Annex 2. Report on HMC Scotland university applications in Dr KM Greig Hutchesons Grammar School, Glasgow

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1 Report on HMC Scotland university applications in 2013 Dr KM Greig Hutchesons Grammar School, Glasgow

2 Contents Introduction... 4 Analysis by University... 5 Table 1: Total applications... 5 Table 2a: Applications to Scotland & UK... 7 Table 2b: Universities in Scotland... 8 Table 2c: Universities in England and Wales... 9 Analysis by Courses Table 3: Courses by main subject area Analysis by Subject Table 4a: Business and Administrative Subjects Table 4b: Social Studies Table 4c: Biological Sciences Table 4d: Engineering Table 4e: Medicine Table 4f: Dentistry Table 4g: Law Table 4h: Creative Arts & Design Individual Universities Table 5a: Edinburgh Table 5b: Aberdeen Table 5c: Glasgow Table 5d: Dundee Table 5e: Strathclyde Table 5f: St Andrews Table 5g: Robert Gordon Table 5h: Edinburgh Napier Table 5i: Stirling Table 5j: Heriot Watt Table 5k: Glasgow Caledonian Analysis by year of entry Table 6: Deferred entries Case Study 1: Offer rates from different school types P a g e

3 Table 7a: Scotland Table 7b: England and Wales Case Study 2: Geography at Aberdeen Table 8: Comparison of offer rates by type of school Case Study 3: Conditional offer rates at Highers schools Table 9a: Scottish universities in Table 9b: Scottish universities in P a g e

4 Introduction I sense that this year s report is more eagerly awaited than the two previous editions. This comes from a widespread feeling based on our own data, and some anecdotal evidence, that the pattern of university admissions offers has continued to change following the watershed year of 2012, when 9000 tuition fees were introduced in England and Wales. Certainly universities themselves view 2012 that way. But how would the changes affect pupils in HMC Scotland schools? Would this year s data show that it is becoming harder for our pupils to get into Scottish universities and yet strangely, easier to get into some top English ones? I am grateful to the 19 schools who sent me their applicant status reports this year, which has resulted in data on 9903 applications to 149 institutions. This has given me something really substantial to work with and I am confident that the resulting tables are meaningful, giving a true picture of the 2013 admission round. The headline results are somewhat surprising and, I think, reassuring. There is no evidence that it is becoming harder for our pupils to enter Scottish universities. Offer rates at Edinburgh and St Andrews have increased substantially from last year, suggesting that the low admissions there in 2012 could perhaps be considered as a muddled response to the 2012 changes, and therefore atypical. It is in our interest to continue to monitor these two universities carefully in the years ahead. Aberdeen is a different story; alone amongst the more popular Scottish universities offer rates there are lower this year. See Tables 2 and 5b for more detailed analysis of this. The picture at English universities is that many show substantially increased offer rates, but there is a longish list of the most selective where offer rates are largely unchanged. I was asked this year to look at some different aspects of the data and so there is a new section at the end titled Case Studies. In these I look firstly at offer rates broken down by school type, so that there are separate tables for schools offering Highers in S5 and applications based on those results (largely the day schools) and schools offering either A Levels or the IB in the U6 (largely the boarding schools). The results show that on the whole pupils at the latter schools have higher or similar offer rates at both Scottish and English universities. In Case Study 2 I look specifically at Geography at Aberdeen, where again A Level/IB schools receive higher offer rates. In Case Study 3 I look at the pattern of Conditional offers given to pupils in Highers schools by Scottish universities in 2013 and in There are clear differences in approach between the universities, as we already knew. Sadly for those of us running day schools who were hoping to see more conditional offers in the future to help us keep S6 pupils working hard, these conditional offer rates have hardly changed in the last three years. One other change in this report is that I have not waited for Peter Mason s whole HMC survey to be published before issuing this one. Consequently there is no comparison with RUK schools on offer rates or popularity of universities or courses. I decided that having this report early in the session was more important; you will be able to compare these results with the whole HMC picture once Peter s report arrives. 4 P a g e

5 Analysis by University Table 1: Total applications. This lists universities by the number of applications received, and gives the number and percentages of offers made. 149 institutions applied for across the UK, only showing top 80 here (121 in 2012, 147 in 2011) Glasgow overtakes Edinburgh as the most popular destination Rank Code Total Offers Offer rate Rank Rank Glasgow G % Edinburgh E % Aberdeen A % Dundee D % St Andrews S % Strathclyde S % Heriot-Watt H % Robert Gordon R % Stirling S % Edinburgh Napier E % Newcastle N % Glasgow Caledonian G % Durham D % Bristol B % Cambridge C % Oxford O % UCL U % Exeter E % Leeds L % York Y % Manchester M % Bath B % KCL K % Abertay A % Northumbria N % Warwick W % Nottingham N % ICL I % LSE L % Glasgow School of Art G % Queen Margaret Q % Loughborough L % Oxford Brookes O % West of Scotland U % Queen's Belfast Q % Sheffield S % P a g e

