Ernst & Young (EY) will remove academic qualifications from its 2016 graduate, undergraduate and school leavers programmes’ entry criteria, which opened for applications this week.

Students will no longer need a minimum of 300 UCAS points (the equivalent to three B’s) and a 2:1 degree classification to make an application. Instead, EY will run a series of online ‘strengths’ assessments and numerical tests to assess the potential of applicants for next year.
 
The decision comes after talent management firm Capp spent 18 months analysing the firm’s student selection process. Capp ...