Prestigious universities edge out rivals in UK’s battle for students
Prestigious universities are squeezing out their rivals in the battle for undergraduates, setting a trend that could continue for several years and place some institutions under greater pressure to attract students to secure their funding.
The shift comes as the university admissions clearing house, Ucas, reported that record numbers had been placed on university courses a day after hundreds of thousands of students received their A-level results across England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
The competition for places has meant that even medical schools – traditionally among the most competitive courses for entry – still had places on offer, and the Ucas website listed places on more than 25,000 undergraduate courses in England …