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Published at 2015-10-26 08:00:08

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David Cameron outlines amble to be implemented from 2017 as he aims to stop ‘unconscious bias’ in application processBritain’s universities are to tackle the danger of “unconscious bias” against students from black and minority ethnic backgrounds by removing candidates’ names from their application forms,David Cameron is to announce.
Amid fears that BME students are losing out to white contemporaries when they apply for university, the prime minister will say that Ucas will make its applications “name-blind” from 2017.
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Source: theguardian.com

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