The latest UCAS figures for the last cycles of enrollments and acceptances has been published, and commented upon in the Higher.
“Data released by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service on 18 January reveal the full extent of shortfalls in undergraduate numbers by institution, showing that the government’s reforms have produced often wild variations in recruitment.
The figures relate to acceptances, meaning actual enrolments could be different. They also include overseas students who applied via Ucas. However, the data do not include students who applied directly (via access courses, for example).
Some in the sector suggest that declining post-1992 university figures indicate that students from disadvantaged backgrounds are most likely to decide against higher education with higher fees”
although
“The post-1992s that increased their intake appear to be largely drawn from those that won places under the margin system, which reallocates places to cheaper institutions.”
The table below shows the percentage change between 2011 and 2012, sorted by size of change. Staffs comes out pretty much mid-table this way, and it is interesting to see where our competitors are.
Institution Name | 2012 | 2011 | Change in number of places | Change % |
American InterContinental University – London | 56 | 6 | 50 | 833.3 |
Birkbeck, University of London | 664 | 289 | 375 | 129.8 |
Richmond, The American International University in London | 89 | 40 | 49 | 122.5 |
Regent’s College, London (incorporating Regent’s Business School, London) | 78 | 46 | 32 | 69.6 |
European Business School, London | 100 | 68 | 32 | 47.1 |
University of Stirling | 1765 | 1253 | 512 | 40.9 |
University of Bristol | 4717 | 3688 | 1029 | 27.9 |
University College London | 4397 | 3617 | 780 | 21.6 |
University of Aberdeen | 2900 | 2400 | 500 | 20.8 |
Glasgow School of Art | 389 | 334 | 55 | 16.5 |
Ravensbourne | 811 | 705 | 106 | 15.0 |
Royal Veterinary College, University of London | 373 | 327 | 46 | 14.1 |
Royal Academy of Dance | 58 | 51 | 7 | 13.7 |
School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London | 986 | 870 | 116 | 13.3 |
Cardiff University | 5799 | 5130 | 669 | 13.0 |
King’s College London, University of London | 4331 | 3881 | 450 | 11.6 |
London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London | 1416 | 1271 | 145 | 11.4 |
University of Edinburgh | 5474 | 4951 | 523 | 10.6 |
York St John University | 1638 | 1492 | 146 | 9.8 |
Queen Margaret University , Edinburgh | 1107 | 1014 | 93 | 9.2 |
University of Winchester | 1915 | 1756 | 159 | 9.1 |
Harper Adams University | 792 | 731 | 61 | 8.3 |
BPP University College | 1041 | 962 | 79 | 8.2 |
Aston University | 2141 | 1992 | 149 | 7.5 |
Anglia Ruskin University | 4362 | 4,065 | 297 | 7.3 |
Newcastle University | 4669 | 4357 | 312 | 7.2 |
Coventry University | 5432 | 5107 | 325 | 6.4 |
University of Glasgow | 4406 | 4149 | 257 | 6.2 |
Durham University | 4026 | 3800 | 226 | 5.9 |
University of Ulster | 5675 | 5360 | 315 | 5.9 |
University of Bath | 2990 | 2832 | 158 | 5.6 |
Bishop Grosseteste University | 612 | 580 | 32 | 5.5 |
University of Chichester | 1589 | 1511 | 78 | 5.2 |
Queen’s University Belfast | 3920 | 3736 | 184 | 4.9 |
Robert Gordon University | 2423 | 2321 | 102 | 4.4 |
University of Chester | 3064 | 2936 | 128 | 4.4 |
University of Cambridge | 3401 | 3261 | 140 | 4.3 |
Norwich University Of The Arts | 635 | 609 | 26 | 4.3 |
Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London | 233 | 224 | 9 | 4.0 |
Brighton and Sussex Medical School | 141 | 136 | 5 | 3.7 |
Hull York Medical School | 147 | 142 | 5 | 3.5 |
Goldsmiths, University of London | 1800 | 1743 | 57 | 3.3 |
University of Exeter | 4356 | 4220 | 136 | 3.2 |
University of Strathclyde | 2899 | 2822 | 77 | 2.7 |
Falmouth University | 1443 | 1410 | 33 | 2.3 |
Buckinghamshire New University | 2379 | 2327 | 52 | 2.2 |
University of Huddersfield | 4962 | 4866 | 96 | 2.0 |
Birmingham City University | 5308 | 5214 | 94 | 1.8 |
University of Brighton | 5417 | 5326 | 91 | 1.7 |
St George’s, University of London (formerly St George’s Hospital Medical School) | 657 | 646 | 11 | 1.7 |
Glasgow Caledonian University | 3530 | 3473 | 57 | 1.6 |
Bangor University | 2410 | 2372 | 38 | 1.6 |
University of Oxford | 3281 | 3237 | 44 | 1.4 |
University of York | 3749 | 3701 | 48 | 1.3 |
University of East Anglia | 3540 | 3505 | 35 | 1.0 |
St Mary’s University College, Twickenham | 1245 | 1237 | 8 | 0.6 |
University of Sussex | 3221 | 3203 | 18 | 0.6 |
University of the Highlands and Islands | 2161 | 2153 | 8 | 0.4 |
University of Leicester | 3114 | 3113 | 1 | 0.0 |
University of Reading | 2945 | 2948 | -3 | -0.1 |
University of Portsmouth | 5289 | 5305 | -16 | -0.3 |
University of Nottingham | 7160 | 7187 | -27 | -0.4 |
University of Warwick | 3828 | 3846 | -18 | -0.5 |
UCP Marjon | 800 | 806 | -6 | -0.7 |
Swansea Metropolitan University | 1425 | 1446 | -21 | -1.5 |
Rose Bruford College | 213 | 217 | -4 | -1.8 |
University College Birmingham | 1312 | 1337 | -25 | -1.9 |
University of Northampton | 3017 | 3079 | -62 | -2.0 |
Cardiff Metropolitan University | 2646 | 2704 | -58 | -2.1 |
Loughborough University | 3359 | 3439 | -80 | -2.3 |
University of St Andrews | 1696 | 1741 | -45 | -2.6 |
Staffordshire University | 3790 | 3895 | -105 | -2.7 |
Southampton Solent University | 3810 | 3920 | -110 | -2.8 |
Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh | 1814 | 1872 | -58 | -3.1 |
University of Manchester | 7861 | 8114 | -253 | -3.1 |
Royal Holloway, University of London | 2375 | 2452 | -77 | -3.1 |
Oxford Brookes University | 3810 | 3934 | -124 | -3.2 |
Lancaster University | 2778 | 2882 | -104 | -3.6 |
Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London | 51 | 53 | -2 | -3.8 |
Leeds Trinity University | 870 | 905 | -35 | -3.9 |
City University | 2880 | 2997 | -117 | -3.9 |
London South Bank University | 3740 | 3893 | -153 | -3.9 |
University of Abertay Dundee | 1242 | 1301 | -59 | -4.5 |
Bath Spa University | 1919 | 2021 | -102 | -5.0 |
University of Wolverhampton | 4587 | 4855 | -268 | -5.5 |
Arts University College at Bournemouth | 953 | 1011 | -58 | -5.7 |
Queen Mary, University of London | 3484 | 3704 | -220 | -5.9 |
Keele University | 2023 | 2153 | -130 | -6.0 |
University of Leeds | 6428 | 6844 | -416 | -6.1 |
Imperial College London | 2226 | 2377 | -151 | -6.4 |
University of the West of Scotland | 4228 | 4516 | -288 | -6.4 |
Canterbury Christ Church University | 3675 | 3927 | -252 | -6.4 |
University of Kent | 4942 | 5281 | -339 | -6.4 |
University of Birmingham | 5135 | 5520 | -385 | -7.0 |
Nottingham Trent University | 6356 | 6857 | -501 | -7.3 |
ifs School of Finance | 36 | 39 | -3 | -7.7 |
University of the Arts London | 4305 | 4665 | -360 | -7.7 |
University of Gloucestershire | 2215 | 2403 | -188 | -7.8 |
Stranmillis University College: A College of Queen’s University Belfast | 244 | 265 | -21 | -7.9 |
