More teens to get their first choice of university – Ucas

A record number of 18-year-olds are likely to get into their first choice of university this year, the head of the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (Ucas) has said – even if they narrowly miss their grades, as Hazel Shearing reports for the BBC.

Dr Jo Saxton said universities were keen to enrol UK undergraduates because there was more “uncertainty” around international student numbers. She said they would “quite possibly” accept students who did not meet the conditions of their offer, adding that domestic students offered universities “stability” for “financial planning”. The prediction comes as thousands of students will open A-level, T-level, BTEC and other level-three results next week.

Dr Saxton said it was a “really, really good year to be a UK-domiciled 18-year-old that wants to go to one of our world-class universities”.
Full report on the BBC site