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Reply 100

bigmo7

I don't read the Daily Mail but even so most of what this article is true...

Damn the recession.... :mad:

25% rise in applications for places like Portsmouth is weird tho...what have they got that no-one else has? :confused:

"But despite turning away record numbers of UK students, universities are still recruiting heavily for overseas candidates who pay up to £20,000 a year in tuition fees.
There is no bar on the number of international students they can take but they face financial penalties if they exceed strict Government quotas for UK students."

Can I ask why they felt the need to include this or what relevance this has to the article? More sensationalist tripe from the daily fail by taking subtle digs and trying to stir up dislike for foreigners. Lack of real facts aswell I think. No one has actually put a figure on anything, just that people wil need to explore options fairly rapidly. This is news to no one.

Reply 103

taheki

Heartbreak, fight for places, numbers falling fast... OH THE DRAMA! This article is terrible.

University places should remain competitive..

Reply 104

Locke54

bigmo7

I don't read the Daily Mail but even so most of what this article is true...

Damn the recession.... :mad:

25% rise in applications for places like Portsmouth is weird tho...what have they got that no-one else has? :confused:

Low Entry Requirements?

Reply 105

Easywellyes

Battle you say?

Finally a good idea - survival of the fittest. I hope this battle is televised.

Reply 106

Diaz89

Who cares the ones with the highest rise in applicants are the ones I least want to go to. As long as SOAS,LSE,Warwick remain low it's all good.

Reply 107

Ronar

well thats a shame for people who fail
:awesome:

Reply 108

bigmo7

Easywellyes

Battle you say?

Finally a good idea - survival of the fittest. I hope this battle is televised.

Battle Royale style! :eek3:

Reply 109

WhatTheFunk

i think i am going to hate about this is its going to become a big political issue full of hot air for a few weeks then done with it, forgotten until next year, which will be painful for people and bring up hate, for messing up someone dream, and nothing will change

while the poor people that have missed out its going to play on them for a while, the recession is not helping as you hearing off stories of people going back to uni to gain new skills, and on top on cut backs on spending for the uni, there are just too many people fighting for so few spaces

Reply 110

herzblut

Ronar

well thats a shame for people who fail
:awesome:

ahhh you jerk!

I lol'd tho :p:

Anyway, every news paper for the mail, to the times, to the telegraph, run a similar article each year at this time which never fails to make already stressed exam students the nation over cack themselves.

but yay for manchester only having 1.2%. hope that bodes well for me...

Reply 111

TheSophist

lets have cage matches decide

I'm only saying that because I've already got a place :p:

Reply 112

kiss_me_now9

Lol @ Bucks Uni having a 38.7% rise... they only opened in the last few years!

Reply 113

oo_Lucinda_oo

Well I suppose it's good in a way, as universities need to remain competitive, otherwise what's the point?

I think I'm going to be one of those 150,000 though, which is going to suck. :frown: