Director, UK admissions
Eleanor Vance
Eleanor spent twelve years reading applications at a Russell Group university before joining Provost in 2017. She leads our UK admissions team and still advises eight students a year herself.
Specialism
UK universities, humanities and law
Languages
English and French
Based in
London, and online
Advises
Ages 16 to 18
How
Eleanor
works
A careful reader, and a patient one
Eleanor reads every first draft as if it were the hundredth in a pile, because that is how it will be read. She asks for less, not more: fewer activities, fewer adjectives, and one idea the student can defend in an interview.
Students advised
140+
Oxbridge offers
46
Years at Provost
9
Also on the team
Other advisors you might meet
Former admissions readers, school registrars and teachers. Every one of them has sat on the other side of the desk.
