Study on deterrent effect of LNAT reveals no negative effect on widening-participation objectives

Wednesday, 01 Oct 2008

The National Admissions Test for Law (or LNAT) first operated in the 2004/5 UCAS cycle; and has operated in every subsequent year. Universities which participate in the LNAT require all candidates seeking admission to particular
law courses to sit the test. The results of the multiple choice and essay components of the test are used alongside candidates’ A level and GCSE (or their equivalents) performance, the other information available through
candidates’ UCAS forms, and, in some cases, candidates’ performance at interview, to inform admissions decisions. As the first such national subject- and HEI- specific test for some time in the UK, the LNAT has inevitably
attracted both interest and controversy, not least over the possible ways in which it may have an impact on national and university-level policies towards widening participation (WP).

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