colleges are reallocated. They are sent to the college where they will be ranked highest (by
TSA Overall) within the existing cohort of the college.
Every year, the admissions coordinator has to manually adjust the reallocation to (a) make sure that
Harris Manchester have enough candidates to interview (because Harris Manchester only takes
mature students), and (b) make sure that the adjustments for Harris Manchester do not set other
colleges off-target.
Colleges left with slightly fewer than 2.75 candidates per place after reallocation will be able to
adjust their numbers if they wish by rescuing candidates.
Once the admissions coordinator approves the reallocation, the ‘college 1’ of reallocated candidates
changes. However, you can still see the original college in the ‘application college’ field in PPE
Candidate Summary.

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Appendix E: Interviewing
Under the Common Framework it has been agreed that for PPE:
•  applicants will normally have at least two interviews at ‘college 1’, although some colleges
may have a single longer interview
•  most colleges will have a minimum of two interviewers per interview, and require
interviewers to have received basic interview training
•  colleges normally wish to involve tutors from all three subjects, but since there are no
specific subject requirements, and the content of the interviews is not subject-specific, it is
not necessary to ensure this.
What is expected to happen at interview is described to prospective candidates on the course
website as follows (this explanation was updated ahead of the 2021-22 cycle):
The interview is not primarily a test of existing knowledge. It is aimed primarily at assessing
the candidate’s potential for future development. Interviewers will be looking for evidence of
the candidate’s potential for development in the following four areas:
Understanding: this  can  be  shown  in  (for  example)  a  candidate’s  ability  to  listen
carefully, to analyse problems, to identify the premises and conclusions of arguments,
and to express in their own words someone else’s ideas.
Intellectual flexibility: this can be demonstrated by (for example) a candidate’s
willingness to consider alternative views, and readiness to respond to problems and
criticisms.
Critical thinking and problem-solving: this can be shown in (for example) a
candidate’s ability to adopt logical and critical approaches to problems, to critically
assess arguments, to identify good and bad reasons for believing a particular claim,
to assess relevance, and to think independently.
Communication: this can be shown in (for example) a candidate’s ability to express
ideas clearly, to give considered responses to questions, and to address the point
under discussion instead of veering off topic.
The general admissions criteria are also described on the course website:
PPE tutors are looking for evidence of the following qualities in applicants:
• Application and interest: capacity for sustained study, motivation and interest, an
independent and reflective approach to learning;
• Reasoning ability: ability to analyse and solve problems using logical and critical
approaches, ability to assess relevance, capacity to construct and critically assess
arguments, flexibility and willingness to consider alternative views;
• Communication: willingness and ability to express ideas clearly and effectively on
paper and orally; ability to listen; ability to give considered responses.

Throughout the admissions process, tutors will be seeking to detect the candidate's future
potential as a PPE student. Existing achievement (as revealed in official examinations,
predicted examination results, and school reports), as well as performance in the pre-
interview TSA admissions test and interview, is relied upon mainly as evidence of future
potential.

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Candidates are not expected to have studied any philosophy, politics or economics at school,
but should be interested and be prepared to put their minds to problems of philosophy,
politics and economics presented to them.

In the case of candidates whose first language is not English, competence in the English
language is also a criterion of admission.

Final decisions about offers of places will use the full range of evidence available, including
past and predicted exam results, the school report, the personal statement, the TSA
admissions test and the interviews. Entry is competitive, which means that not all candidates
who satisfy the admissions criteria will receive offers.
At least 2 and at most 3 interview scores must be entered on ADSS. These do not have to be subject-
specific. Interviews should be marked on a 1-100 scale:
70-100  Excellent
A mark above 70 is a strong indicator for admission
65-69
Positive
Most candidates admitted will have interview scores
above 65.
60-64
Neutral

50-59
Weak
A candidate with interview and test marks consistently
below 60 is in a weak position
49 or
Very poor
Interview strongly suggests that the candidate is not
less
suitable

