Tripling of tuition fee leads to a sudden drop of 8.7% in University applications

This article was last updated on April 16, 2022

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According to the latest figures, the number of British students applying to university has dropped by almost 44,000 as a result of a sudden upswing in tuition fees.

The official figures are showing a drop of 8.7% in the number of UK university applicants as compared to last year. However, this drop due to tippling of the tuition fee has been witnessed sharply among the prosperous students as compared to that belonging to the “disadvantaged” backgrounds.

Data from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (Ucas) will also unveil that this introduction of fee hike will prove adverse for the mature students.

The universities minister, David Willetts has admitted yesterday that the introduction of higher fees has discouraged a significant number of older students. However, he has still insisted upon that it has not given rise to any change in the applications from school–leavers from “the crucial group”.

Last year, the provisional figures in November had shown a change in the number of British students already applied in university had fallen by almost 24,000, which is almost 15 percent as compared to the year before that.

The demand from the European students – who must pay the same fees as British counterparts –have also fallen by 11.2 percent that is a warning sign about the fears over debt by the fresh candidates.

The lecturers from the University and College Union, has described the disclosure of recent figures as highly distressing and claiming these due to the “Government’s folly in raising tuition fees to as much as £9,000 a year”.

The general secretary, Sally Hunt is of the view that such a system that discourages the entrance of the fresh candidates is not affordable is today’s competitive world when other countries are facilitating their best and bright students to get equipped with higher education. The government should realize that the ability and not the money matters most for the success.

The Russell Group, a representative of 20 leading universities, including Oxford and Cambridge, is holding on the view that the drop was not as severe as forecasted earlier.

The group’s director general, Wendy Piatt has claimed that it drop in applications will not persist for long as the past trends show that “a fall in applications in the first year of higher fees has been followed by increases in subsequent years.”

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