劍橋大學計劃將取消面向公立學校學生設定的本科生錄取名額指標。該校目前的招生指標是至少招收69%來自非私立學校的學生。
Only one in five of those who apply to the University of Cambridge is offered a place. Currently there is an admissions quota of at least 69% of places for state-educated pupils. Now, Cambridge is looking at using a more sophisticated set of measures, including whether an applicant has received free school meals and looking at individual exam results in the context of where their school is.
在每年申請劍橋大學的學生當中，隻有五分之一的人能獲得入學名額。目前，劍橋大學的招生計劃中要求至少有69%的學生都是接受公立學校教育的學生。現在，劍橋大學正在考慮使用一套更復雜的衡量標準，包括查看申請者是否獲得過免費校餐，以及綜合申請者所在學校的情況來評估其個人的考試成績。
Mike Nicholson, the director of admissions, told the AYYBLOG with many students achieving top grades, the university needed to make more subtle choices. Every university has to produce plans to show how they ensure fair and equal admissions for disadvantaged students. The Office for Students, which regulates England’s universities, says it doesn’t require a target for places for state pupils, but expected sustained work with schools by the most selective universities to raise the attainment of disadvantaged pupils.
劍橋大學招生辦主任邁克·尼科爾森告訴英國廣播公司，由於取得優異成績的學生人數眾多，因此大學需要做出更謹慎而細致的選擇。每一所大學都必須制定招生計劃，公開說明如何確保弱勢學生能獲得公平而平等的錄取機會。負責管理英格蘭大學的英國學生事務辦公室表示，他們不要求大學為公立學校學生設定入學名額指標，但希望錄取選拔最嚴格的頂尖大學能與各生源學校持續合作，提高弱勢學生的學業成就。
Cambridge has been criticised for recruiting almost half its students from London and the South East, including from grammar schools which have a more privileged intake. The current vice chancellor, Deborah Prentice, has made clear she would like to encourage more applications from the brightest students across the North of England.
劍橋大學近一半的學生都來自倫敦和英格蘭東南部的學校，包括文法學校，文法學校學生的傢庭條件往往比較優越，因此受到批評。現任校長黛博拉·普倫蒂斯明確表示，她希望鼓勵更多來自英格蘭北部最優秀的學生申請劍橋大學。
詞匯表
admissions 錄取，入學
quota 定額，配額
state-educated 接受公立學校教育的
measures （判斷的）標準
disadvantaged 弱勢的，條件困難的
target 指標，目標
selective 篩選條件嚴格的
attainment 成就
recruiting 招收
grammar schools 文法學校
brightest 最聰明的
閱讀理解：請在讀完上文後，回答下列問題。
1. Who is the current admissions quota of places at the University of Cambridge for?
2. Why does Mike Nicholson say universities need to make more subtle choices?
3. True or false? The Office for Students requires a target for places for state pupils.
4. Where are around 50% of students at the University of Cambridge recruited from?
答案
1. Who is the current admissions quota of places at the University of Cambridge for?
Currently there is an admissions quota of at least 69% of places for state-educated pupils.
2. Why does Mike Nicholson say universities need to make more subtle choices?
Because many students are achieving top grades.
3. True or false? The Office for Students requires a target for places for state pupils.
False. The Office for Students says it doesn’t require a target for places for state pupils.
4. Where are around 50% of students at the University of Cambridge recruited from?
Cambridge has been criticised for recruiting almost half its students from London and the South East.
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