Number of undergraduates predicted to decrease

Demographic changes in the UK will result in a decrease in the number of undergraduates in the UK student population over the next ten years, it has been predicted. The study from Universities UK forecast a moderate fall in the number of 18 to 20-year-olds between now and 2019, with this decrease being equal to 70,000 full-time graduates over the next decade.……….universities are in an excellent position to prepare for such fluctuations, but it is crucial that future government policy takes these demographic projections into account.'
………. it is important that the UK remains an attractive destination for international students and must continue to improve the rate of 16-year-olds staying on in education.
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