Appendix F: Second Interview Selection
After colleges have entered interview scores on ADSS, the admissions coordinator standardises the
average of those scores for each candidate. These appear in ADSS as ‘Interview Stand. Average’. The
standardized score is a reworking of the z-score of the raw average of interview scores. A z-score is
simply:

𝑅𝑎𝑤 𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑒 − 𝜇
𝑧
𝑐
𝑐 =

𝜎𝑐

…where 𝜇𝑐 is the mean of the raw interview average marks within each college and 𝜎𝑐 the
corresponding standard deviation. This score is dimensionless, so ADSS reports a re-scaled interview
mark by using the mean 𝜇 and standard deviation 𝜎 of the population of applicants (all colleges):

𝑧 = 𝑧𝑐 × 𝜎 + 𝜇

This effectively forces the standardized scores within each college to have the same average and
standard deviation as in the whole population of applicants.
The admissions coordinator then ranks all applicants who have TSA Overall, TSA essay and interview
scores (including those awarded a place) according to a post-interview score. This appears in ADSS as
‘Post-First Interviews Rank’ and the score for each applicant as ‘Post-First Interviews Score’. It is
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based on the correlation between different admissions measures and Finals results indicated by
recent statistical analysis. It is calculated as follows (all measures standardised):

Post-First Interview score = 0.26*TSA Critical Thinking + 0.08* TSA Problem Solving +
0.26*TSA Essay + 0.39*Interview score
Applicants lacking either TSA Overall, TSA essay or interview scores receive no score. Bear in mind
that the weightings attached to these admissions measures are (of necessity) based only on
successful applicants’ Finals results.
Lead tutors can select second interviews (see p.10), according to their declared status (see p.10) for
second interview, in the following time slots:
Status
Time Slot
Urgent
7-8pm
Serious
8-8.30pm
Interested   8.30-9pm
All Colleges  9-9.30pm

Appendix G: Open Offer Scheme
The purpose of the open offer scheme is to provide a pool of candidates for colleges who need to fill
places in August because some of their candidates missed their offer or declined a place.

Underwriting colleges are colleges that make one or more open offers. If you know, by Friday of
week 4, that your college will make a certain number of open offers in PPE, include the number of
open offers you will make in your total capacity on ADSS (see p.5). If you don’t know this at this
stage, do not include them in your total capacity. You can still decide whether or not to make open
offers during interviews week.

Any college may take a candidate from the pool in August, whether they underwrite an open offer
place or not.

During interviews week, after filling their regular quota places, each underwriting college chooses
one or more further candidates for an open offer. Candidates to whom a college wishes to make an
open offer should be selected in the ADSS view PPE Enter Interview Scores and Enter Decisions – My
College.

In August, if an underwriting college turns out to have a place to fill, they can claim their open offer
candidate. If they don’t need their open offer candidate, that candidate can be moved to another
college to fill a place. In the event that no other college wants them, the underwriting college must
take back their candidate.

Underwriting colleges take their own open offer candidate before any other pool candidate. If, after
claiming their candidate, an underwriting college still has a space to fill, they have priority over non-
underwriting colleges in choosing other candidates from the pool. Once underwriting colleges are
satisfied, other colleges can take candidates from the pool. Colleges retain priority over their
underwritten open offer candidate even if they fill all their other places (i.e. you may take your open
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offer candidate over quota if you wish). So, you do not risk losing a strong candidate if you put one
forward for the open offer scheme.
In previous years, open offer candidates have had to satisfy a number of academic criteria on top of
the usual admissions requirements. From the 2021-22 admissions round forward, PPE committee
agreed to remove the additional criteria, so an open offer candidate need only meet (or be predicted
to meet) the standard conditional offer (AAA at A-Level or equivalent). The aim of this change is to
increase the number of open offer candidates, as there are not normally enough to meet the
demand. This change is being introduced on a trial basis following suggestions from tutors and
investigation of other open offer schemes across the University.

