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Sunday 7 February 2016

Entrance tests to be introduced by Cambridge University

Cambridge University is to bring in written tests as part of the application process, which will affect students applying for courses starting in 2017. The tests will be tailored to each subject and will be taken before or at interviews. A university spokesperson, Dr Sam Lucy, said the tests would provide "valuable additional evidence of our applicants' academic abilities, knowledge base and potential to succeed in the Cambridge course for which they have applied". He said, "This move is a result of responding to teacher and student feedback, a desire to harmonise and simplify our existing use of written assessments and a need to develop new ways to maintain the effectiveness and fairness of our admissions system during ongoing qualification reform." 

The university said that no advance preparation will be needed, "other than revision of relevant recent subject knowledge where appropriate". Most at-interview assessments will be an hour long and most pre-interview assessments no longer than two hours. Cambridge says it will schedule its pre-interview tests to coincide with Oxford's to make them easier for schools to administer. The at-interview assessments will take place during the December interview period, usually on the same day as the interviews. The university said that the new tests would complement existing assessment measures, which include a supplementary application questionnaire, examples of written work, teacher references and academic interviews.

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