Universities ‘admitting more students with low A-levels’

The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) said students could afford to pitch for tougher courses than previously thought because a “buyers’ market for applicants” had been created in recent years.

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It comes as all controls limiting the number of students that each university can recruit are abolished for the first time next year, in a move that is expected to lead to even higher entry rates.

This week, the Sutton Trust charity suggested some degrees from lower-ranking universities may no longer be worth the money, saying teenagers should consider apprenticeships instead.

But Greg Clark, the Universities Minister, insisted higher education was a “transformational experience and that is why we are the first Government to remove the limit on student numbers lifting the cap on aspiration”.

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