Employers look set to benefit from a huge influx of students who are heading to university this year, it has been reported. According to the latest figures, the number of people opting for higher education is on the up, meaning employers will have a much wider choice of graduates to chose from when it comes to recruitment. Ucas has revealed that the number of people choosing a university education this year is currently at its highest ever point. Bill Ramell, minister of state for lifelong learning, further and higher education, said that he was "delighted" that the number of university applications was on the up and that there was a marked increase compared to last year's enrolment. He added: "These highest ever figures continue to show that tuition fees are not putting students off applying to university as many predicted. The critics of the new system are being proved emphatically wrong. "Students, no matter what their background, should be confident that there should be no financial barrier to them studying at whichever university or college they choose." According to the figures, the number of school-leavers applying for university places in England rose from 291,000 to 325,000 from January to March 2007 – an increase of six per cent on the same period last year.
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