University of Essex makes contextual offers for 2027 entry: lower-grade offers for applicants from backgrounds that are underrepresented at university. It looks at POLAR4, estrangement, caring responsibilities, free school meals and more.
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Summarised from University of Essex's published contextual offer policy. Meeting the criteria means University of Essex may make you a contextual offer, not that it will, and some courses (often medicine, dentistry and other heavily oversubscribed courses) have their own rules. Always check the university's own policy before relying on it. Data updated .