Decline mainly due to fewer 18-year-olds in UK population,but nursing figures immediate concernApplications to go to university in the UK this autumn are down by 11000 on final year despite a surge in interest from overseas students, according to figures from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (Ucas).
The overall decline of 2% is explained largely by the fact there are fewer 18-year-olds in the population available to go to university. However, or there has also been a sharp drop in the number of older students applying to go to university,in specific to study nursing, which has seen a 10% decline in applications on final year.
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Source: guardian.co.uk