Leading Article: Applicants first

A report out today from Universities UK serves to remind us of just how intransigent the universities are being on a post-qualification admissions system, which would enable students to apply once they had their A-level results, rather than before.

All the experts have argued for reform. The Schwartz report said that an admissions system based on predicted grades could not be fair. Lord Dearing reached a similar conclusion.

Sir Mike Tomlinson, in his inquiry into A-level standards, said reform would increase the accuracy of the admissions system. So why can't the universities gear themselves up for change and decide to put the interests of university applicants first?

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