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Record applications drive competition for university places
Record numbers of pupils are applying for university or aspire to attend, according to new research. Around 77 per cent of students aged 11 to 16 believe it likely that they will go into higher education, up from 72 per cent in 2008, and Ucas reports that university applications are up 10 per cent this year.
This rise in applications has created a shortfall in places of up to 52,000. Educationalists believe that an increase in the number of mature students applying to do a degree has placed added pressure on university entrance (applications from British over-25s are up 22 per cent year on year). There are, however, only 3000 extra places available at British universities this year, and the Government has capped this number to limit spending.
British students also face stiff competition from superb EU students keen to study in Britain. Data released in June revealed a surge of 16.4 per cent in such applications this year and that many were coming from France and Germany.
The consequences for those UK pupils who fail to get the grades in August could be dire, as Vice Chancellors warn of tightening in entrance criteria and a decrease in the number of places handed out through clearing.
Dr Helen Wright, headteacher of leading independent school St Mary's, Calne, comments: "It has been increasingly tough for school leavers to get into university for the past few years. The number of people applying has grown steadily and the number of quality places has not matched this, so while the situation is going to be more acute in the autumn, it is not unexpected.
"Too many people just fall into university rather than think carefully about whether they really want to go. The drop out rate is high on far too many courses, and this wastes everyone's time. Schools should be very active in helping potential students really understand their choices and what they want to do with their lives, as well as supporting them to help them find either the course or career path that best suits them."
Debt defying
Clearly, the current economic downturn and scarcity of graduate jobs has spurred more children on to aim for higher education. It's notable, also, that only 13 per cent of the children surveyed by The Sutton Trust were "worried about getting into debt as a student" in comparison with 20 per cent of respondents last year.
The survey also revealed that children do not think they're getting enough information from teachers about going into higher education. Around 31 per cent said they are either getting "not very much information" and nine per cent said that they got "none at all".
Sir Peter Lampl, Chairman of the Sutton Trust, says: "While it is encouraging that three quarters of young people aspire to university, less than half that number currently end up in higher education and those from poorer families are the least likely to progress. So we need to offer more support to young people throughout their education so that they are in a position to realise their ambitions at 18 and beyond."
It's worth noting that the figures for 1996 included two more academic degrees, history and biology, and that 2006's list shows signs of a move towards more vocational subjects. Therefore even before the recession hit, students were showing greater consciousness of their future career options. This trend could also be attributed to the ever-expanding breadth of choice in degree subjects over the past decade.
Also of interest is the fact that applications to economics courses have increased by 13.8 per cent in the past year, suggesting that the economic crisis is boosting interest in the subject rather than discouraging it.
Languages degrees have been declining in popularity in the UK over the past decade, in particular French and German, and an expert in the field places the blame on a ‘vicious circle'. Richard Hudson, emeritus professor of linguistics at University College London, says: "Language research in higher education language departments is very weak, which harms the teaching of languages in higher education, so graduates don't choose teaching careers, so school teaching is poor, so language degrees aren't popular."
Implosion in science
It will be intriguing to see if the increased competition for places boosts the number of pupils applying for physics degrees. As reported in Tom-Brown.com, in recent years the number of children choosing to study physics has declined to the point where leading physicists are warning of a disastrous lack of talent to deal with climate change, the ageing population and our need to find sustainable energy sources. (The time bomb that is science in British schools.)
Educationalists and scientists are searching for ways to make physics courses more attractive to pupils and are pressing for careers advice in schools that highlights the wealth of occupations that the subject can lead to.
A crucial year
More than 90 per cent of children attending independent schools go to university, according to the 2009 ISC Census of 1280 schools. The number of places at Oxford and Cambridge awarded to pupils from independents last year stood at 45 and 41 per cent respectively. It will be interesting to see how these figures are influenced by the next academic year which, for many schools and universities, will be one that generates many headlines.
About the Author
Gail Dixon is the editor of www.tom-brown.com - the essential guide for parents choosing a school in the UK