6 37 Manchester Metropolitan M % Lancaster L % Cardiff C % Liverpool L % Southampton S % Scottish Agric College S % QMUL Q % Birmingham B % Leicester L % Reading R % Westminster W % East Anglia E % Harper Adams H % Surrey S % Royal Agricultural College R % 52 Keele K % 53 Brighton B % 54 Royal Holloway R % 55 Kent K % 56 UAL U % 57 BUWE B % 58 City C % 59 Highlands & Islands H % 60 Kingston K % 61 Leeds Metropolitan L % 62 Plymouth P % 63 SOAS S % 64 Sussex S % 65 Brunel B % 66 Goldsmiths G % 67 Hull H % 68 Nottingham Trent N % 69 Bangor B % 70 Canterbury C % 71 Derby D % 72 Essex E % 73 Aberystwyth A % 74 Central Lancashire C % 75 Coventry C % 76 Salford S % 77 UWL W % 78 Bath Spa B % 79 Bradford B % 80 East London E % 6 P a g e

7 Table 2a: Applications to Scotland & UK This shows the geographical split of applications Still a clear preference for university in Scotland overall, but significant differences once school type is taken into account All schools Total % in 2012 in 2011 Scotland % 71% 73% Top 30 outside Scotland % 25% 22% Other outside Scotland 520 5% 4% 5% % Schools offering Highers in S5: post-qualification application Total % Scotland % Top 30 outside Scotland % Other outside Scotland 189 3% % Schools offering A Level or IB in U6: pre-qualification application Total % Scotland % Top 30 outside Scotland % Other outside Scotland % % 7 P a g e

8 Table 2b: Universities in Scotland Edinburgh and St Andrews offers return to levels of 2011 or better. Aberdeen offer rate significantly down this year, for breakdown of this by faculty see Table 5b Most universities offer rates are fairly stable over the three year period Rank University Code Total Offers Offer rate Glasgow G % 68% 71% 2 Edinburgh E % 45% 54% 3 Aberdeen A % 85% 76% 4 Dundee D % 52% 72% 5 St Andrews S % 37% 48% 6 Strathclyde S % 76% 74% 7 Heriot-Watt H % 87% 82% 8 Robert Gordon R % 88% 91% 9 Stirling S % 71% 48% 10 Edinburgh Napier E % 76% 72% 11 Glasgow Caledonian G % 73% 81% 12 Abertay A % 84% 79% 13 Glasgow School of Art G % 36% 22% 14 Queen Margaret Q % 73% 66% 15 West of Scotland U % 85% 89% 16 Scottish Agricultural College B % 50% 86% 17 Highlands & Islands H % 86% 67% %** 66%** 68% ** denotes statistical difference from previous year at the 5% significance level. 8 P a g e

9 Table 2c: Universities in England and Wales Quite obvious increases in offer rate from most universities except Oxford, Cambridge, Durham, Bath, ICL, LSE and Queen s Belfast. Rank University Code Total Offers Offer rate Newcastle N % 78% 64% 2 Durham D % 50% 47% 3 Bristol B % 65% 40% 4 Cambridge C % 32% 16% 5 Oxford O % 27% 23% 6 UCL U % 51% 41% 7 Exeter E % 95% 79% 8 Leeds L % 78% 74% 9 York Y % 90% 80% 10 Manchester M % 82% 76% 11 Bath B % 84% 82% 12 KCL K % 65% 33% 13 Northumbria N % 92% 73% 14 Warwick W % 75% 66% 15 Nottingham N % 71% 55% 16 ICL I % 63% 69% 17 LSE L % 26% 23% 18 Loughborough L % 91% 70% 19 Oxford Brookes O % 76% 59% 21 Queen's Belfast Q % 74% 92% 21 Sheffield S % 81% 76% 22 Manchester Metropolitan M % 54% 67% 30 Lancaster L % 94% 100% 24 Cardiff C % 78% 27% 39 Liverpool L % 71% 48% 26 Southampton S % 100% 83% 27 QMUL Q % 73% 44% 28 Birmingham B % 82% 68% 29 Leicester L % 100% 75% 30 Reading R % 69% 84% %** 68%** 56% Other in UK % 80% 75% ** denotes statistical difference from previous year at the 5% significance level. 9 P a g e

