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Russell Group unable to fill university places

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creamteas · 14/09/2012 16:10

The combination of the higher fees and the introduction of the AAB rule has had been a disaster even for the elite. see here

Good news though for those applying this year, offers are likely to be lower than before from the RG downwards

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EvilTwins · 14/09/2012 21:11

One if my 6th form boys got his place at Cardiff despite missing his grades. I was surprised at the time that his place was confirmed, but not so much now.

MyNeighbourIsStrange · 14/09/2012 21:07

Ahh, I didn't realise that, the school said no more retakes.

out2lunch · 14/09/2012 21:06

creamteas
crazy system - i know of students that missed

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creamteas · 14/09/2012 20:55

They can still retake the whole qualification, what they have restricted is resitting individual papers

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MyNeighbourIsStrange · 14/09/2012 20:52

They really want to make Uni elite then, current year 10's won't be able to retake GCSE's now.

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creamteas · 14/09/2012 20:50

It is government policy.

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MyNeighbourIsStrange · 14/09/2012 20:44

Who restricted the spaces, the Uni or Government?

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creamteas · 14/09/2012 20:39

out not necessarily. The numbers of non AAB+ students that a uni can take for entry this year is restricted.

Next year it will be ABB+, so there will be more opportunities to make lower offers.

Interestingly BTEC students have benefited this year from the changes. BTEC DDD counts as AAB+ entry, so lots of unis that were a bit snotty before at BTECs have been welcoming them this year :)

And as they get their results first, many were able to get into where they wanted to go before clearing officially opened.

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out2lunch · 14/09/2012 20:21

so does this mean they will fill up with students who missed out on grades?

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creamteas · 14/09/2012 20:19

green I don't know about nationally, but where I work, the offers for different degrees range from AAA-BBC and all courses seem to have seen a significant drop of grades.

Talking yes they might have wanted a drop, but I'm not sure they wanted the 'good' unis to loose students!!

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TalkinPeace2 · 14/09/2012 19:49

sorry folks but the WHOLE PLAN was to reduce the proportion of people taking degrees back down to around 20 - 25%
so the Government must be rubbing their hands that the Universities have played their part so well.

JustGettingByMum · 14/09/2012 19:42

Very selfishly, I hope this bodes well for students applying this year.

I guess it would be too much to hope the government will rethink the stupid fee increases.

greengrape · 14/09/2012 19:34

So are grades down generally or are the top AAB students going elsewhere, like European countries where tuition fees are minimal, or the US where there are more prestigious universities?

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creamteas · 14/09/2012 19:17

We had a big drop of predicted grades as well. The UCAS Report showing the overall drop of applications and fall in AAB+ is interesting too here

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Copthallresident · 14/09/2012 18:57

And on our course we had quite a few more not making their offers / predicted grades than usual as well. This is another slightly more detailed article with a few respected institutions going public on it here

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