Appendix H: Opportunity Oxford
PPE is participating in Opportunity Oxford again this year. The UAO handbook gives this summary of
the scheme:
Opportunity Oxford is a major initiative to increase the number of high-achieving students
admitted to Oxford from backgrounds identified by the Collegiate University as priorities for
widening access.
Under the programme, participating colleges earmark an agreed number of undergraduate
places for students coming from defined disadvantaged and under-represented backgrounds,
who might otherwise narrowly miss out on an offer.
Students admitted under the programme are made the standard conditional offer for their
course and are required to participate in an intensive bridging programme, which will ensure
that they have the best possible start to their Oxford careers. The bridging programme will
help students to develop core academic skills relevant to their future degree, and strategies
for effective independent learning at university. It will also offer them an opportunity to
acclimatise to life in Oxford.
It also explains how to identify these applicants in ADSS:

Applicants in Band A who are eligible for Opportunity Oxford have been assigned a yellow
O flag on ADSS. The flag has been included in relevant contextual data views for courses and
colleges.
In addition, an ADSS view ‘UAO-Opportunity Oxford eligible applicants (including Band B)’
and the flag OE, provide visibility of all Opportunity Oxford eligible applicants in both Band A
and Band B.
Please remember, although eligible candidates in Band B may be nominated for a place
under the programme, priority will be given to eligible candidates in Band A. It is expected
that the large majority of candidates awarded a place under the programme will be in Band
A.
Admitting tutors are reminded that highly-ranked candidates who are eligible for the
programme should ordinarily be made a standard offer. The programme is intended to
support offers to under-represented and disadvantaged candidates on the margins who
might otherwise miss out. Subject Conveners and Tutors for Admissions will be able to advise
on this.
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For further information about the scheme and how to assign OO offers, please consult the UAO
handbook. If you have any further questions, please contact the PPE Admissions Coordinator email
address and/or consult the Tutor for Admissions at your college.

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New Widening Participation questions from UCAS
UCAS have introduced new Widening Participation (WP) questions to the application form for 2023 entry admissions. These questions are
only for UK-domiciled applicants and are non-compulsory. The information shared with universities is self-declared by applicants and there is
no automated verification by UCAS. The information is shared with admitting tutors via ADSS to take into consideration as additional
information when reviewing individual circumstances of applicants. As this information is self-declared it is not being used as part of any
formula e.g. as part of the calculation for composite scoring and banding.
Personal
Question on UCAS
Answer options/flag on
Further guidance
circumstances
ADSS
Caring
Do you have any
-Yes
Select Yes if you are responsible for providing unpaid care to
responsibilities/young  caring
-No
someone who has, for example:
carers
responsibilities?
•
a long-term illness
•
a disability

•
a mental health condition
•
an addiction
•
temporary care needs following, for example, an
accident or operation
Further guidance from UCAS for applicants with caring
responsibilities.
Parenting
Are you a parent
-Yes
Select Yes if you are a parent or are responsible for the care
responsibilities
or do you have
-No
and wellbeing of a child aged 17 or under. This can include

parenting
being:
responsibilities?
•
a biological parent
•
a step parent
•
an adoptive or legal parent
•
a legally appointed guardian
•
a foster carer
•
someone who provides kinship or other parental care
to the child of a family member or friend
Further guidance from UCAS for applicants with parenting
responsibilities.

Refugee or asylum
Do you have
-No
Select the option which most closely represents your
seeker status
official refugee
-I’m a refugee or have
circumstances. This information is not used to set your fee
status in the UK
been awarded
status, so it doesn’t matter if it doesn’t exactly match your
or are you an
humanitarian protection
residency status – the university or college will discuss your
asylum seeker?
-I’m an asylum seeker, or
circumstances with you in more detail to decide if you qualify
have limited or
as a ‘home’ or ‘international’ student.
discretionary leave to
Further guidance from UCAS for refugees or asylum seekers.
remain