10 Analysis by Courses Table 3: Courses by main subject area As identified by UCAS/JACS main subject codes No great changes to the overall pattern of offers here, but Social Studies and Physical Sciences becoming more popular Rank Code Subject area Total Offers Offer Rate Rank Rate Rank Rate 1 L Social Studies % 2 64% 2 64% 2 N Business & Administrative Studies % 1 74% 1 71% 3 H Engineering % 3 80% 4 79% 4 C Biological Sciences % 5 71% 3 69% 5 M Law % 7 78% 6 79% 6 F Physical Sciences % 10 73% 8 75% 7 V Historical & Philosophical Studies % 4 68% 9 64% 8 A Medicine & Dentistry % 6 33% 5 35% 9 G 10 W 11 B 12 Q Mathematical & Computer Sciences % 12 77% 12 74% Creative Arts & Design % 9 54% 7 48% Subjects allied to Medicine % 8 64% 10 69% Linguistics, Classics & related subjects % 11 63% 11 63% 13 R European Languages, Literature & related % subjects 13 68% 13 65% 14 X Education % 16 40% 15 44% 15 D Veterinary Sciences, Agriculture and related subjects % 15 52% 17 49% 16 K Architecture, Building & Planning % 14 73% 14 70% Mass 17 P Communications & Documentation % 17 87% 16 66% 18 J Technologies % 18 71% 18 79% 19 T 20 Y Eastern, Asiatic, African, American & Australasian Languages, Literature & related subjects % 19 79% 19 76% Combined & General Courses % 20 83% 20 50% % 67% 66% 10 P a g e

11 Analysis by Subject Table 4a: Business and Administrative Subjects Includes Business, Accountancy, Management & Entrepreneurship. Rank Business & Admin Subjects Total Offers Rate 1 Edinburgh Napier E % 2 Robert Gordon R % 3 Edinburgh E % 4 Strathclyde S % 5 Heriot-Watt H % 6 Glasgow G % 7 Glasgow Caledonian G % 8 Aberdeen A % 9 Dundee D % 10 Stirling S % 11 Newcastle N % 12 Queen Margaret Q % 13 Northumbria N % 14 Abertay A % 15 Manchester Metropolitan M % 16 Oxford Brookes O % 17 St Andrews S % 18 LSE L % 19 Bath B % 20 Warwick W % 21 Loughborough L % 22 Manchester M % 23 Exeter E % 24 Westminster W % 25 Lancaster L % 26 KCL K % 27 Brighton B % 28 Bristol B % 29 West of Scotland U % 30 Durham D % 31 QMUL Q % 32 York Y % 33 Leeds Metropolitan L % 34 City C % 35 Highlands & Islands H % 36 Central Lancashire C % 37 Reading R % 38 UAL U % 39 Kent K % 40 Leeds L % % 11 P a g e

12 Table 4b: Social Studies Includes Economics, Politics, International Relations, Sociology, Social Anthropology & Geography often in combination with other subject areas. Rank Social Studies Total Offers Offer rate 1 Glasgow G % 2 Edinburgh E % 3 Aberdeen A % 4 St Andrews S % 5 Dundee D % 6 Stirling S % 7 Newcastle N % 8 Durham D % 9 Strathclyde S % 10 LSE L % 11 Heriot-Watt H % 12 Exeter E % 13 Oxford O % 14 Cambridge C % 15 Leeds L % 16 York Y % 17 Warwick W % 18 Bath B % 19 Bristol B % 20 Manchester M % 21 UCL U % 22 Oxford Brookes O % 23 Robert Gordon R % 24 Glasgow Caledonian G % 25 Nottingham N % 26 KCL K % 27 Loughborough L % 28 Leicester L % 29 Northumbria N % 30 Edinburgh Napier E % 31 QMUL Q % 32 Lancaster L % 33 Abertay A % 34 Sheffield S % 35 Kent K % 36 Cardiff C % 37 Surrey S % 38 Essex E % 39 Canterbury C % 40 Queen's Belfast Q % % 12 P a g e

13 Table 4c: Biological Sciences Includes Biology, Marine Biology, Zoology, Sports Science, Biochemistry & Psychology. Rank Biological Sciences Total Offers Rate 1 Glasgow G % 2 Edinburgh E % 3 Aberdeen A % 4 Stirling S % 5 Dundee D % 6 St Andrews S % 7 Edinburgh Napier E % 8 Strathclyde S % 9 Heriot-Watt H % 10 Abertay A % 11 Newcastle N % 12 Glasgow Caledonian G % 13 Durham D % 14 Queen Margaret Q % 15 West of Scotland U % 16 Robert Gordon R % 17 Oxford O % 18 UCL U % 19 York Y % 20 Bath B % 21 Bristol B % 22 Northumbria N % 23 Nottingham N % 24 Manchester Metropolitan M % 25 Leeds L % 26 Queen's Belfast Q % 27 Sheffield S % 28 Bangor B % 29 Cambridge C % 30 Exeter E % 31 Manchester M % 32 Warwick W % 33 ICL I % 34 Oxford Brookes O % 35 Lancaster L % 36 Cardiff C % 37 Liverpool L % 38 Leicester L % 39 East Anglia E % 40 Sussex S % % 13 P a g e

