– More places now for top students, lots of competition between institutions
– Guardian rankings are based on quality of teaching
– Look at National Student Survey
– Demographics – student numbers on way down
– Birmingham has started unconditional offers – Nottingham and Reading too
– You can apply through Clearing after you have your results
– IB is trusted as no grade inflation and inter-disciplinary – lower offers at UEA and timing of results is good.
– UCAS is considering ranking schools by accuracy of result prediction
– UK -unis like info on school in opening paragraph to set the context
– NEGOTIATE if offers too high…
– Summer schools at UEA