Record Scramble for British University Places 英国大学申请者人数大幅攀升
What do you do if you don't get into your first choice of university? That's the
dilemma
that faces thousands of British students every year.
Many candidates
turn to
Clearing, the service that helps find university places for students at the last moment. If they don't have the marks to get into their first choice of institution, Clearing tells them about places available at other universities, though they might have to read another
subject
.
But this year has seen a record number of people applying to university. This,
combined with
the weak economy, an uncertain job market and budget cuts at universities, means that there's been even more of a
scramble
for places than usual. Some sources say six students have applied for each
remaining
undergraduate university place.
The British university admissions service, UCAS, says
up to
a quarter of this year's university applicants – almost 190,000 people – still don't have a place on a degree course. That's a rise of over 46,000 students from last year.
Faced with these figures, some British students might be thinking of an interesting
alternative
: studying abroad. The University of Nottingham, for example, is offering places at its campuses in Ningbo, near Shanghai, and Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia. Students here can gain University of Nottingham degrees in business, accounting, engineering and English. Similarly, the University of Bolton says it has 'unlimited' places at its campus in the United Arab Emirates.