University of Worcester | 2681 | 2919 | -238 | -8.2 |
University of Essex | 2907 | 3166 | -259 | -8.2 |
Roehampton University | 2254 | 2455 | -201 | -8.2 |
Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts | 219 | 240 | -21 | -8.8 |
Kingston University | 6210 | 6809 | -599 | -8.8 |
Edge Hill University | 3550 | 3900 | -350 | -9.0 |
Northumbria University | 5714 | 6290 | -576 | -9.2 |
University of Sheffield | 4711 | 5197 | -486 | -9.4 |
Sheffield Hallam University | 7425 | 8211 | -786 | -9.6 |
University of the West of England, Bristol | 6584 | 7284 | -700 | -9.6 |
Edinburgh Napier University | 3480 | 3854 | -374 | -9.7 |
University of Liverpool | 3945 | 4369 | -424 | -9.7 |
Bournemouth University | 3920 | 4342 | -422 | -9.7 |
Middlesex University | 4139 | 4619 | -480 | -10.4 |
University of Hull | 4356 | 4880 | -524 | -10.7 |
De Montfort University | 4638 | 5230 | -592 | -11.3 |
University of Bedfordshire | 3815 | 4303 | -488 | -11.3 |
University of Westminster | 4503 | 5088 | -585 | -11.5 |
University of Sunderland | 2503 | 2831 | -328 | -11.6 |
Swansea University | 2939 | 3326 | -387 | -11.6 |
British School of Osteopathy | 69 | 79 | -10 | -12.7 |
Plymouth University | 5173 | 5923 | -750 | -12.7 |
University of West London | 2394 | 2742 | -348 | -12.7 |
Liverpool John Moores University | 5473 | 6284 | -811 | -12.9 |
University of Southampton | 4499 | 5189 | -690 | -13.3 |
Brunel University | 2821 | 3279 | -458 | -14.0 |
Royal Agricultural College | 313 | 364 | -51 | -14.0 |
University of Derby | 3002 | 3555 | -553 | -15.6 |
University of Lincoln | 3135 | 3715 | -580 | -15.6 |
University of Hertfordshire | 4730 | 5618 | -888 | -15.8 |
Manchester Metropolitan University | 7642 | 9083 | -1441 | -15.9 |
Liverpool Hope University | 1476 | 1760 | -284 | -16.1 |
University of Central Lancashire | 5318 | 6355 | -1037 | -16.3 |
University for the Creative Arts | 1727 | 2064 | -337 | -16.3 |
University of Surrey | 2104 | 2515 | -411 | -16.3 |
University of Salford | 3953 | 4808 | -855 | -17.8 |
University of London Institute in Paris | 49 | 60 | -11 | -18.3 |
University of Cumbria | 1950 | 2391 | -441 | -18.4 |
University of Bradford | 2748 | 3377 | -629 | -18.6 |
University of Dundee | 2141 | 2637 | -496 | -18.8 |
Newman University College, Birmingham | 535 | 659 | -124 | -18.8 |
Aberystwyth University | 2655 | 3283 | -628 | -19.1 |
University of Wales, Newport | 1147 | 1426 | -279 | -19.6 |
University of East London | 4385 | 5510 | -1125 | -20.4 |
University of Glamorgan, Cardiff and Pontypridd | 3265 | 4105 | -840 | -20.5 |
Glyndwr University | 731 | 926 | -195 | -21.1 |
Scottish Agricultural College | 275 | 350 | -75 | -21.4 |
Heythrop College, University of London | 149 | 192 | -43 | -22.4 |
Leeds Metropolitan University | 6265 | 8084 | -1819 | -22.5 |
University of Greenwich | 4034 | 5223 | -1189 | -22.8 |
University Campus Suffolk | 1398 | 1811 | -413 | -22.8 |
Peninsula College of Medicine & Dentistry | 239 | 319 | -80 | -25.1 |
University of Bolton | 1259 | 1686 | -427 | -25.3 |
University of Wales Trinity Saint David | 821 | 1156 | -335 | -29.0 |
University of Buckingham | 157 | 244 | -87 | -35.7 |
Writtle College | 293 | 458 | -165 | -36.0 |
London Metropolitan University | 4079 | 7209 | -3130 | -43.4 |
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama (Coleg Brenhinol Cerdd a Drama Cymru) | 31 | 60 | -29 | -48.3 |
Institute of Education, University of London | 28 | – |