A-level成績日 英國名校爭搶留學生

四成英國學生被拒 中國和印度學生受歡迎

今年,對申請大學的英國青少年來說,或許失望大於喜悅。英國名校拒絕了大批英國中學生的申請,並達到了創記錄的拒絕率,轉而選擇了支付高昂學費的海外學生。同時,在本周公布A-level成績時,英國學生們,不得不爭奪不那麼理想的入學名額。

據《每日電訊報》稱,高等教育監督機構、學生辦公室(OfS)警告說,當本周公布成績時,A-level學生應做好「失望」的準備。該機構預測,在考試委員會被命令打擊不斷飆升的成績膨脹後,申請者被他們喜歡的大學拒絕的人數將大幅增加。

四成學生被名校拒絕

在今年夏天申請的英國考生中,包括牛津大學和劍橋大學在內的頂尖院校,對四成學生拒之門外,這是有史以來最高的拒絕率。

大學領導表示,一些紅磚院校(Redbrick University),正專注於招收來自中國和印度的高學費海外學生,他們平均每年支付24,000英鎊,幾乎是英國學生學費的三倍。新的數據顯示,在英國羅素集團(Russell Group)大學的所有本科生中,海外學生占了四分之一,創下了歷史記錄。

紅磚大學是指在大英帝國時期的維多利亞時代,創立於英格蘭的六大重要工業中心城市,並於第一次世界大戰前獲得英國皇家許可的六所著名大學,分別為伯明翰大學、曼徹斯特大學、利茲大學、布里斯托大學、謝菲爾德大學和利物浦大學,但聲望不及牛津、劍橋的大學。

現在,倫敦政治經濟學院(LSE)近70%的學生來自海外。在愛丁堡大學和倫敦國王學院(KCL),這一數字高達40%,而在曼徹斯特大學,這一比例為39%。曼徹斯特城市大學(MPU)已經宣布,它計畫將其海外學生的數量增加一倍。

隨著經濟衰退的逼近,一些大學說,招收更多的英國學生,他們無法負擔。

雪菲爾哈倫大學(Sheffield Hallam University)的副校長胡斯班斯(Chris Husbands)爵士說:「由於通貨膨脹和其它壓力,2012年設定的9,250英鎊的學費上限,到2024年只值6,500英鎊。所有大學都在認真研究其招生的成本效益。有一些高學費大學,從英國市場撤出,因為他們可以在國際市場上收取更高的學費。迫切需要研究對英國學生的資助問題。」

今年夏天,海外學生的申請增加了3%,其中來自中國的學生增加了10%,印度增加了近20%。英國學生的申請則下降了0.51%。

胡斯班斯說,為節省資金,一些大學也在削減學位課程和學術工作。包括英國文學在內的人文課程,在一些機構被砍掉。他還說,一些大學在提供住宿方面很困難。

修正膨脹的成績

獲得錄取名額(Offer)的英國學生,正在焦急地等待,看他們是否得到了確保錄取所需的A-level成績。8月18日,英格蘭、威爾士和北愛爾蘭的年輕人,將收到A-level成績和職業資格證書。專家說,預計通過率與去年相比將下降10%。

這是自2019年以來的第一次,將在考試的基礎上頒發成績,而不是在大流行期間發放的「教師評估等級」。

大約4萬名學生,即八分之一的學生,預計將因此而錯過他們的首選大學。那些以牛津、劍橋大學,和包括倫敦大學學院(UCL)、曼徹斯特、杜倫大學(Durham)和伯明翰在內的羅素集團的其它學校為目標的學生,將受到最大衝擊。

高等教育智囊團dataHE的創始人、大學與學院入學服務機構(Ucas)的前數據主管科弗(Mark Corver)說:「這是一代人以來,英國學生為獲得入學名額的最激烈競爭,特別是為了進入我們的頂尖大學。

「名牌大學沒有招收更多的英國學生,因為他們的學費沒有海外學生高。今年,英國和國際學生的學費差距可能是15,000英鎊左右。在三年的課程中,每個學生的額外學費收入要達到50,000英鎊。由於無法提高英國學生的學費以支付不斷上漲的成本,許多大學被迫將越來越多的名額奉獻給海外學生,以維持運轉。」

與2021年相比,成績可能會大幅下降,因為政府決定扭轉過去兩年的成績膨脹,到2023年恢復到大流行前的標準。今年,設定的界限是,成績將在2021年和2019年之間的一半左右。

