Mark Corver

11 pieces

Newest first, since September 2018

1. 26 July 2021 · Analysis

   Harder times ahead for applicants and access?

   We’ve got used to the idea that the capacity of the sector will grow to meet demand. For Mark Corver there are signs that the years to come will offer applicants a different and more frustrating experience.

2. 30 April 2021 · Analysis

   How to achieve fair admissions this summer

   Demand for higher education is up. But with so much uncertainty surrounding this year’s exam cycle, how can universities select students in way that’s fair? Mark Corver runs the numbers.

3. 1 May 2020 · Analysis

   Student quotas are not what 2020 needs

   For Mark Corver, the temporary return of student number controls would cause more problems than it solved.

4. 6 April 2020 · Analysis

   We can make admissions work without A levels

   There are no A levels this year, but what replaces them can be made to work for the higher education admissions system with a bit of thought

5. 6 January 2020 · Comment

   Wicked problems: are universities really prepared to grow in the next decade?

   A once in a generation chance to grow participation in HE lies ahead in the next decade. Mark Corver, Debbie McVitty and Tim Blackman ask whether HE is prepared to handle it

   With Debbie McVitty and Tim Blackman

6. 9 December 2019 · Analysis

   Is grade inflation running wild?

   Mark Corver presents a new way of thinking about the grade inflation debate which questions the government’s claim that too many students are getting good degrees

7. 2 December 2019 · Data

   The thickening fog of the UCAS RPAs

   Is it time to think again about how to use UCAS statistics that includes the increasingly uncertain record of prior acceptance data?

8. 11 November 2019 · Analysis

   Higher education is big business

   Universities are now competing over a record amount of competitive revenue, making them some of the biggest businesses in the UK. It’s the most significant change to the sector’s operating context for decades. Are they r

9. 13 May 2019 · Data

   POLAR, MEM and equality: you don’t have to choose

   Mark Corver of dataHE sets out the advantages and disadvantages of POLAR and MEM as equality measures.

10. 18 March 2019 · Data

    The great recruitment crisis: planning for rapid student number growth

    Mark Corver of dataHE explains why the higher education sector is far from ready to confront the coming explosion in demand for higher education.

11. 24 September 2018 · Analysis

    The equality indicators are quietly flashing red

    Mark Corver gets behind the headlines of UCAS’ recent release, and finds troubling results on the three major equality dimensions.