It is no secret that 2022 was the most competitive cycle we’ve experienced in over a decade.
As we publish our sector-level End of Cycle data, we can complete the 2022 admissions picture. To date, this has focused on the fact that students faced increased competition for places amid a boom in the number of 18 year olds in the UK, and growing demand for higher education from both domestic and international applicants.
As UCAS data shows, student optimism and ambition remained high during 2022, resulting in record numbers of UK 18 year olds securing a place at university or college this year.
UCAS publishes over 8 million data points each year, and also uses real time student sentiment analysis pulled from our trusted relationships with both pre-applicants and applicants. Here are five findings which particularly interested us from this year’s cycle.
