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25/04/2003
Undergraduate applications rise by 4 per cent
The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) has today released figures today revealing that applications for undergraduate courses is up by nearly 4%.
The latest figures from UCAS show that 393,750 applicants applied by 24 March for courses starting in Autumn 2003. This is up by 14,864 (3.9%) on the same point last year.
By 24 March, 215,763 women had applied through UCAS, a rise of 4.6% on the same time last year, compared with an increase of 3.1% in the number of male applicants.
However, the figures have been panned by the National Union of Students (NUS), which dismissed the increase as a "distorted figure" – claiming that 7,888 students (over half of the total increase) applied to the 10 new institutions that joined UCAS this year.
The union also claimed that there was no increase in the number of students from the poorest backgrounds.
NUS President, Mandy Telford, said there was no point in the government "hiding behind misleading figures to try and justify their inequitable policies".
She added: "We know that differential fees in particular will lead to a polarisation of higher education where poorer students will be forced on to the cheapest courses. To encourage students from the poorest backgrounds to apply to university the government needs to alleviate, not increase, student debt.
"Until this government recognises the role debt plays in deterring certain sections of society from university we will continue to have an inequitable system that favours the wealthy.”
The UCAS breakdown of applicants living in the UK and applying to universities and colleges in their home country shows rises across the board. Scotland shows the greatest increase, with the number of home applicants applying to Scottish universities and colleges up by 5.4%. Applicants living in Northern Ireland and applying to universities and colleges in the province are up by 3.2%. The number of applicants living in England and applying to English universities and colleges rose by 2.7% on last year – while Welsh applicants applying to universities and colleges in Wales rose by 2.4%.
(GMcG)
The latest figures from UCAS show that 393,750 applicants applied by 24 March for courses starting in Autumn 2003. This is up by 14,864 (3.9%) on the same point last year.
By 24 March, 215,763 women had applied through UCAS, a rise of 4.6% on the same time last year, compared with an increase of 3.1% in the number of male applicants.
However, the figures have been panned by the National Union of Students (NUS), which dismissed the increase as a "distorted figure" – claiming that 7,888 students (over half of the total increase) applied to the 10 new institutions that joined UCAS this year.
The union also claimed that there was no increase in the number of students from the poorest backgrounds.
NUS President, Mandy Telford, said there was no point in the government "hiding behind misleading figures to try and justify their inequitable policies".
She added: "We know that differential fees in particular will lead to a polarisation of higher education where poorer students will be forced on to the cheapest courses. To encourage students from the poorest backgrounds to apply to university the government needs to alleviate, not increase, student debt.
"Until this government recognises the role debt plays in deterring certain sections of society from university we will continue to have an inequitable system that favours the wealthy.”
The UCAS breakdown of applicants living in the UK and applying to universities and colleges in their home country shows rises across the board. Scotland shows the greatest increase, with the number of home applicants applying to Scottish universities and colleges up by 5.4%. Applicants living in Northern Ireland and applying to universities and colleges in the province are up by 3.2%. The number of applicants living in England and applying to English universities and colleges rose by 2.7% on last year – while Welsh applicants applying to universities and colleges in Wales rose by 2.4%.
(GMcG)
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