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University Admissions Policy for 2018 entry – approved October 2017
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Institutional Context
The University is committed to widening participation and fair access. It wishes to encourage
able, highly-motivated and enthusiastic students of all ages, and from all backgrounds and
contexts, to apply to its degree programmes.
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Responsibility for Admissions
3.1 The University Admissions Committee (UAC) is responsible for overseeing and monitoring
delivery of the University Student Recruitment Strategy and progress against targets and Key
Performance Indicators. UAC has responsibility for the development and review of the
University Admissions Policy, and for ensuring that policies and procedures comply with
relevant discrimination legislation, consumer rights legislation and the QAA’s Quality Code.
3.2 Responsibility for setting the criteria against which applications are to be considered lies with
Boards of Studies for each individual degree programme. English language entry requirements
for all programmes are reviewed and confirmed annually by Faculty Learning, Teaching and
Student Experience/Graduate School Committees.
3.3 Responsibility for applying those criteria in order to make decisions on applications lies with
undergraduate and postgraduate selectors appointed by Heads of Academic Schools, or by
delegation to nominated school or central admissions staff.
3.4 Responsibility for determining the number of offers to be made to applicants relative to the
number of places available on programmes of study rests with undergraduate /postgraduate
selectors (appointed by Heads of Academic Schools) in consultation with Deans of
Undergraduate/Postgraduate Studies.
3.5 Responsibility for staff training and development in recruitment, selection and admissions lies
with the Head of Recruitment and Admissions.
3.6 Responsibility for communications with the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service
(UCAS), including the transmission of selectors’ decisions to UCAS, is the responsibility of
the central Admissions Office
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3.7 The central Admissions Office is responsible for providing statistical information to enable the
University to monitor numbers of undergraduate applications, offers and acceptances within
each application cycle. The provision of statistical information about applications, offers and
acceptances is the responsibility of the Planning Office.
3.8 Overall responsibility for the monitoring of applications, offers and acceptances lies with
UAC, reporting to UIC, Executive Board, Senate and Council. Monitoring of these elements
for equal opportunities purposes is the responsibility of the UAC, reporting to the University’s
Diversity Committee for information, and to University Learning, Teaching and Student
Experience Committee for review.
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For the purposes of this policy, ‘central Admissions Office’ includes staff who process undergraduate and postgraduate
applications in the Marketing and Student Recruitment Directorate; in the School of Medical Education; in the School of
Dental Sciences; and INTO University Partnership staff who process applications for Newcastle University London