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Education secretary says ‘majority’ of students will get first choice university places
Speaking on BBC Breakfast, the education secretary has said the “majority” of students will get their first choice university place, and are not being crowded out by a deferred cohort.
When asked if deferred applications would lead to more competition for university places, James Cleverly said: “We should remember that there has been an increase in the number of courses, and as you say the number of 18-year-olds has been increasing, but so has the number of university courses.”
Cleverly said that the number of deferments as a percentage of the overall applications is “very low, something around 6.5% from memory” and said students are “predominantly” competing with “other people that took exams this year” meaning the vast majority of university places will be for students who have sat exams this year.
Cleverly added that there had been a “tighter set of results than last year” with the return of exams, but said: “We have got to remember that the majority of students will probably be getting into their first choice institution, that is incredibly good news.”
According to PA News, the total number of students accepted on to UK degree courses has decreased 2% on the same point last year, with 425,830 taking up places so far, initial Ucas figures show.
Good morning. Today, students from England, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man will receive their A-level grades.
This year’s school-leavers are the first to sit the actual exams since 2019, with Covid disruption leading previous years to be given teacher-assessed grades.
Earlier this week, the head of the universities admissions service said this year’s results were “never going to be pain-free”, as students were told to prepare themselves for lower grades and increased competition for university places.
The Ucas chief executive, Clare Marchant, said the government’s policy of reining in grade inflation in order to bring results gradually back to a pre-pandemic level, had been necessary but it was “not easy”.
You can read about how some students have struggled in the run-up to results day here.
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