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Statistics agency suggests changes to Ucas form question to improve data and help applicants
A question designed to find out whether students’ parents went to university should be changed to encourage more students to answer, according to the Higher Education Statistics Agency.
Analysis carried out by Hesa found that around 15 per cent of university applicants either do not complete the question about parental education on their Ucas form—which is designed to measure the participation of under-represented students in higher education—or say that they do not know.
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