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Terms of reference for the Steering Group

A Steering Group was set up chaired by Rama Thirunamachandran, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost of Keele University. The Steering Group's role was to advise UCAS on the development of an efficient and fair admissions model.

The UCAS Board and the Steering Group agreed a number of underlying principles both to inform the review and to establish what an effective admissions process must continue to deliver. These indicated the need for the admissions process to:

  • be fair and support access for all applicants
  • put the needs of applicants at the heart of the system
  • be able to cope with a wide diversity of applicants
  • be an efficient and effective process delivering member efficiencies and minimising unnecessary transactions and cost
  • consider synergies with student finance and other external agencies
  • deliver a net benefit to applicants, members, stakeholders and UCAS.

The Steering Group met four times between February and September 2011.

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Terms of reference for the Stakeholder Reference Group

The Stakeholder Reference Group's role is to input to the consultation and advise UCAS on the development of an efficient and fair admissions model.

The Stakeholder Reference Group provided advice on:

  • the guiding principles of the review
  • national admissions processes
  • how proposed admissions models could deliver efficiencies
  • the impact of proposed admissions models on your organisation
  • how proposed models will impact on applicants
  • proposed new models, in particular, identifying barriers to proposed models and suggesting solutions.

The Stakeholder Reference Group met twice between February and September 2011.

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