14 Table 4d: Engineering Includes Civil, Mechanical, Product Design, Electrical & Electronic and Chemical Engineering. Rank Engineering Total Offers Rate 1 Heriot-Watt H % 2 Strathclyde S % 3 Glasgow G % 4 Aberdeen A % 5 Edinburgh E % 6 Robert Gordon R % 7 Edinburgh Napier E % 8 Bath B % 9 ICL I % 10 Cambridge C % 11 Loughborough L % 12 Newcastle N % 13 Bristol B % 14 Dundee D % 15 Manchester M % 16 UCL U % 17 West of Scotland U % 18 Warwick W % 19 Glasgow School of Art G % 20 Southampton S % 21 Durham D % 22 Leeds L % 23 Oxford O % 24 Nottingham N % 25 Glasgow Caledonian G % 26 Exeter E % 27 Surrey S % 28 Sheffield S % 29 Cardiff C % 30 Harper Adams H % 31 Brunel B % 32 Oxford Brookes O % 33 Lancaster L % 34 Queen's Belfast Q % 35 Liverpool L % 36 Birmingham B % 37 City C % 38 Kingston K % 39 Leicester L % 40 QMUL Q % % 14 P a g e

15 Table 4e: Medicine St Andrews becoming more difficult to gain entry to, other Scottish medical schools offer rates have largely returned to 2011 levels. Rank Medicine Total Offers Rate Aberdeen A % 35% 44% 2 Dundee D % 28% 28% 3 Edinburgh E % 19% 39% 4 St Andrews S % 41% 51% 5 Glasgow G % 45% 36% 6 Newcastle N % 33% 18% 7 Oxford O % 14% 20% 8 Cambridge C % 11% 12% 9 Queen's Belfast Q % 67% 100% 10 Keele K % 50% 20% 11 UCL U % 20% 0% 12 Liverpool L % 50% 43% 13 KCL K % 0% 0% 14 Nottingham N % 50% 63% 15 Bristol B % 50% 0% 16 Leeds L % 0% 30% 17 ICL I % 33% 33% 18 Birmingham B % 33% 100% 19 BSMS B % 0% 0% 20 Cardiff C % 50% 50% 21 HYMS H % 50% 50% 22 Sheffield S % 100% 20% 23 Peninsula P % 50% 24 QMUL Q % 0% % 32% 36% 15 P a g e

16 Table 4f: Dentistry Lower offers from both Glasgow and Dundee this year. This is becoming as difficult as Medicine to gain entry to. Rank Dentistry Total Offers Rate Glasgow G % 67% 39% 2 Dundee D % 67% 62% 3 Newcastle N % 8% 0% 4 Sheffield S % 0% 0% 5 KCL K % 0% 0% 6 Cardiff C % 100% 17% 7 Bristol B % 0% 0% 8 Manchester M % 50% 0% 9 Birmingham B % 0% 0% 10 QMUL Q % 25% 11 Leeds L % 0% % 45% 26% 16 P a g e

17 Table 4g: Law Aberdeen more difficult this year, otherwise offer rates are quite high. Rank Law Total Offers Rate Aberdeen A % 100% 97% 2 Edinburgh E % 36% 59% 3 Glasgow G % 78% 88% 4 Dundee D % 91% 100% 5 Strathclyde S % 91% 96% 6 Stirling S % 80% 95% 7 Newcastle N % 82% 68% 8 Robert Gordon R % 88% 93% 9 Durham D % 45% 38% 10 Edinburgh Napier E % 78% 92% 11 Oxford O % 50% 17% 12 UCL U % 43% 25% 13 Bristol B % 100% 100% 14 KCL K % 50% 0% 15 Cambridge C % 75% 29% 16 LSE L % 0% 25% 17 Exeter E % 100% 80% 18 York Y % 100% 75% 19 Glasgow Caledonian G % 100% 91% 20 Warwick W % 0% 50% 21 Nottingham N % 50% 40% 22 QMUL Q % 67% 20% 23 Abertay A % 50% 50% 24 Reading R % 100% 25 Leeds L % 100% 100% 26 Leicester L % 100% 100% 27 Sussex S % 100% 28 Kent K % 100% 100% 29 Brunel B % 100% 30 Manchester Met M % 100% 0% 31 Kingston K % 0% 32 City C % 33 Keele K % 34 Birmingham City B % 35 Buckingham B % 100% 36 Canterbury C % 37 East London E % 38 Essex E % 39 Lancaster L % 40 Leeds Metropolitan L % % 78% 81% 17 P a g e

