International Baccalaureate Qualification
Analysis: 2005 entry
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Introduction and structure of report
This report explores three strands of data to address the following objectives set out by the IB:-
- To investigate the patterns of offer-making to IB applicants
- To determine whether there are any differences in the success of IB applicants according to the subject line applied to
- To provide a profile of IB applicants
- To compare the success of IB applicants in terms of gaining offers/places with all other UCAS applicants
The strands of data are as follows:-
This section investigates whether an offer was made and whether applicants subsequently took up a HE place. The process is illustrated below and is considered sufficient to assess the success of IB applicants.
Figure 1 Applicants, Applications and Acceptances
Following extraction of IB applicants from the applicant database, the original institution decision (received offer/unsuccessful) was extracted and examined to determine whether there were differences in results according to:
- Domicile (UK, EU or Non EU)
- Preferred subject line - aggregated course level based on JACS codes (eg A1 for medicine - see Appendix A for full list). The top ten subject lines for IB applicants were used for this report;
- Type of institution (a minimum of six HEIs was required in subsets in order to protect their data);
Profiling of IB and Non IB applicants
This section includes information on the following variables:
A summary of the data trends.
