Correspondence

Use of AS results in university admissions processes: letter from David Laws

The Minister of State for Schools on how universities take AS results into account when selecting students.

From:
Department for Education and The Rt Hon David Laws
Published
14 May 2013
Last updated
22 May 2013 — See all updates
This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Documents

A letter from David Laws to Kevin Brennan in relation to the use of AS results in university admissions processes

PDF, 179 KB, 3 pages

Details

David Laws wrote to Kevin Brennan on 14 May 2013 following a 16 April Westminster Hall debate on AS and A levels.

A supporting analysis for this letter entitled A comparison of GCSE results and AS level results as a predictor of getting a 2:1 or above at university is also available to download from this website.

Published 14 May 2013
Last updated 22 May 2013 + show all updates

  1. Updated page to include link to supporting analysis.

  2. First published.

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