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 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 ...

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 ...

Dr Richard Barnes, senior tutor at Emmanuel College, said that the site was recommended as a good source of information by contacts who work in Cambridge. "This has been the year in which I joined ...

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 ...

Saltus Grammar School hosted representatives from the University of Cambridge and Newcastle University for their first visit ...

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 ...