2. TUITION FEES
• Tuition fees were introduced across the United Kingdom in
1998. At this time, students would pay up to £1000 in tuition
fees.
• By January 2004, universities were allowed to charge tuition
fees up to £3000 per year.
• In 2010 to 2011, maximum tuition fees were increased to £3,290.
• In 2010, the chairman of BP, Robert Browne published a report
about removing the cap on tuition fees. Following this, the
government won a vote in the House Of Commons, which
eventually allowed universities across the United Kingdom to
charge up to £9000 tuition fees per year.
• When allowed by the government in 2012, 64 universities
announced their intent to change their annual tuition fees up to
the full amount, £9000. The remaining universities charging up
to £6000.
4. APPLICATION FIGURES
• University applications from the UK fall 8.7% in 2014.
• Non-EU overseas applications rise by 13.7%
• There were 659,030 applicants at the June deadline in 2014.
• There has been a sharper drop among male applicants. The proportion of
men is down 8.5% on last year, while female applicants are down 6.7%.
• There were 544,580 applicants from the UK at the June deadline, 45,380 from
other EU countries and 69,060 from countries outside the EU.
• At the June deadline there were 376,860 women and 282,170 men.
• The number of UK university applicants dropped by 8.7% from 2011 – 2012.
This statistic then increased by 2.8% from 2012 – 2013.
• 474,830 applicants made the maximum number of five applications.
• The 18 year olds living in the most advantaged areas are many times more
likely to apply to university than their counterparts in the poorest - with all
the income bands in between following this same stratification.
6. LIFESTYLE CHANGE
• The number of jobs in the UK requiring a degree has
overtaken the total of posts not needing any
qualifications, an employment survey suggests. More
than a quarter of jobs are now available only to
graduates, it says.
• 23% of jobs do not require any qualifications, compared
to 26% which require a degree qualifications. (51% of jobs
require GCSEs/A LEVELS).
• ¾ of Jobs do not require a degree
• Over a lifetime of work a female graduate can increase
their total earnings by £252,000 compared to a non
graduate. Males can also earn around £168,000 more as
graduates.