18 Table 4h: Creative Arts & Design Includes Fine Art, Graphic Design, Fashion, Product Design, Art & Design, Music and Drama Rank Creative Arts Total Offers Rate 1 Edinburgh E % 2 Dundee D % 3 Glasgow School of Art G % 4 Robert Gordon R % 5 Edinburgh Napier E % 6 Glasgow G % 7 Northumbria N % 8 Glasgow Caledonian G % 9 Aberdeen A % 10 Heriot-Watt H % 11 Leeds L % 12 Strathclyde S % 13 UAL U % 14 West of Scotland U % 15 York Y % 16 Nottingham Trent N % 17 Manchester Metropolitan M % 18 Durham D % 19 Queen Margaret Q % 20 Newcastle N % 21 Bristol B % 22 CSSD C % 23 Rose Bruford R % 24 Westminster W % 25 Creative Arts C % 26 Lancaster L % 27 Manchester M % 28 University College Falmouth F % 29 Queen's Belfast Q % 30 Kingston K % 31 Oxford O % 32 RWCMD R % 33 De Montfort D % 34 Abertay A QMUL Q Aberystwyth A Birmingham City B Brunel B Chester C % 18 P a g e

19 Individual Universities In the tables which follow, the final column gives Offer Rate. Table 5a: Edinburgh Considerable improvement of offer rates in subject areas where 2012 was a difficult year, such as Social Studies and Law. Edinburgh Total Offers Rate L Social Studies % 38% 55% C Biological Sciences % 57% 68% N Business & Administrative Studies % 37% 31% H Engineering % 61% 60% M Law % 35% 55% F Physical Sciences % 62% 60% V Historical & Philosophical Studies % 54% 77% A Medicine & Dentistry % 19% 38% W Creative Arts & Design % 28% 38% B Subjects allied to Medicine % 59% 66% X Education % 52% 44% G Mathematical & Computer Sciences % 76% 63% Q Linguistics, Classics & related subjects % 40% 71% R European Languages, Literature etc % 50% 59% D Veterinary Sciences, Agriculture etc % 50% 35% K Architecture, Building & Planning % 50% 56% T Eastern, Asiatic & etc Languages % 60% 60% P Mass Communications & Documentation 6 0 0% J Technologies % 25% 67% Y Combined & General Courses 0 0 Z Miscellaneous % 45% 54% 19 P a g e

20 Table 5b: Aberdeen Noticeable drops in offer rate in many subjects, particularly Social Studies, Law, Engineering, Business, Physical Sciences. For differences by type of school see additional table on next page. Aberdeen Total Offers Rate L Social Studies % 100% 83% M Law % 100% 95% A Medicine & Dentistry % 35% 44% C Biological Sciences % 90% 73% V Historical & Philosophical Studies % 96% 89% H Engineering % 91% 93% N Business & Administrative Studies % 84% 69% F Physical Sciences % 90% 71% Q Linguistics, Classics & related subjects % 95% 85% B Subjects allied to Medicine % 95% 91% R European Languages, Literature etc % 86% 79% G Mathematical & Computer Sciences % 82% 64% X Education % 33% 68% W Creative Arts & Design % 60% 67% K Architecture, Building & Planning % 100% 40% J Technologies % 100% T Eastern, Asiatic & etc Languages % 100% D Veterinary Sciences, Agriculture etc 1 0 0% P Mass Communications & Documentation 0 0 Y Combined & General Courses 0 0 Z Miscellaneous % 85% 76% 20 P a g e

21 Clear differences in offer rates in all subjects, but not consistently one way Overall harder to gain entry to Aberdeen from an A Level/IB school. From A/IB school From Highers school Aberdeen from A/IB school Diff Total Offers Rate Rate L Social Studies % 63% 11% M Law % 75% 17% A Medicine & Dentistry % 46% -29% C Biological Sciences % 64% -11% V Historical & Philosophical Studies % 72% 10% H Engineering % 56% -27% N Business & Administrative Studies % 44% 34% F Physical Sciences % 69% -49% Q Linguistics, Classics & related subjects % 86% -29% B Subjects allied to Medicine 3 0 0% 83% -83% R European Languages, Literature etc % 71% 29% G Mathematical & Computer Sciences 2 0 0% 61% -61% X Education 2 0 0% 58% -58% W Creative Arts & Design % 73% 27% K Architecture, Building & Planning % 50% -30% J Technologies 0 0 T Eastern, Asiatic & etc Languages 1 0 0% 50% -50% D Veterinary Sciences, Agriculture etc 0 0 Mass Communications & Documentation 0 0 P Y Combined & General Courses 0 0 Z Miscellaneous %** 63% -10% ** This value is statistically lower at the 5% significance level compared with the 63% offer rate to candidates from Highers schools. 21 P a g e

