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22 April 2026

Tag: Oxbridge

Oxbridge cuts offers to avoid another grade inflation admissions bulge

Oxbridge colleges have been forced to reduce the number of offers made this year by as much as 15 per cent in anticipation of expected grade inflation and its impact on admissions following the cancellation of A-level exams. Ministers are bracing for another year of higher grades after opting to cancel exams for the second […]

Call for resits as over 1,000 hit by Oxbridge admissions exam glitches

School exam managers and admissions experts are demanding that pupils whose online Oxbridge admissions exams were hit with technical problems are allowed to resit the tests. Schools Week can reveal that one in eight pupils who sat the BioMedical Admission Test (BMAT) – a total of 1,125 students – reported technical glitches during the exam. […]

Technical woes hinder Oxbridge entry tests

Pupils’ hopes of studying at Oxford and Cambridge may be in jeopardy as admission exams, switched to an online format in the wake of Covid, have been beset with technical difficulties. Last week, year 13 pupils across England sat a variety of admission exams for the two universities, such as the BioMedical Admissions Test (BMAT) […]