News / UK by Press Association 11/08/2018, 12:03 am Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Email Send us a story Sign up to our Daily newsletter Students searching for a last-minute degree place on A-level day are likely to find a buyers’ market with tens of thousands of courses still available, figures indicate. A week before sixth-formers learn their grades, a Press Association analysis shows that virtually all universities – including three quarters of the UK’s most selective institutions – are listing undergraduate courses in Clearing on the UCAS website. Law, languages, engineering, astrophysics, maths and English are among the types of subjects with availability, amid intense competition between universities to attract candidates. The Press Association research shows that 132 out of 148 UK universities are advertising at least one course on the UCAS clearing website for applicants living in England. In total, there are 26,587 courses listed that potentially have availability. Among the 24 Russell Group institutions – the universities that are widely considered among the best in the country – three in four (18 universities) have at least one course advertised on the Clearing site, with 4,706 courses potentially available. The data comes the week before students across England, Wales and Northern Ireland receive their A-level results and learn if they have gained the grades they need to secure their university place. There has been a fall in the numbers of would-be students applying to university for this autumn, with 636,960 submitting applications by the end of June – down 2%… [Read full story]
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