考察个人背景：英国大学促进招生公平的实践

Considering Context: An Action to Promote Equity by UK Higher Education Providers

Under the initiative of the government and the active choice of higher education providers in the UK， contextual admissions have been formally introduced and widely promoted by more HEPs， in order to promote the widening participation of high-achieving under-represented groups in higher education. By using multiple measuring indicators like school data， POLAR， ACORN， in -care status， selectors put applicants' attainment in the context of the circumstances in which it was obtained， including circumstances of educational， geo -demographic and socio -economic background. There is no homogenous strategy used in contextual admissions. While the University of Oxford provides extra interview to flagged disadvantaged students who have met certain requirements， the University of Cambridge puts contextual data in holistic assessment. Although there are some gains， to what extent disadvantaged students benefiting from contextual admissions remains unknown. Contextual admissions also suffer from adverse discrimination.