The data explorer shows the number of 18 year olds accepted to higher education through UCAS from each parliamentary constituency, along with the entry rate (the number of acceptances divided by the population). The trends in the entry rate can also be explored over time along with the proportional change in entry rate since 2006.
The underlying data file can be found alongside the data files for all charts in the 2016 End of cycle report. If you have any questions please contact us at communications@ucas.ac.uk. We'd also welcome any feedback you have.
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For people living in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, UCAS covers the overwhelming majority of full-time undergraduate provision. Therefore, the statistics on acceptances or entry rates can be taken as being very close to all recruitment to full-time undergraduate higher education. In Scotland there's a substantial section of provision that is not included in UCAS' figures. This is mostly full time higher education provided in further education colleges - this represents around one third of young full-time undergraduate study in Scotland. This proportion varies by geography and background within Scotland. Accordingly, figures on entry rates or total recruitment in Scotland reflect only that part of full-time undergraduate study that uses UCAS.
In 2014, there were fewer very late acceptances than in other cycles recorded in the UCAS data for some Scottish providers. These changes may mean the number of applicants and acceptances to Scottish UCAS providers in 2014 recorded through UCAS could be understated by up to 2,000 compared to how applicants and acceptances have been reported in recent cycles. This means comparing 2014 applicants and acceptances for Scottish providers (or those from Scotland) to other cycles may not give an accurate measure of change.
In 2015, around 120 courses at Scottish providers which were previously part of the UCAS Teacher Training scheme moved into the UCAS scheme. As such the number of applicants and acceptances to Scottish providers in 2015 recorded through UCAS includes those which were previously part of UCAS Teacher Training. So comparing 2015 applicants and acceptances for Scottish providers (or those from Scotland, particularly aged 21 or over) to previous cycles may not give a like-for-like measure of change.
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