Estranged students
Would you
-Yes
An estranged person is someone who no longer has the
consider yourself
-No
support of their parents, and often also other family members,
estranged from
due to a permanent breakdown in their relationship which has
your parents (i.e.
led to ceased contact. This might mean your biological, step or
you are not in
adoptive parents or wider family members who have been
contact with and
responsible for supporting you in the past.
supported by
Select Yes if you feel this description applies to you.
your parents)?
Further guidance from UCAS for estranged students.
Armed Forces family
Do you have a
-Yes
Select Yes if you have a parent who currently serves in the
parent or carer
-No
regular UK Armed Forces or as a reservist, or has done so at
that currently
any point during the first 25 years of your life.
serves in the UK

Armed Forces, or
Further guidance from UCAS for applicants from Armed Forces
who has done so
families.
in the past?
Service leaver or
Have you ever
-Yes
Select Yes if you have served as a Regular or Reservist in the UK
veteran
served in the UK
-No
Armed Forces (including: the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, British
Armed Forces?
Army, Royal Air Force, or Merchant Mariners who have seen
duty on military operations).
Further guidance from UCAS for applicants from Armed Forces
families.

Appendix J: PPE ADSS Views
Team Views (visible at all times)

Name
Purpose
When used
Visible To
PPE Candidate Summary
Overview of each candidate (excluding
Throughout
All
deselected or withdrawn candidates)
PPE All Deselected
Overview of deselected candidates
During and
All
Candidates
after
shortlisting
PPE All Withdrawn
Overview of withdrawn candidates
Throughout
All
Candidates
PPE Contextual Data
Overview of “Home” candidates and their
Throughout
All
Information 2022-23
contextual data
PPE Opportunity Oxford-
Overview of PPE candidates who can be
Throughout
All
eligible applicants
made an Opportunity Oxford offer
(including Band B)
PPE College Information
Overview of the places available at each
Before
All
– All Colleges
college
shortlisting
PPE College Information
Enter the places available at your college
Before
Tutors with
– My College
shortlisting
Read-Write
PPE TSA Unregistered
Overview of candidates who did not register
Shortlisting
All
Candidates
for the TSA
PPE View TSA Essays and
Overview of the TSA essays and scores of all
Shortlisting
All
Enter Scores – All
candidates
Colleges
PPE View TSA Essays and
Enter the TSA essay scores of your candidates  Shortlisting
Tutors with
Enter Scores – My
Read-Write
College
PPE Reserve Shortlist and  Overview of the shortlisting information for
Shortlisting
All
Deselect – All Colleges
all candidates
PPE Reserve Shortlist and  Enter shortlisting decisions for your
Shortlisting
Tutors with
Deselect – My College
candidates
Read-Write
PPE Rescue Decisions
Overview of candidates that have been
Rescuing
All
Made
rescued
PPE College 1 Interview
Enter the time and location of your first
Before first
All
Scheduling
interviews
interviews
PPE Enter Interview
Overview of first interview scores and
First interviews
All
Scores and Enter
decisions for all candidates
Decisions – All Colleges
PPE Enter Interview
Enter first interview scores and decisions for
First interviews
Tutors with
Scores and Enter
your candidates
Read-Write
Decisions – My College
PPE College Status for
Enter your status for second interview, which
After first
All
Second Interview
determines when you can schedule second
interviews
interviews
PPE Candidates Available
Overview of all candidates not awarded a
After first
All
for Second Interview
place after first interviews
interviews
PPE No Post-First
Candidates available for second interview
After first
All
Interviews Score
who do not have a post-first interviews score
interviews
and rank
PPE Second Interview
Enter the time and location of your second
Second
All
Candidate Information
and third interviews
interview
scheduling
PPE Final Decisions
For college 1 to enter the final decisions for
After second
All
all their candidates
interviews
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PPE College Admissions
Shows contact details of college admissions
Throughout
Tutors with
Contacts
officers
Read-Write
Opportunity Oxford-
Overview of all candidates who can be made
Use PPE-specific  All
eligible applicants
an Opportunity Oxford Offer (may include
view instead
(including Band B)
non-PPE candidates depending on tutor
permissions)
Personal views (visible only to one tutor from each college during relevant time slot)

PPE Enter Rescue
Enter decisions on candidates you would like
Rescuing
One tutor
Decisions
to rescue
from each
college
PPE Second Interview
Enter decisions on candidates you would like
Second
One tutor
Enter Decisions
to second interview
interview
from each
scheduling
college


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Appendix M: ADSS Subject Abbreviations

UNIQUE
SUBJECT
ABBREV.
CODE
Acc
ACCOUNTING
Acc
M1
ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS
M
Gka1
ANCIENT GREEK
Gka
Ha
ANCIENT HISTORY
Ha
Ad2
APPLIED ART & DESIGN
Ad
Bu1
APPLIED BUSINESS
Bu
It1
APPLIED ICT
It
It2
APPLIED INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION TECH
It
M2
APPLIED MATHEMATICS
M
S4
APPLIED SCIENCE
S
Ab
ARABIC
Ab
Abc
ARABIC (CLASSICAL)
Abc
Arc
ARCHAEOLOGY
Arc
A1
ART
A
Ad1
ART & DESIGN
Ad
Ast
ASTRONOMY
Ast
Ben
BENGALI
Ben
Hwb
BIBLICAL HEBREW
Hwb
B1
BIOLOGY
B

Bh1
BIOLOGY (HUMAN)
Bh
Buc1
BUSINESS AND COMMUNICATION STUDIES
Buc
Buc2
BUSINESS AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
Buc
Bu2
BUSINESS STUDIES
Bu
Ecb1
BUSINESS STUDIES & ECONOMICS
Ecb
Cer
CERAMICS
Cer
C1
CHEMISTRY
C
Cdv
CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Cdv
Ch
CHINESE
Ch
Cit
CITIZENSHIP
Cit
Cla
CLASSICAL CIVILISATION
Cla
Gka2
CLASSICAL GREEK
Gka
S1
CO-ORDINATED SCIENCES
S
Sd1
CO-ORDINATED SCIENCES (DOUBLE AWARD)
Sd
Com
COMMUNICATION STUDIES
Com
Cs1
COMPUTER STUDIES
Cs
Cs2
COMPUTING
Cs
Cri
CRITICAL THINKING
Cri
Cz
CZECH
Cz
Da
DANCE
Da
D
DESIGN
D
Dt
DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY
Dt
Dte
DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY: ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS
Dte
Dtf
DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY: FOOD TECHNOLOGY
Dtf
Dtg
DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY: GRAPHIC PRODUCTS
Dtg
Dti
DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY
Dti
Dtp
DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY: PRODUCT DESIGN
Dtp
Dtr
DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY: RESISTANT MATERIALS TECH
Dtr
Dts
DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY: SYSTEMS AND CONTROL TECH Dts
Dtt
DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY: TEXTILES TECHNOLOGY
Dtt
Dr
DRAMA
Dr
Drt1
DRAMA & THEATRE ARTS
Drt
Drt2
DRAMA AND THEATRE STUDIES
Drt

Du
DUTCH
Du
Ec
ECONOMICS
Ec
Ecb2
ECONOMICS & BUSINESS STUDIES
Ecb
Ele
ELECTRONICS
Ele
Eng
ENGINEERING
Eng
E
ENGLISH
E
E2
ENGLISH (SECOND LANGUAGE)
E2
Ell1
ENGLISH COMBINED
Ell
Ela
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Ela
Ell2
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE
Ell
Eli1
ENGLISH LITERATURE
Eli
Env
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Env
Eur
EUROPEAN STUDIES
Eur
Exp
EXPRESSIVE ARTS
Exp
Flm
FILM STUDIES
Flm
Fin
FINANCIAL STUDIES
Fin
A2
FINE ART
A
Fdt
FOOD TECHNOLOGY
Fdt
F
FRENCH
F
Mf1
FURTHER MATHEMATICS
Mf
Gen1
GENERAL PAPER
Gen
Gen2
GENERAL STUDIES
Gen
G
GEOGRAPHY
G
Geo
GEOLOGY
Geo
Ger
GERMAN
Ger
Gvp1
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
Gvp
Gra1
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Gra
Gra2
GRAPHICS
Gra
Gk1
GREEK
Gk
Gka3
GREEK (CLASSICAL)
Gka
Guj
GUJARATI
Guj
Hlt
HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE
Hlt
Hw1
HEBREW
Hw

