DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS SHOW CONFIDENCE IN APPLICATIONS AS THEY APPROACH EXAMS

DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS SHOW CONFIDENCE IN APPLICATIONS AS THEY APPROACH EXAMS
March 12, 2022 dmh

Promising figures tell us degrees are becoming more accessible as UCAS show a record number of university applicants from disadavantaged students!

New figures published by UCAS show a record number of disadvantaged students have applied to start university or college this autumn. 28% of young people from the most disadvantaged areas have applied – up from 17.8% nine years ago in 2013. The January deadline saw the overall number of UK 18 year olds applying increase by 5% (from 306,200 to 320,420), but mature applicants declined by 17% compared to 2021, when at the height of the pandemic, mature applications jumped in one year by 24%. Overall applications for full-time undergraduate university and college courses that start this coming autumn fell slightly by 1% (610,720 in 2022 vs 616,360 2021).

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