Education and its Value These Days
Mar 4th, 2008 by admin
In relation to figures at large today (Thursday) by UCAS, Professor Rick Trainer, and President of Universities UK, stated: “The general augment of 6.7% in the number of candidates is excellent news and shows sustained insist for university places. Though, this is an early phase in the applications era so we are expecting to observe growth right to the end of this request round.
“Plus while it’s hopeful that the general figures are up, more should be done in terms of receiving available and knowledgeable advice to young people concerning applying to institution of higher education, no matter what their backdrop or school. Universities have done much in this region by now other than this must be complemented by giving pupils excellence, targeted advice in relation to higher education early on.
“The ongoing enlargement in insist for university places is chiefly pleasing given that we are now in the next year of the new fees organization in England. UK-wide, though, there is an actual necessitate to charge the crash of fees as we proceed. Universities UK are looking at this thoroughly to notify the appraisal of fees in England in 2009.
“The global figures are as well good news, showing that worldwide students carry on seeing the UK usually as a good-looking purpose for quality higher education knowledge.”
Comments:
- Alters to the request procedure this year denote annual contrasts are difficult. One of the major alters has been the decrease in the number of likelihoods an applicant can make from six to five. This will have a crash on the whole number of applications reported.
- Today’s statistics speak about applicants, not real enrolments at the start of term. Applicants may be relevant to courses covering numerous dissimilar subjects - other than the ultimate student will just start one place.
- Applications which would usually have passed throughout the Nursing and Midwifery Admissions Service (NMAS) will now be incorporated in the UCAS go back from 2008 beyond. These accounted for 8,665 people in 2008, and when incorporated in the general figures give an augment in applicants of 8.9% from 2007.