22 Table 5c: Glasgow Although Glasgow has increased in popularity in recent years, offer rates have remained largely the same. Glasgow Total Offers Rate L Social Studies % 59% 59% C Biological Sciences % 56% 68% H Engineering % 75% 86% F Physical Sciences % 55% 77% V Historical & Philosophical Studies % 89% 88% N Business & Administrative Studies % 65% 69% A Medicine & Dentistry % 53% 37% M Law % 81% 87% Q Linguistics, Classics & related subjects % 79% 79% B Subjects allied to Medicine % 59% 84% G Mathematical & Computer Sciences % 76% 81% D Veterinary Sciences, Agriculture etc % 46% 58% R European Languages, Literature etc % 91% 91% X Education % 57% 57% W Creative Arts & Design % 82% 63% P Mass Communications & Documentation % 100% 25% J Technologies % 60% 91% K Architecture, Building & Planning 0 0 T Eastern, Asiatic & etc Languages 0 0 Y Combined & General Courses 0 0 Z Miscellaneous % 68% 71% 22 P a g e

23 Table 5d: Dundee Medicine and Dentistry are becoming more difficult to gain entry to (see Tables 4e and 4f). Dundee Total Offers Rate A Medicine & Dentistry % 37% 31% L Social Studies % 37% 92% M Law % 91% 100% C Biological Sciences % 64% 95% N Business & Administrative Studies % 68% 91% W Creative Arts & Design % 44% 38% B Subjects allied to Medicine % 67% 87% F Physical Sciences % 60% 56% X Education % 18% 24% V Historical & Philosophical Studies % 19% 90% H Engineering % 70% 88% Q Linguistics, Classics & related subjects % 50% 95% K Architecture, Building & Planning % 90% 78% G Mathematical & Computer Sciences % 50% 95% R European Languages, Literature etc % 100% T Eastern, Asiatic & etc Languages % 100% D Veterinary Sciences, Agriculture etc 0 0 J Technologies 0 0 P Mass Communications & Documentation 0 0 Y Combined & General Courses 0 0 Z Miscellaneous % 52% 72% 23 P a g e

24 Table 5e: Strathclyde Increased offer rates in most subjects this year. Strathclyde Total Offers Rate H Engineering % 80% 78% N Business & Administrative Studies % 64% 73% M Law % 88% 97% C Biological Sciences % 74% 60% L Social Studies % 84% 66% B Subjects allied to Medicine % 81% 85% G Mathematical & Computer Sciences % 88% 95% F Physical Sciences % 67% 92% X Education % 25% 33% V Historical & Philosophical Studies % 88% 31% R European Languages, Literature etc % 100% 60% W Creative Arts & Design % 83% 86% K Architecture, Building & Planning % 83% 82% J Technologies % 100% Q Linguistics, Classics & related subjects % P Mass Communications & Documentation % A Medicine & Dentistry 0 0 T Eastern, Asiatic & etc Languages 0 0 D Veterinary Sciences, Agriculture etc 0 0 Y Combined & General Courses 0 0 Z Miscellaneous % 75% 74% 24 P a g e

25 Table 5f: St Andrews Overall offer rates significantly up except in Medicine and Dentistry. St Andrews Total Offers Rate L Social Studies % 24% 36% V Historical & Philosophical Studies % 42% 39% A Medicine & Dentistry % 41% 51% F Physical Sciences % 46% 70% C Biological Sciences % 50% 52% G Mathematical & Computer Sciences % 55% 63% R European Languages, Literature etc % 11% 42% Q Linguistics, Classics & related subjects % 29% 48% N Business & Administrative Studies % 75% 29% P Mass Communications & Documentation % 0% 14% B Subjects allied to Medicine % 0% 0% T Eastern, Asiatic & etc Languages % 0% 67% H Engineering 0 0 M Law 0 0 X Education 0 0 W Creative Arts & Design 0 0 K Architecture, Building & Planning 0 0 J Technologies 0 0 D Veterinary Sciences, Agriculture etc 0 0 Y Combined & General Courses 0 0 Z Miscellaneous % 37% 48% 25 P a g e

26 Table 5g: Robert Gordon Very similar to last year Robert Gordon Total Offers Rate N Business & Administrative Studies % 96% 96% H Engineering % 96% 100% B Subjects allied to Medicine % 76% 82% M Law % 91% 96% W Creative Arts & Design % 58% 80% G Mathematical & Computer Sciences % 100% 100% K Architecture, Building & Planning % 95% 94% L Social Studies % 100% 57% P Mass Communications & Documentation % 86% 100% C Biological Sciences % 67% 71% F Physical Sciences % 100% 100% V Historical & Philosophical Studies 0 0 A Medicine & Dentistry 0 0 R European Languages, Literature etc 0 0 Q Linguistics, Classics & related subjects 0 0 T Eastern, Asiatic & etc Languages 0 0 X Education 0 0 J Technologies 0 0 D Veterinary Sciences, Agriculture etc 0 0 Y Combined & General Courses 0 0 Z Miscellaneous % 88% 91% 26 P a g e

