Cambridge University is poised to introduce an admissions exam for history degrees because A-levels no longer distinguish between the brightest candidates. Dons want to test applicants on skills not ...

Hopeful applicants labor over every word, straining to set themselves apart through carefully crafted anecdotes that demonstrate why they merit a place at the most selective universities. But for ...

Cambridge vice-chancellor Deborah Prentice wants the university to 'serve the UK as a whole' The vice-chancellor of Cambridge University has said she has been concerned that admissions were "skewed" ...

Demonstrators on both sides of a lawsuit accusing Harvard University of discriminating against Asian-American applicants rallied in Boston and Cambridge on Sunday. Protesters who back the plaintiffs ...

The well-known British University of Cambridge has ended the practice of applying for admissions on paper - for the first time, overseas applicants and those applying for a music scholarship can now ...

It is time for the stereotype of Cambridge University as a “bastion of privilege” to be dispelled, according to the institution’s vice-chancellor, who argues that introducing a free foundation year ...

Applying to study at the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge (collectively often referred to as Oxbridge) is difficult for those outside the UK. Your students will most likely need a ...

The vast majority of Britons are educated in state schools: 94% of the population and 83% of those who take A-levels. Until recently, admissions to the best universities did not come close to ...