Record number of students win university places

A record number of students were placed in UK universities and colleges as A-level results were released, with acceptances up 2.9 per cent year-on-year.

Ucas said that 423,880 applicants had secured a place as of midnight on 18 August, an increase of 11,800 on 바카라사이트 same point in 2015.

This included 201,230 UK-domiciled 18-year-olds, up 2 per cent year-on-year despite a fall in 바카라사이트 population. As a result, young people were 4 per cent more likely to have been placed in higher education than last year, Ucas said.

The admissions service also reported a rise in acceptances from older age groups, with 바카라사이트 number of those winning a place who are aged 25 and above increasing by 8 per cent.

And 바카라사이트 number of non-UK European Union students enrolling in British universities rose by to 26,830, a 10.8 per cent increase year-on-year, with no immediate sign of 바카라사이트 UK��s vote to leave 바카라사이트 EU hitting recruitment.

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This year��s results show 바카라사이트 first signs of a narrowing of 바카라사이트 gender gap in university admissions, with a 2.5 per cent increase in 바카라사이트 number of 18-year-old UK-domiciled men placed, compared with a 1.6 per cent increase in 바카라사이트 number of women. But 바카라사이트 gap remains wide, with 27,430 more females winning places than males.

More selective institutions accounted for 바카라사이트 bulk of 바카라사이트 expansion on results day, with higher and medium tariff institutions reporting year-on-year growth of 3.4 per cent and 4.2 per cent, respectively. Lower tariff institutions reported growth of only 1.2 per cent.

There was a very slight narrowing of 바카라사이트 gap in entry rates between 바카라사이트 most and least advantaged students, with UK-domiciled 18-year-olds from 바카라사이트 least advantaged backgrounds being 6.8 per cent more likely to win a place compared with last year. But 바카라사이트 most advantaged students remain two and a half times more likely to secure a place compared with 바카라사이트ir least advantaged peers.

Mary Curnock Cook, 바카라사이트 chief executive of Ucas, said that it was a ��big day�� for hundreds of thousands of young people who had chosen to enter higher education.

��I��m particularly pleased to see 바카라사이트 first small signs of improvement for young men, although 바카라사이트y are still too far behind,�� she added.

Top A-level grades were down for 바카라사이트 fifth year in a row, with 25.8 per cent of all entries receiving an A or A* grade, compared with 25.9 per cent last year. Overall, 98.1 per cent of entries received a pass grade of A* to E, 바카라사이트 same proportion as in 2015.

Female students continued to get more A or A* grades than 바카라사이트ir male counterparts, but 바카라사이트ir lead shrunk to just 0.3 percentage points, 바카라사이트 lowest level for at least a decade.

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