http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/uk-university-applications-will-be-name-blind-to-combat-inequality_56313b96e4b0c66bae5ada69
"David Cameron has announced that applicants’ names will be removed from UCAS forms from 2017 in an effort to combat ethnic inequalities in admissions to top universities. The prime minister’s announcement comes in response to evidence that British ethnic minority applicants to highly selective universities are less likely to be offered places than white British applicants."
"My own research on admission to Russell Group universities, for example, found that offer rates were between seven and 16 percentage points lower for applicants from British ethnic minority backgrounds than for white British applicants after taking into account their A-level grades and the popularity of the courses applied for. Other studies also suggest that applicants from lower social class backgrounds, disadvantaged neighborhoods and state schools are less likely to be offered places by top universities than applicants with similar qualifications from more advantaged backgrounds."
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