27 Table 5h: Edinburgh Napier Another increase in offer rate from last year, otherwise very similar. Edinburgh Napier Total Offers Rate N Business & Administrative Studies % 82% 76% C Biological Sciences % 78% 65% H Engineering % 95% 87% W Creative Arts & Design % 53% 48% M Law % 75% 82% G Mathematical & Computer Sciences % 86% 82% P Mass Communications & Documentation % 100% 43% B Subjects allied to Medicine % 43% 55% K Architecture, Building & Planning % 100% 100% Q Linguistics, Classics & related subjects % 100% 88% L Social Studies % 67% 80% R European Languages, Literature etc % 75% 67% F Physical Sciences % 100% 67% A Medicine & Dentistry 0 0 D Veterinary Sciences, Agriculture etc 0 0 J Technologies 0 0 T Eastern, Asiatic & etc Languages 0 0 V Historical & Philosophical Studies 0 0 X Education 0 0 Y Combined & General Courses 0 0 Z Miscellaneous % 76% 72% 27 P a g e

28 Table 5i: Stirling Another rise in offer rate from last year, fairly consistent across all subjects Stirling Total Offers Rate C Biological Sciences % 53% 41% N Business & Administrative Studies % 80% 51% L Social Studies % 80% 28% M Law % 85% 89% F Physical Sciences % 57% 47% V Historical & Philosophical Studies % 84% 75% X Education % 40% 13% G Mathematical & Computer Sciences % 33% 56% P Mass Communications & Documentation % 100% 33% Q Linguistics, Classics & related subjects % 100% 50% B Subjects allied to Medicine % 100% 0% R European Languages, Literature etc % 75% 67% A Medicine & Dentistry 0 0 D Veterinary Sciences, Agriculture etc 0 0 H Engineering 0 0 J Technologies 0 0 K Architecture, Building & Planning 0 0 T Eastern, Asiatic & etc Languages 0 0 W Creative Arts & Design 0 0 Y Combined & General Courses 0 0 Z Miscellaneous % 71% 48% 28 P a g e

29 Table 5j: Heriot Watt Their very popular Engineering course is becoming slightly harder to gain entry to. Heriot Watt Total Offers Rate H Engineering % 80% 85% N Business & Administrative Studies % 88% 73% F Physical Sciences % 88% 100% G Mathematical & Computer Sciences % 89% 77% C Biological Sciences % 100% 90% L Social Studies % 93% 92% W Creative Arts & Design % 57% 67% R European Languages, Literature etc % 100% 60% K Architecture, Building & Planning % 100% 100% J Technologies % 100% A Medicine & Dentistry 0 0 B Subjects allied to Medicine 0 0 D Veterinary Sciences, Agriculture etc 0 0 M Law 0 0 P Mass Communications & Documentation 0 0 Q Linguistics, Classics & related subjects 0 0 T Eastern, Asiatic & etc Languages 0 0 V Historical & Philosophical Studies 0 0 X Education 0 0 Y Combined & General Courses 0 0 Z Miscellaneous % 87% 82% 29 P a g e

30 Table 5k: Glasgow Caledonian Fairly consistent overall picture, 2012 was perhaps an atypical year. Glasgow Caledonian Total Offers Rate N Business & Administrative Studies % 78% 86% B Subjects allied to Medicine % 36% 71% W Creative Arts & Design % 80% 78% C Biological Sciences % 100% 64% L Social Studies % 63% 82% G Mathematical & Computer Sciences % 71% 100% J Technologies % 67% 71% K Architecture, Building & Planning % 100% 67% M Law % 100% 92% H Engineering % 86% 80% P Mass Communications & Documentation % 100% 92% A Medicine & Dentistry 1 0 0% 100% 0% F Physical Sciences % 100% 100% D Veterinary Sciences, Agriculture etc 0 0 Q Linguistics, Classics & related subjects 0 0 R European Languages, Literature etc 0 0 T Eastern, Asiatic & etc Languages 0 0 V Historical & Philosophical Studies 0 0 X Education 0 0 Y Combined & General Courses 0 0 Z Miscellaneous % 73% 81% 30 P a g e

31 Analysis by year of entry Table 6: Deferred entries There continues to be a much smaller percentage of Scottish pupils taking a GAP year compared to the RUK. Total number of applications 9903 For For Percentage of deferred Entries 2013 from Scotland 1.9% Percentage of deferred Entries 2012 from Scotland 2.4% Percentage of deferred Entries 2012 from all UK 8.9% Percentage of deferred Entries 2011 from Scotland 4.3% Percentage of deferred Entries 2011 from all UK 6.6% Percentage of deferred Entries 2010 from all UK 10.7% 31 P a g e

