Cambridge University is poised to introduce an admissions exam for history degrees because A-levels no longer distinguish between the brightest candidates. Dons want to test applicants on skills not ...

Hopeful applicants labor over every word, straining to set themselves apart through carefully crafted anecdotes that demonstrate why they merit a place at the most selective universities. But for ...

Cambridge vice-chancellor Deborah Prentice wants the university to 'serve the UK as a whole' The vice-chancellor of Cambridge University has said she has been concerned that admissions were "skewed" ...

The well-known British University of Cambridge has ended the practice of applying for admissions on paper - for the first time, overseas applicants and those applying for a music scholarship can now ...

Cambridge University increased its overall intake last year following late changes to A-level exams The University of Cambridge accepted a record number of British students from black, Asian and ...

A Cambridge academic has suggested that privately educated white boys are being disadvantaged in the Oxbridge university admissions process due to 'culture wars' over 'privilege'. David Abulafia, a ...

Demonstrators on both sides of a lawsuit accusing Harvard University of discriminating against Asian-American applicants rallied in Boston and Cambridge on Sunday. Protesters who back the plaintiffs ...

Applying to study at the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge (collectively often referred to as Oxbridge) is difficult for those outside the UK. Your students will most likely need a ...