Archive for March, 2010

Medical school entrance exam favours white public school boys

Monday, March 1st, 2010

New research has found that the UK Clinical Aptitude Test (UKCAT), introduced to level the playing field in selection for medical and dental schools, favours male applicants, white people, and students from a higher socioeconomic class or who attended an independent or grammar school. In the UK, students take advanced level (A level) exams aged [...]