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By Sean CoughlanBBC News family and education correspondent 27 February 2020 Image copyrightGetty ImagesA review setting out options for a radical overhaul of university admissions in England has been launched by the higher education watchdog.The Office for Students has outlined an entry system which would scrap the use of predicted A-level grades.Instead, applications would be delayed until students had their exam results.Sir Michael Barber, chairman of the watchdog, said there was "widespread recognition" that parts of the admissions system were "not working".In a separate report, the Higher Education Policy Institute says a fairer system would be to remove tuition fees for the first year for students whose parents had not gone to university. The Office for Students' three-month review of how universities allocate places follows concerns about the fairness of the current system which uses predicted exam grades, references and personal statements.Universities lau…