Data released by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service reveal the number of UK applicants dropped from 506,488 to 462,507 – a decrease of 43,881 – as maximum tuition fees are trebled this autumn to £9,000. Applications from English students fell even more sharply, decreasing by 9.9 per cent. Nicola Dandridge, Universities UK chief executive, said: “While overall applicants have decreased compared with the same point last year, the dip is far less dramatic than many were initially predicting. “And if we look at the number of 18-year-old applicants from the UK, this has dropped by only 3.6 per cent at a time when the overall 18-year-old population is in decline. Read more at:
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