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Birkbeck, University of London

5 years

At Birkbeck, we’re proud to offer our students the chance to change their lives through education and make admissions decisions based on students’ future potential, not just their past attainment.

The Times and The Sunday Times

@thetimes

5 years

Hundreds of students with the worst A levels are going on to get first-class degrees each year, fuelling fears of grade inflation at universities

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Angelos Themelis

@AngelosThemelis

5 years

@BirkbeckUoL @maariaris That's a really tough selection process . . . how do you predict "future potential" ? Most psychological tests attempting to predict future performance are unreliable as far as I know . . . [and big data easy 'predictive' promises are a sham, I believe]

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Chiara Cattra

@aidenera

5 years

@BirkbeckUoL Low grades in sciences & maths in school. Told to be a "good secretary". Given a chance, incl. at @BirkbeckUoL ... Academic Clinical Fellow & NHS Doctor. #justsaying #education

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Gabriella McGrogan

@Steady_Rollin

5 years

@BirkbeckUoL And allowing those of us who missed an area of potential because we were taught to only stick to what we excelled at the opportunity to change direction later in life!

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Manu Ducrocq

@manuduc

5 years

@BirkbeckUoL Cert.HE, BSc , MSc, PhD in 9 years at Birkbeck no A levels.. Now working at Birkbeck as a post doctoral researcher. Thanks for believing in me! @BirkbeckUoL #lifechanging

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Amanda Jeyaretnam She/her

@Liberal_Isms

5 years

@BirkbeckUoL @PamYeow Yes. Very proud of the places our students at, Survivors Of Torture, have obtained to study at Birbeck. And also my teaching colleague.

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