H
HISTORY
H
Hoa
HISTORY OF ART
Hoa
Hec
HOME ECONOMICS
Hec
Bh2
HUMAN BIOLOGY
Bh
Hph
HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY & HEALTH
Hph
Hum
HUMANITIES
Hum
It3
INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
It
It5
INFORMATION STUDIES
It
It4
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
It
Ir
IRISH
Ir
Isl
ISLAMIC STUDIES
Isl
Ita
ITALIAN
Ita
Jp
JAPANESE
Jp
Lat
LATIN
Lat
Law
LAW
Law
Lt
LEISURE & TOURISM
Lt
Lit
LITERATURE
Lit
Eli2
LITERATURE IN ENGLISH
Eli
Mly
MALAY
Mly
M3
MATHEMATICS
M
Mf2
MATHEMATICS (ADDITIONAL FURTHER)
Mf
Mf3
MATHEMATICS (FURTHER ADDITIONAL)
Mf
Mf4
MATHEMATICS (FURTHER)
Mf
Mf5
MATHEMATICS (FURTHER, PURE)
Mf
M4
MATHS
M
M5
MECHANICS
M
Med
MEDIA STUDIES
Med
Mb
MICROBIOLOGY
Mb
Gk2
MODERN GREEK
Gk
Hw2
MODERN HEBREW
Hw
Mu
MUSIC
Mu
Mut1
MUSIC (TECHNOLOGY)
Mut
Mut2
MUSIC TECHNOLOGY
Mut

O
OTHER
O
Pj
PANJABI
Pj
Pfm1
PERFORMANCE STUDIES
Pfm
Pfm2
PERFORMING ARTS
Pfm
Per
PERSIAN
Per
Ph
PHILOSOPHY
Ph
Phe
PHILOSOPHY & ETHICS
Phe
Pho
PHOTOGRAPHY
Pho
Pe
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Pe
P1
PHYSICS
P
Psh
POLISH
Psh
Pol
POLITICS
Pol
Gvp2
POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
Gvp
Ptg
PORTUGUESE
Ptg
Pwk
PROJECT WORK
Pwk
Psy
PSYCHOLOGY
Psy
M6
PURE MATHEMATICS
M
Re1
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
Re
Re2
RELIGIOUS STUDIES
Re
Rus
RUSSIAN
Rus
Skt
SANSKRIT
Skt
S2
SCIENCE
S
B2
SCIENCE: BIOLOGY
B
C2
SCIENCE: CHEMISTRY
C
Sd2
SCIENCE: DOUBLE AWARD
Sd
P2
SCIENCE: PHYSICS
P
S3
SCIENCE: SINGLE AWARD
S
Ssc
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Ssc
Soc
SOCIOLOGY
Soc
Sp
SPANISH
Sp
Spe
SPORT & PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Spe
M7
STATISTICS
M
Tec
TECHNOLOGY
Tec

Tex
TEXTILES
Tex
Th
THEATRE STUDIES
Th
T
THEOLOGY
T
Tsk
THINKING SKILLS
Tsk
Tur
TURKISH
Tur
Urd
URDU
Urd
M8
USE OF MATHEMATICS
M
W
WELSH
W
Wli
WELSH LITERATURE
Wli
W2
WELSH SECOND LANGUAGE
W2
W1
WELSH: FIRST LANGUAGE
W1