Universities have recorded a 4.2 per cent increase in applications for courses next year
Figures from UCAS show that there is a 4.2 per cent (3,000) increase in students against this time last year applying for places at university, trying to avoid paying the doubling tuition fees. The figures are our first look at the numbers who have applied for 2011 degree places after a government announcement on funding. Demand is increasing with 13,389 applying last month when the application window opened, and a further 60,845 this month.
These figures mean that many students will be disappointed because of the mad scramble for places. Last year there were 209,253 applicants who were left with no university place, and with budget cuts universities aren’t increasing their intake numbers, which means there will be a lot more students disappointed.
With the government announcing the exact level of tuition fees being introduced, in autumn 2012, it is is believed that there will be a further increase of applications. Students are expected to cancel gap years to beat the fees rise, competing against people returning from gap years, and teenagers who are just leaving school as well as foreign students. With all figures increasing from last year the outlook doesn’t look great for many applications.
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