A rebalancing of undergraduate admissions in the UK appears to be under way with non-elite institutions increasing their intakes during clearing.
After three years in which higher tariff institutions hoovered up the rise in 18-year-olds wanting to go to university, the 2022 cycle saw the beginnings of a return to parity with medium and lower tariff options, according to Ucas data.
Mark Corver, co-founder of DataHE and former director of analysis and research at Ucas, said there were “tentative signs” that the worst years are behind the universities that tend to attract students with lower grades.
These institutions used to admit the largest proportion of students overall but have endured a difficult decade since the removal of student number controls and the decline in demand from older students.
