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I have a friend who's applied to Birmingham and apparently, they've been told if they firm their course they'll be given £1,000. Is that even allowed? I mean I've heard of some smaller universities doing it, but I'm shocked that a Russel group university has to use an incentive to get students.
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Birmingham is notorious for doing what they can to fill their places, offering huge swaths of unconditional places too so it doesn't surprise me one bit
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(Original post by Oacio)
I have a friend who's applied to Birmingham and apparently, they've been told if they firm their course they'll be given £1,000. Is that even allowed? I mean I've heard of some smaller universities doing it, but I'm shocked that a Russel group university has to use an incentive to get students.
I have a friend who's applied to Birmingham and apparently, they've been told if they firm their course they'll be given £1,000. Is that even allowed? I mean I've heard of some smaller universities doing it, but I'm shocked that a Russel group university has to use an incentive to get students.
as for a Russell Group playing the game Birmingham has been well known to give out low-ball offers and things in the past so it’s not exactly surprising. Also RG universities don’t automatically get a high yield as a matter of fact, generally a lot of how popular a course is is more to do with the subject/field generally (every year law/economics/medicine are over subscribed but plenty of courses have vacant capacity…)
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yeh I know a friend who applied for engineering who has someone from UoB constantly calling her(she had to block them), offering to reduce the entry requirements to firm them. they must be desperate.
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Don't see it why it wouldn't be allowed. Morally, how is it different from offering scholarships to incentivise students?
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(Original post by Oacio)
I have a friend who's applied to Birmingham and apparently, they've been told if they firm their course they'll be given £1,000. Is that even allowed? I mean I've heard of some smaller universities doing it, but I'm shocked that a Russel group university has to use an incentive to get students.
I have a friend who's applied to Birmingham and apparently, they've been told if they firm their course they'll be given £1,000. Is that even allowed? I mean I've heard of some smaller universities doing it, but I'm shocked that a Russel group university has to use an incentive to get students.
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