考試監督機構Ofqual已經宣布,它計畫在今年夏天設定考試成績界限,以反映「2021年和2019年之間的中間點」,這意味著A-level考試的通過率,和獲得A*或A級的學生比例將下降。

專家預測,與去年夏天相比,A*級的數量將減少約4萬個,A級的數量將減少約2萬個。

建議:學生制定B計畫

Ucas的負責人馬尚(Clare Marchant)表示,在補錄(Clearing)中會有足夠的入學名額供每個人選擇,補錄是指,那些成績不理想的學生,或錯過第一志願錄取的學生,會被匹配到有空缺的學位課程,但她警告說,這些名額也會很快被搶空,學生們可能需要改變學習科目。她還建議學生在接下來的幾天裡制定一個B計畫,這可能包括尋找學徒、學位學徒或工作。

影子教育部長菲利普森(Bridget Phillipson),敦促頂尖大學的副校長們重新考慮,在A-level成績公布後,為英國學生提供更多名額。她說:「這一代人代表了Covid後時代的英國希望。這些年輕人克服了前所未有的干擾,努力學習……。我要求你們做出這樣的努力……使年輕人能夠實現他們的夢想。」

經營「零重力」(Zero Gravity)塞登(Joe Seddon)說,成績日將是「非常艱難的」,將有「許多失望的青少年,特別是畢業於在大流行病中應對不力的中學」。他補充說:「我認為,在私立學校和公立學校的考試結果之間,今年會有一個巨大的鴻溝。我們有很多學生拿到了頂尖大學的Offer,但他們擔心自己會得不到夠去那裡的成績。」

根據8月14日公布的數據顯示,羅素集團的補錄課程急劇下降,只有2,358門課程,而去年同期為3,085門。

學生辦公室的公平機會和參與主任布萊克(John Blake)說,「無論發生甚麼,我認為都會有很多波動,人們需要為此做好準備。我認為對學生明說才是公平的,這樣才不會讓他們感到震驚。這也將包括一些最有能力的[學生]。我們知道,頂尖課程總是競爭激烈,但今年將更加如此。」

首次參加統考

布萊克指出,今年的A-level學生從未參加過統考,因為在2020年大流行開始時,取消了他們的GCSE考試。

他的警告,是在教育與就業中心主任史密瑟斯(Alan Smithers)教授的分析之後發出的,該分析發現,由於今年將減少80,000個最高成績,預計,數以萬計的「痛苦的失望」的A-level學生,將與第一志願大學失之交臂。

史密瑟斯教授說:「我們從補錄數字中得知,頂尖大學的頂級課程,可供選擇的數量很少。無論如何,今年是競爭非常激烈的一年,原因有三:各大學一直在積極招收海外學生;18歲人口增加了,想上大學的人更多;成人申請者增加。」

對於大學必須給予英國學生的名額,並沒有設定配額。在少數學科,如醫學和牙科,政府限制了大學可以招收的英國學生的數量,因為名額與資金掛鈎,但對於大多數學位課程,大學可以根據自己的意願招收更多的學生。然而,副校長們說,成本問題和住宿,及實驗室空間等資源的短缺,有效地限制了人數。

教育部說:「Ucas希望大多數學生今年能進入他們所選擇的學校,在準備過程中,我們的重點是與大學合作,確保錄取通知書與學生在今年夏天將獲得的成績相符。英國學生占據了大學本科課程的絕大多數名額,因此認為……[資金短缺]造成了名額的擠壓,這是不對的。」

部長:成績不決定人生成敗

看來,今年的大學入學競爭之激烈,真不是鬧著玩的。連學校部長昆斯(Will Quince)都出來,以自己的經歷,現身說法,告訴青少年,A-level成績不會就此定義人生成敗,就算錯過了首選大學,也可能是命中注定會有其它的安排。

他強調說,青少年要制定「B計畫」,甚至是「C計畫」。他還分享了自己的學生時代,在沒有得到所需要的成績時,被迫經歷了補錄過程。

昆斯透露,「我自己沒有得到我想要的[A-level]成績」,當時讓他感到「沮喪」。他說:「原本我有獲得倫敦國王學院名額。但考試並不特別順利。最終A-level成績是三個C,申請補錄課程後,我去了亞伯立斯威大學(Aberystwyth University)學習法律。我度過了一段美妙時光,獲得了法律學位,還遇到了我的妻子,並引發了對政治的熱愛和興趣。」

昆斯認為,此舉改變了他的生活,變得更好。「如果我去了首選大學……我就不會遇到我的妻子,我也可能不會從政,不會最終成為學校部長。」 

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