Uni Baggage Blog

Yesterday (19 August 2010) saw this year’s A-Level results released with new record breaking figures announced. However, the theme for the day was very much about supply and demand.

With more students applying for university, it is thought that well over 100,000 will miss out as university’s limit the amount of applicants they can accept.

According to Ucas, roughly 186,000 students were entered into clearing – the process of placing students at suitable universities if they have missed out on their first choice. Of these, a vast number are expected to be left disappointed.

When clearing began there were 18,000 courses available, a considerable drop from the 32,000 available last year.

“Deserve Congratulations”

A cause of this potential disappointment was the level of success achieved by students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The pass rate – this is an A-Level grade between A and E – was higher than last year and 27% of entries gained A’s or A*s. The A* grade was new for this year and was achieved by 8% of entries.

Ucas’s chief executive, Mary Curnock Cook, told the BBC: “Thousands of applicants whose places have been confirmed today deserve congratulations for this achievement in perhaps the most competitive year for HE admissions in the last 10 years.”

Those students who are celebrating their results and university place will be eagerly planning over the next few weeks, which will include finding a suitable way to get all of their stuff to university. Uni Baggage offer up to 30kg per item to transport student baggage.