Pages

Saturday 3 August 2013

Elite Universities To Make Unprecedented Number Of Places Available Through Clearing

A LEVELS

At least half the country’s leading universities — including Warwick, Nottingham, Birmingham and Leeds — confirmed they would be part of the system set up to match students with spare places. Glasgow said all arts courses and most science and engineering subjects would be open to students from England, Wales and Northern Ireland through clearing.
Top universities have traditionally offered few places through clearing as they are usually oversubscribed. But this year courses including engineering, biology, physics, English and foreign languages will be available because of reforms to the admissions system combined with concerns that some students continue to be put off by annual tuition fees of up to £9,000.
The places will be open only to students obtaining at least an A and two Bs, giving last minute hope to those who fail to obtain the required grades for the most competitive courses.
Some 12 out of 24 institutions confirmed that they would accept applications through clearing.
Only seven – including Oxford, Cambridge, Bristol, Imperial College London and University College London – said they would definitely not be in clearing while the others were unable to confirm their plans.

No comments:

Post a Comment