Given that the system is already at breaking point, it isn’t necessarily a bad thing that the number of university applications is falling, but nearly all the papers this week have agreed that it is happening:
Mirror: “University applications fall 25,000”
Mail: “University applications down by 23,000”
Indy: “University applications down despite late surge”
Times: “Fewer British and European students apply to universities despite surge before deadline”
Telegraph: “University demand falls by 8%”
Guardian: “University applications slip by 8% as fees triple”
Only the FT bucked the trend with: “Students undeterred by higher University fees”
Guess which one of those pieces was written by a former adviser to David Willetts, the Minister responsible for universities?
Take a bow, spinner turned Education Correspondent and blog favourite, Chris Cook of the FT…
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