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UCAS Clearing update 20 August 2011

As of 00:05 on Saturday 20 August 2011:

  • 418,855 applicants have been placed in universities and colleges throughout the UK. This is up by 8,912 applicants on this time last year.
  • Of those applicants placed, to date 13,007 have secured their place via the Clearing process.
  • 61.3% of those people who applied have now been accepted; this compares with 60.7% at this point last year.
  • 64,677 applicants are awaiting a decision on their application (for example, some may have narrowly missed out on their grades, some may be waiting for their university or college to confirm their place, some may be waiting for qualification results such as GCSEs and some may be appealing their grades) This is down from 78,141 at this time yesterday.
  • 192,468 applicants have either not received, not accepted or not met the conditions of their offer and are eligible for Clearing. Based on previous admissions cycles, we expect that within this number around half will be applicants whose qualifications are not strong enough to support progression to their chosen courses.
  • Of those applicants eligible for Clearing, some will choose to pursue a Clearing opportunity whilst others will not. In 2010, by the end of the admissions cycle, almost 47,000 individuals had secured a place via the Clearing process.
  • There is a direct correlation between increased numbers of acceptances and decreasing numbers of courses offering vacancies in Clearing.
  • 7,429 applicants have withdrawn their application to date.
  • The total number of applicants currently stands at 683,429.

Regular statistical updates will be published daily from Monday 22 August at this address: http://www.ucas.com/about_us/media_enquiries/media_releases/2011/app_stats11/

UCAS is a charity and is the UK's shared admissions service for higher education. We manage applications for full-time undergraduate courses, together with applications through GTTR (Graduate Teacher Training Registry), CUKAS (Conservatoires UK Admissions Service) and UKPASS (UK Postgraduate Application and Statistical Service).

Services include:

  • An informative website (www.ucas.com) enabling students and parents to access a wealth of information designed to help their application to higher education run smoothly.
  • A contact centre (0871 468 0468) staffed by trained experts providing information and advice for students, schools and higher education institutions.
  • An online application system.

Media contacts
UCAS Press Office: 01242 545469
James Woodward, Press Officer
Email: j.woodward@ucas.ac.uk
James Durant, Press Officer
Email: j.durant@ucas.ac.uk

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