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Mark Corver @markcorver
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Frozen funding levels for UK students falling behind rising costs for universities remains all you need to understand UK HE at the moment. Timely reminder in @ft today. University finances are in dangerous territory ft.com/content/b56f5601-6d99…

University finances are in dangerous territory

Institutions’ reliance on international students to cross-subsidise domestic students clashes with government’s ambition to cut immigration

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Phil Baty@Phil_Baty
10 May 2024
UCAS has taken nearly £2M in application fees from the poorest families in UK so far this cycle, according to data from @markcorver 👇🏼 linkedin.com/posts/markcorve…

Some big announcements from UCAS today. What do they mean? Over the past 12 months entry and...

Some big announcements from UCAS today. What do they mean? Over the past 12 months entry and application data for UK young people, especially under-represented groups, has been very exceptionally...

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Should teenagers who don’t find a #university place have to pay for a second chance? So far this year we’ve charged £800k to try-again teenagers. But UK demand is weak and if only 1 in 10 are put off by having to pay twice then sector could lose £70M. linkedin.com/posts/markcorve…
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Is the EU making a come back for UK university recruitment. Perhaps. It is certainly outperforming UK 18 year olds this year. More here linkedin.com/posts/markcorve…
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The run of weak data for UK universities continues. We estimate UK18 application rates for 2024 down again, 41.5% to 40.2%, bit steeper than UCAS as we handle population differently. Faltering demand is set back for universities, pushing success rates back up likely response.
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The university funding system is causing growing pain for students and government. And now inflicting heavy damage on universities too. We recently shared some new proposals through @HEPI_news and here talk some of these over with @tom_richmond. No painless solutions.
Inside Your Ed@Inside_Your_Ed
29 Nov 2023
🚨NEW PODCAST EPISODE🚨 Time to radically reform the way that we fund Higher Education? @markcorver joined us on #insideyoured to set out his vision for how to transform HE funding, but would it work, and is there an appetite for bold reform? 🎧edsk.org/inside-your-ed-podc…
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Mary Curnock Cook@MaryCurnockCook
8 Nov 2023
Some genuinely innovative and fundamentally different approaches to funding higher ed here from @markcorver who seeks to balance the interests of students, universities, government and employers @HEPI_news bit.ly/3MAxyCS

Funding undergraduate higher education - HEPI

The funding system for undergraduate teaching in UK universities has drifted into crisis. Bolder changes might now be worth the risk. One option is to recast the system as students investing in their...

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Today - on possibly the longest ever @HEPI_news blog post - a proposal for UK undergraduate education funding. It scraps fees, debt and interest for students, provides viable funding and freedom for universities, and makes governments relaxed about growing universities again.
Nick Hillman@nickhillman
8 Nov 2023
In our blog today, @markcorver grapples with the question of how to reform student funding: hepi.ac.uk/2023/11/08/fundin…
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Carl Cullinane@CullinaneCarl
8 Oct 2023
Ahead of #LabourPartyConference we are releasing work with @markcorver of dataHE using a unique dataset to analyse trends in access to higher education between 1997 and 2022. Exclusive in the @FT today: ft.com/content/f1d1de2e-d60f…

Most disadvantaged UK students are still not going to top universities

Research shows university students from least well-off families are no more likely to attend top universities than 25 years ago

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Readers of the Wall Street Journal will be familiar with the problem of ‘skyrocketing’ university fees crimping access. But their deep look at UK universities today finds home fees falling below cost of teaching seems to be doing much the same. wsj.com/us-news/education/tu… via @WSJ

A Crisis Is Brewing at U.K. Universities

While U.S. college prices keep rising, British tuition is capped by the government—and schools are being forced to cut back on teaching and research.

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Are EU students coming back to UK universities? Numbers are up for the first time in five years. But.. (1) It isn't EU, only Ireland (2) It isn't UK HE, just NI universities (3) Partly a timing change (with ILC) So not a turning point, yet - more here linkedin.com/posts/markcorve…
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The @thetimes surveys a tough environment for English 18 year olds this year drawing on our analysis. 'First choice' rates plunge to post-2012 low (63%), unplaced hit new high (47,590), record fall in grades (12.7 to 11.7 points), and record missing top grades (55,000).
Sian Griffiths@SianGriffiths6
20 Aug 2023
NEW A record number of teenagers in England are without a university place this weekend - 50,000 - after the biggest fall in A level grades ever & despite unis slashing entry grades @markcorver @nickhillman @thetimes thetimes.co.uk/article/a-lev…
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The @thetimes covering this exceptionally hard year for English 18 year olds getting into university - including our analysis. Chances of getting 'first choice' plunge to post-2012 low of 63%. - a low for post 2012. 47,590 went into weekend without a place, a record level.
The Times and Sunday Times
@thetimes
20 Aug 2023
Nearly 50,000 teenagers in England are scrambling this weekend to find a university place after the greatest fall in A-level grades when results were published on Thursday thetimes.co.uk/article/a-lev…
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Tough environment for young university applicants today shown by the placed rate, what % get in, being down. This is despite fewer applicants looking for places and after the big fall last year. Driven by English 18 who have gone back a decade in success rates.
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A second year of falling entry rates for UK 18 year olds at A level results today. Rates were down across the UK and for different group - including POLAR4 Q1 here which recorded largest ever fall. Unexpectedly higher grades boosted entry in 21 but not last year.
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Big jolt down in A levels today. Some important figures for university entry. For university applicants the best three A levels are key. Here we see the largest ever move down – a whole grade. (1/5)
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The grade profile has moved down by a record amount from last year. Far fewer high grade profiles, down 20-40% balanced with increases of 10-50% in those holding grades of BBC and below. (4/5)
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Both applicants and universities will need to re-calibrate entry requirements and aspirations for unplaced applicants to get it. (5/5)
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