Selection criteria Selection procedures Offers are made after

Selection criteria

Selection procedures Offers are made after any of the following selection procedures: Submission of the UCAS form (GCSE results, A Level predictions and reference, personal statement) Interview which may include written tests Admissions tests

Admissions tests Some universities test candidates as part of the interview process There also pre-interview tests in a number of disciplines, used to shortlist candidates for interview The most common of these tests are the LNAT, BMAT and UCAT

National Admissions Test for Law (LNAT) www. lnat. ac. uk LNAT required for: Bristol, Durham, Glasgow, King’s College London, LSE, Nottingham, Oxford, SOAS, UCL Used in different ways by different universities 30 multiple choice (critical thinking skills) and 40 minute essay Test of fundamental intellectual skills, not knowledge of the law Online registration: responsibility of the student Can be taken from September

LNAT resources As with all of the admissions tests, the LNAT is designed to be accessible to students without any teaching / tutoring This doesn’t mean that it isn’t possible to prepare! http: //www. lnat. ac. uk/how-to-prepare/practice-test/ Mark Shepherd: Mastering the National Admissions Test for Law Read court reports in broadsheet newspapers BBC website: Law in Action http: //www. bbc. co. uk/programmes/b 006 tgy 1

Law resources A Bradney and others: How to Study Law T Murphy and S Roberts: Understanding Property Law C Ganz: Understanding Public Law J Adams and R Brownsword: Understanding Contract Law C Clarkson: Understanding Criminal Law Nicholas Mc. Bride: Letters to a Law Student: A Guide to Studying Law at University Helena Kennedy: Eve Was Framed: Women and British Justice, Just Law

Bio-Medical Admissions Test (BMAT) https: //www. admissionstesting. org/for-test-takers/bmat/ BMAT required for: Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at Oxford, Medicine and Dentistry at Leeds, Medicine at Brighton and Sussex, Cambridge, Lancaster, UCL, Imperial College 60 minute aptitude test, 30 minute science knowledge test, 30 minute writing task Taken in school on 4 th November Candidate entered by school Used in different ways by different institutions e. g. Oxford use it to select interview candidates

University Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT) https: //www. ucat. ac. uk/ucat/ UCAT required at: Aberdeen, Anglia Ruskin, Aston, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Dundee, East Anglia, Edge Hill, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Hull York, Keele, Kent and Medway, King’s, Leicester, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham, Plymouth, Queen Mary’s London, Queen’s Belfast, Sheffield, Southampton, St Andrews, St George’s, Sunderland, Warwick

UCAT On screen test at Pearson Vue centres Students register by mid-September

Resources https: //bmat. ninja/ Campbell and Piccard: Get into Medical School 700 BMAT Practice Questions Picard: Get into Medical School - 1250 UKCAT Practice Questions https: //www. medsci. ox. ac. uk/study/medicine/preclinical/applying/reading (reading list) http: //www. bbc. co. uk/science

Admissions tests Oxford and Cambridge Admissions tests and / or submission of written work for many courses http: //www. ox. ac. uk/admissions/undergraduate/ap plying-to-oxford/guide/admissions-tests https: //www. undergraduate. study. cam. ac. uk/applyi ng/admission-assessments