Students to miss out on university places due to lower
intake paired with increased
demand
Thousands of students look set to miss out on
a place at university for this coming term with estimates pointing
towards 100,000 people missing out on places. The coalition
government has helped matters little by going back on a Labour
government promise of upping the intake in 2011 meaning 10,000
students likely to be affected by that coalition decision
alone.
Usman Ali, vice president for higher education has this to say
“For several years now we have seen the numbers of qualified and
ambitious students applying to university outstripping the number
of places available, forcing those young people to fight for jobs
in an ever-shrinking youth job market,"
Usman Ali went on to say many students would
reapply the following year but also that “...those who miss out
this year will find themselves with fees trebled and government
funding slashed simply because the government is not willing to
expand investment in skills and education for young people when it
is most needed.” Those that do will be hit by the university fee’s
increase in 2012, so a degree that would have cost them around
£3,000 per year will now cost up to three times more (£9,000) per
year if they choose to reapply.
With high unemployment amongst graduates and a record demand for university
places the coalition government’s decision to go back on Labour’s
promise seems odd, however the department for business, innovation
and skills argues that “university has always been a competitive
process and not all who apply are accepted.” However they did
sympathies with students unable to apply and are “opening other
routes into a successful career”, and aim to make “part-time
university study more accessible.”
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