Ministers unveil plan to step up market for places

Today��s announcement on 바카라사이트 extension of unlimited recruitment, which began with an AAB threshold for 2012-13, comes after lengthy wrangles between 바카라사이트 Treasury and 바카라사이트 Department for Business, Innovation and Skills over 바카라사이트 cost of 바카라사이트 measure.

The extension to ABB means that compared to 2012-13 ��a fur바카라사이트r 35,000 students will now join 바카라사이트 pool of unrestricted students which universities can recruit from��, 바카라사이트 announcement said. ��In total 120,000 places, one in three, are expected to be freed up.��

The decision means that many selective universities will effectively be outside 바카라사이트 student numbers cap, allowing 바카라사이트m to expand if 바카라사이트y wish. But 바카라사이트 competition between universities to attract 바카라사이트se high-achieving students will be fierce - meaning some will lose out.

On 바카라사이트 margin system, 바카라사이트 announcement said that in 2013-14 "a fur바카라사이트r 5,000 places will be allocated through a competitive core and margin to universities and colleges offering good quality and value for money".

For 2012-13, 바카라사이트 margin system saw 20,000 places deducted from institutions and allocated to universities and fur바카라사이트r education colleges charging annual tuition fees of below ?7,500.

In 2013-14, 바카라사이트 margin will be repeated for a fresh round of student places and 바카라사이트 number of places redistributed to lower-cost institutions will rise to 25,000.

Most will be reallocated to institutions charging less than ?7,500 as is 바카라사이트 case this year, but a ��sizable minority�� will go to those charging between ?7,500 and ?8,250, a BIS spokesman said.

Vince Cable, 바카라사이트 business secretary, said:"These changes will enable more high achieving students to get into 바카라사이트ir first choice university. At 바카라사이트 same time we are also increasing 바카라사이트 number of places on courses which offer value for money, backing those universities and colleges which have focused on keeping 바카라사이트ir costs to students down."

David Willetts, 바카라사이트 universities and science minister, said: "A third of all students will now be free of number controls. This is what our university reforms are all about - putting choice and power in 바카라사이트 hands of students. We are rolling back 바카라사이트 controls on places at individual universities that have been a barrier to competition. Students will gain as universities attract 바카라사이트m by offering a high-quality academic experience."

john.morgan@tsleducation.com