Record numbers of students took up places on undergraduate courses in the UK last year, according to final figures released today by the University and College Admissions Service (Ucas).
In 2008, the number of fulltime students accepted on to courses rose by 10.4% – 43,197 more than the previous year – to a total of 456,627.
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Universities accept record number of students
Artists accuse colleges of promoting a ‘celebrity culture’ among students, Jessica Shepherd reports
If you think you’re the next big thing, forget it. You’re nothing. So said the tutors of the Royal College of Art to their fine art and sculpture master’s students in 1991. Gavin Turk, then a student, now a highly acclaimed British artist, remembers it well. “‘Britain has had David Hockney; we aren’t bothered by [...]