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Safeguarding the Future of Access to HE 24 March 2011
Mary Curnock Cook
Cumulative Applicants by month of applicationFees announcement
2010
Position at January Deadline 2011 - Age
2011 % Diff
UKApplicants: 499,451 506,388 + 1.4%
Under 19: 353,557 357,442 + 1.1%
20 - 24: 87,761 90,625 + 3.3%
25 - 29: 23,970 24,040 + 0.3%
30 and over: 34,163 34,281 + 0.3%
Launch of new publication
Applicant journey Choosing courses Applying Offers Next steps Starting university or
college
Timetable for 2012 Cycle
Tuition fees
▪ New arrangements for student finance in England from 2012
▪ Any institution will be able to charge up to £6k per annum, and
in “exceptional cases” higher contributions up to £9k
▪ No eligible student will have to pay up front for their tuition –
the government provides access to loans to cover tuition fees
▪ Students will only start to contribute when they are earning
over £21,000
▪ The National Scholarship Programme will provide additional
assistance to students from disadvantaged backgrounds
Key points to note about tuition fees
▪ Free at the point of entry
▪ Will apply to part-time courses (minimum 25%
intensity)
▪ The deductions from pay are the same
whether you choose a £6000 or a £9000
course
Understanding tuition fees – the story so far....
Domicile of student
Location of institution
England Scotland Wales NI
England Up to £9k Unknown Up to £9k Unknown
Scotland Up to £9k Unknown Up to £9k Unknown
Wales £3,290 Unknown £3,290 Unknown
NI Up to £9k Unknown Up to £9k Unknown
EU Up to £9k Unknown £3,290 Unknown
Other international
Unregulated Unregulated Unregulated Unregulated
New for UCAS in 2012
▪ National Scholarship Programme portal
▪ Contextual data
▪ Part-time course search
▪ Improved IAG web tools
▪ Tracking the 2012 cycle
English and Welsh Accepts 2006 - 2010
Applicants 2009 2010 %Diff
English and Welsh Applicants 2009 and 2010
Total:
21 and over:
21 and overwith Access:
486,368 520,792 +7.1%
134,081 146,903 +9.6%
15,801 24,682 +56.2%
Accepts 2009 2010 %Diff
English and Welsh Accepts 2009 and 2010
Total:
21 and over:
21 and overwith Access:
380,432 378,879 -0.4%
88,194 84,328 -4.4%
11,593 17,19348.3%
Accept Rate 2009 2010 Diff
English and Welsh Acceptance Rate 2009 and 2010
Total:
21 and over:
21 and overwith Access:
78.2% 72.8% -5.5%
65.8% 57.4% -8.4%
73.4% 69.7% -3.7%
Single and multiple choice applicants 2010
Age profile of Accepted applicants 2010
Total is for England and Wales only
Distance travelled UK domiciled Accepted applicants 2010
Top 5 Subjects UK domiciled Accepted applicants 2010
Under 21
1.Design studies
2.Psychology
3.Law
4.Nursing
5.Sports Science
21 & over
1.Nursing
2.Social Work
3.Design studies
4.Others in subjects allied to Medicine
5.Computer Science
21 & over with Access
3. Psychology
5. Training Teachers
Destination of UK domiciled Accepted applicants 2010
Ethnicity of Accepted applicants 2010
IMD of English Accepted applicants 2010
from least deprived areafrom most deprived area
POLAR of English and Welsh age 20 and above accepted applicants 2010
areas of highest adult HEareas of lowest adult HE
Qualifications on UCAS Tariff
Offer making using the UCAS Tariff
The profile of NPAs from the 2009 cycle
Source: UCAS Research Team & Statistics
Issues for the Tariff Review
▪ Needs to cover all regulated Level 3 qualifications
▫ And Access qualifications.....
▪ May need to distinguish between MI and evaluation;
between academic and vocational/applied content
▪ Must be an accessible, defensible and proportionate
process
▪ Should not duplicate or create regulatory process
▫ Relationship with regulatory requirements; with AAT?
▪ Have clear scope and purposes
▫ Offer making? Employers’ needs? Quality mark? Hurdle
for student finance entitlement?
Admissions Process Review
▪ A better business process
▫ More efficient – fewer transactions
▫ Fixing bugs
▫ More intuitive search and apply
▪ Able to deal with complexity
▫ Different intensities of study
▫ Different start dates
▫ Differential fees
▫ UG, PG,
▫ Different admissions procedures (eg medicine)
▪ Or........
Some more radical solutions?
▪ Post qualifications admissions
▪ Sequential applications vs parallel
▪ Institution chooses applicant?
