How does an applicant to higher education find out if they are in a 'low 
participation neighbourhood', and while the statistic is used for government 
bean counting purposes, does an applicant with a 'lpn' postcode have their 
application flagged for the Admissions Tutor to take into account???

Gaz

On Mon, 22 Aug 2005, Gaz wrote:


> How does an applicant to higher education find out if they are in a 'low
> participation neighbourhood', and while the statistic is used for government
> bean counting purposes, does an applicant with a 'lpn' postcode have their
> application flagged for the Admissions Tutor to take into account???


No, at least not by UCAS. I wouldn't know if other universities take it on
themselves to flag such applications, but mine doesn't.

Matthew Huntbach

"Matthew Huntbach"  wrote in message 
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>
>
> On Mon, 22 Aug 2005, Gaz wrote:
>
>> How does an applicant to higher education find out if they are in a 'low
>> participation neighbourhood', and while the statistic is used for 
>> government
>> bean counting purposes, does an applicant with a 'lpn' postcode have 
>> their
>> application flagged for the Admissions Tutor to take into account???
>
> No, at least not by UCAS. I wouldn't know if other universities take it on
> themselves to flag such applications, but mine doesn't.
>
> Matthew Huntbach


Your name rings a bell...
thanks, I just checked on google news, for the first time we interacted on 
usenet, march 1996..........

time flies.....

Gaz