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The university gave offers of admission to 52.2% of its undergraduate applicants in 2022, the 17th lowest offer rate across the country. [ 90 ] According to the 2017 Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide, approximately 40% of Bristol's undergraduates come from independent schools. [ 91 ]
The economy of Bristol fared comparatively well during the Great Recession of 2008–10 and continued to grow while most cities shrank, but in 2011 the economy contracted by 3.1%. Whilst Bristol's economy is in recovery, it remains 1.5% behind its peak output in 2010.
Data from 2009/2010 shows Bristol's intake from state schools and colleges to be 60.0% [51] an identical figure to 2003 when the controversy over admissions occurred. [ 52 ] In 2012 the university introduced a points based admissions system whereby poorer students “will be given an automatic weighting to their total academic score”. [ 53 ]
This is a list of university colleges in the UK.Institutions included on this list are university colleges that are recognised bodies with their own degree awarding powers; [1] it does not include institutions with "university college" in their title that are listed bodies as parts of a university (see colleges within universities in the United Kingdom), or other institutions with "university ...
He is a programme director at the Centre for Market and Public Organisation at the University of Bristol covering Families, Children and Welfare, and former Professor of Economics at the University of Bristol, and Director of the Centre for the Analysis of Social Policy at the University of Bath. [4]
The institution was known as the Bristol Polytechnic in 1969; it received university status in 1992 and became the University of the West of England, Bristol. [6] In common with the University of Bristol and University of Bath , it can trace its origins to the Merchant Venturers' Technical College, founded as a school in 1595 by the Society of ...
Yield in college admissions is the percent of students who enroll in a particular college or university after having been offered admission. [1] [2] It is calculated by dividing the number of students who enroll at a school in a given year by the total number of offers of acceptance sent. The yield rate is usually calculated once per year.
In mathematics, economics, and computer science, the Gale–Shapley algorithm (also known as the deferred acceptance algorithm, [1] propose-and-reject algorithm, [2] or Boston Pool algorithm [1]) is an algorithm for finding a solution to the stable matching problem.