University applications up 23% in UK

Source: BBC News Posted By: Valerie M...726 days ago

Figures from the University application services, Ucas, showed a 22.9% increase in applications so far on last year.

It comes after university funding chiefs said there would be 6,000 fewer places for 2010-11 than in 2009-10.

Ucas predicted it would be a "very challenging and competitive" year for those wanting to go to university.

It is the fourth year running that full-time undergraduate applications have increased - but this time by more than twice the rate they did the previous...

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