• UK universities experiencing a decline in student applications

    Data from UCAS shows that there has been a 4% decrease to the number of people applying to UK universities compared to last year. The figures show that the number of people who applied to UK universities dropped more than 25,000, with a 19% decline to those applying to...
  • University Dropouts: What Happens When Your Course Isn’t Everything You Hoped For

    £9k is a LOT of money by anyone’s standards. But for a course you might not even like, it’s an even more staggering amount to comprehend. As university students, this is made all the more worse by the amount of work we all had to do before even reaching our...
  • Gender gap in university applications hits record level

    More young women than men have applied to university this year as indicated by figures released by UCAS. The latest data shows that 94,140 more women than men applied to university, hitting a record high. “This year we have 70% females which is uncommon in a typically male dominated course.”...
  • Teachers’ bad advice disadvantaging pupils’ UCAS applications

    A recent study conducted by the Sutton Trust has revealed that thousands of students across the country are at a significant disadvantage when applying to university because of inaccurate and unreliable advice from their teachers. According to the most recent study, there is a notable discrepancy between what university...
  • Nottingham Trent reveals outcomes of A-level results early

    Students hoping to start at Nottingham Trent University this September were disappointed after receiving emails from the university the day before results day revealing that they had not gained the results they needed for their course. Potential Nottingham Trent students received emails sent by mistake on Wednesday 13th August,...
  • University applications rise nationally, but fall at UoN

    UCAS has revealed that university applications have increased by 4% on last year. The deadline for potential students to send their admissions was 30 June, after which they went into clearing, with universities and colleges filling any remaining places. Data released after this date shows that 659,030 applications were...