32 Case Study 1: Offer rates from different school types Table 7a: Scotland Overall it is significantly easier to gain entry to Scottish universities from an A Level/IB school. This is particularly true for Glasgow and Robert Gordon. However Aberdeen, Edinburgh Napier, SAC, Queen Margaret and West of Scotland are easier to gain entry to from a Highers school. Rank University Highers schools A Level / IB schools Code Total Offers Rate Total Offers Rate 1 Glasgow G % %** 2 Edinburgh E % % 3 Aberdeen A %** % 4 St Andrews S % % 5 Dundee D % % 6 Heriot-Watt H % % 7 Edinburgh Napier E %** % 8 Stirling S % % 9 Robert Gordon R % %** 10 Glasgow Caledonian G % % 11 Strathclyde S % % 12 Abertay A % % 13 Scottish Agricultural College S %** % 14 Glasgow School of Art G % % 15 Queen Margaret Q %** % 16 West of Scotland U %** % % %** ** denotes statistical difference at the 5% significance level. 32 P a g e

33 Table 7b: England and Wales Generally much easier to gain entry from an A Level/IB school. Rank University Code Total Offers Rate Total Offers Rate 1 Newcastle N % %** 2 Bristol B % %** 3 Durham D % % 4 Exeter E % % 5 UCL U % % 6 Leeds L % % 7 Manchester M % %** 8 Oxford Brookes O % % 9 Cambridge C % % 10 York Y % % 11 Bath B % % 12 Northumbria N % % 13 Loughborough L % % 14 Warwick W %** % 15 Nottingham N % %** 16 Oxford O % % 17 KCL K % % 18 ICL I % % 19 LSE L % % 21 Manchester Met M % % 21 Cardiff C % % 22 Leicester L % % 30 QMUL Q % % 24 Sheffield S % %** 39 Lancaster L % % 26 Southampton S % % 27 Westminster W % % 28 Harper Adams H % %** 29 Birmingham B % % 30 Reading R % % % %** Other in UK % %** ** denotes statistical difference at the 5% significance level. 33 P a g e

34 Case Study 2: Geography at Aberdeen Table 8: Comparison of offer rates by type of school Significantly easier to gain entry to Geography from an A Level/IB school than from a Highers school. From A Level/IB schools, Geography at 87% is higher than the overall Social Studies figure of 74% and much higher than the 53% overall rate for the university (see Table 5b, second part). All schools Total Offers Rate Geography % Geography joint Honours % % Highers schools Geography % Geography joint Honours % % A Level / IB schools Geography % Geography joint Honours % %** ** denotes statistical difference at the 5% significance level. 34 P a g e

35 Case Study 3: Conditional offer rates at Highers schools Table 9a: Scottish universities in 2013 In these tables the final column gives the number of conditional offers as a percentage of the offers made. Data from Highers schools shows that universities have quite different strategies on giving conditional offers. St Andrews gives the highest percentage of unconditional offers Rank University Code Total Offers Offer rate Cond % Cond 1 St Andrews S % 18 7% 2 Glasgow School of Art G % 1 9% 3 Edinburgh E % 92 16% 4 Glasgow G % % 5 Aberdeen A % % 6 Dundee D % % 7 Stirling S % 90 42% 8 Heriot-Watt H % % 9 Strathclyde S % % 10 Highlands & Islands H % 4 50% 11 Queen Margaret Q % 19 56% 12 Glasgow Caledonian G % 90 59% 13 Robert Gordon R % % 14 Edinburgh Napier E % % 15 West of Scotland U % 29 67% 16 Abertay A % 41 69% 17 Scottish Agricultural College S % 11 79% % % 35 P a g e

36 Table 9b: Scottish universities in 2011 Surprisingly (disappointingly?) there is very little difference between the percentages of conditional offers in 2013 and If anything, more conditional offers were given in Rank University Code Total Offers Rate Cond % Cond 1 St Andrews S % 14 7% 2 Glasgow School of Art G % 3 21% 3 Edinburgh E % % 4 Aberdeen A % % 5 Queen Margaret Q % 18 36% 6 Glasgow G % % 7 Strathclyde S % % 8 Dundee D % % 9 West of Scotland U % 18 46% 10 Scottish Agricultural College S % 8 53% 11 Stirling S % 72 54% 12 Robert Gordon R % % 13 Abertay A % 35 56% 14 Heriot-Watt H % % 15 Highlands & Islands H % 3 60% 16 Edinburgh Napier E % % 17 Glasgow Caledonian G % % % % 36 P a g e