Pressure on Uni places due to international fees and greedy Unis ?

There’s a few reasons for the squeeze. The population bulge of 18 year olds is peaking this year and the following 2 years. Lots of courses either over recurred last year on the CAGs or got students to defer, so the offers being made this year will be as dead on as possible to return to standard numbers. Though, clearing will probably be busy this year as we will have the more usual spread of grades and not the CAG grades given last year.

The international market is ok, but certainly not booming and there’s still uncertainty.

Universities don't make profits, they are charities.

The home student fee of £9,250 has barely changed since it was introduced in 2013 and with inflation it's worth far less that that now.

International students are basically subsidising UK students. It's probably not right or fair but that's how it is.

This is a complex one. The rise in "International" applications is roughly the same as the fall in EU applications post-Brexit (which was a separate category for fees). The lack of offers for this year's UK cohort is mainly due to the huge numbers of students with excellent grades who deferred entry for a year last time (there weren't enough places in the system following the Teacher Assessed Grades).

(I'm a teacher who helps students with UCAS applications; I could probably dig out sources for these claims if you're interested!)

Universities have faced year on year cutbacks the same as every other sector. It’s not greed, it’s generating income to run a business.

Greed or just trying to keep the books balanced?