More universities set to raise fees
THE YOUNGER that students decide higher education is for them, the more likely they are to go to a '˜higher tariff' university, according to Ucas's widest ever student survey.
Being certain about higher education by age ten or earlier means a child is 2.6 times as likely to end up at a more competitive university than someone who decided in their late teens. The most advantaged young people are more likely to be focused on university at a young age than their more disadvantaged peers, Ucas found in the survey.
More than 16,000 recent applicants responded to the Ucas survey asking about the motivations and influences behind their university choices, and the factors that deterred them.