HE supply and demand to 2020
HEPI have published a timely report today on supply and demand following on from previous annual publications on the same topic. This year’s considers the extend of likely unmet demand in the future...
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Do Vice Chancellors love Cox? The ‘celebrity academic’– a statistical analysis
You cannot have watched television on a Sunday night in the UK over the past few weeks without witnessing the wonders of Professor Brian Cox, the be-gortexed globetrotting human lens flare that has...
View ArticleUCAS Figures: Don’t panic….yet! – Updated 6/1/12
Today, UCAS released its November figures which offer a snapshot at where application levels are in this current cycle. They are down from last year which has caused many to claim that higher fees are...
View ArticleApplication with results: is fairness the issue?
Last Friday, the UCAS Admissions Process Review consultation came to an end and now we must wait to see whether the proposals to shift to an ‘application with results’ system (formerly known as PQA),...
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UCAS Data: 2013 Cycle
UCAS have now published their mid-December data on the 2013 cycle, and the press coverage has been mainly downbeat, perhaps because UCAS has not tried the faintly ludicrous ‘late surge’ spin that they...
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Interesting trends in latest UCAS data
UCAS have now published their data for applications to the 15 January deadline. By this stage, almost all school-leavers who are going to apply have applied, and a significant proportion of the...
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Post qualification offer making is nearly as good as the current system
The latest intervention in the PQA wars sees UCAS tilt towards post qualification offers. David Kernohan wonders if the sunlit uplands of PQA are real after all. The post Post qualification offer...
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Students should be encouraged to disclose mental health difficulties
The gap between those suffering from mental health problems and those declaring it is still too large, says Clare Marchant. The post Students should be encouraged to disclose mental health difficulties...
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Solace in study: 30 June undergraduate applications
Richard O'Kelly breaks down the latest UCAS data for the 30 June undergraduate application deadline The post Solace in study: 30 June undergraduate applications appeared first on Wonkhe.
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Everything from the UCAS June deadline data
More eighteen year olds from China have applied to start a UK undergraduate course in 2021 than eighteen year olds from Wales. And just what is happening with Nigerian mature students. David Kernohan...
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Harder times ahead for applicants and access?
We've got used to the idea that the capacity of the sector will grow to meet demand. For Mark Corver there are signs that the years to come will offer applicants a different and more frustrating...
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End of cycle: increased grades in 2021 will create increased competition for...
Teacher awarded grades made the 2021 admissions cycle highly unusual. Richard O'Kelly parses sector level end of cycle data and hopes for somewhat calmer times in 2022 The post End of cycle: increased...
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End of cycle 2021: Tariff, grades, and RPAs
David Kernohan wades into the backwaters of our first sight of UCAS data for the 2021 cycle The post End of cycle 2021: Tariff, grades, and RPAs appeared first on Wonkhe.
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The same students at the same providers?
Did the increase in students placed during the 2021 cycle do anything for widening access? David Kernohan keeps it in proportion The post The same students at the same providers? appeared first on...
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UCAS End of Cycle 2021: Provider data
Who's up, who's down, how subjects have shifted, and the latest on unconditional offers - David Kernohan with the dashboards on admissions The post UCAS End of Cycle 2021: Provider data appeared first...
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A return to historic growth in UCAS applications
UCAS's Richard O'Kelly celebrates encouraging signs from the 2022 UCAS application cycle January deadline The post A return to historic growth in UCAS applications appeared first on Wonkhe.
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UCAS 2022 cycle January deadline
We'd already priced in stability in applications, but David Kernohan finds some very interesting sub-trends in the January deadline data The post UCAS 2022 cycle January deadline appeared first on...
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Is it getting harder to get a university place?
David Kernohan sees some signals that a decade of university expansion may be drawing to a close The post Is it getting harder to get a university place? appeared first on Wonkhe.
View ArticleSQA results day 2022
The 2022 admissions season has begun in Scotland. The post SQA results day 2022 appeared first on Wonkhe.
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Are more selective providers in Clearing this year?
It seems that the kinds of provider most active in clearing is changing again. David Kernohan plots the trends for "Magic Monday". The post Are more selective providers in Clearing this year? appeared...
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