Widely-held belief that CAO points are determined by colleges in advance and remain relatively constant is incorrect
In 2020, 2,200 places were added on a one-off basis to the existing places on offer. In 2021, 3,300 places were added to the 2019 numbers, again on a one-off basis. In 2022, 1,050 places were permanently added to a range of degrees across the entire system. In 2023, it is proposed to add 400-plus places in a range of healthcare programmes, subject to Government approval.
Previously colleges have claimed that the only way they could educate students to the required standards, given the current level of exchequer funding supplemented by the student registration charge, was to sell a significant number of the available places on the international market. Today, those continental citizens are deemed as international applicants in the UK, and this excludes the vast majority of them who cannot afford the £30,000-£40,000 fees involved in many courses on offer. A significant number have therefore applied, as is their right, as European Union citizens to the CAO, where their application must be transposed, based on an agreed formula relating to their domestic school leaving exam result, into CAO points.
Round A took place on August 6th, mainly to students who deferred accepting their place in 2022, and to adult-education applicants over 23 years of age on January 1st last. They will know exactly how many places on each course are already spoken for through the processes above, and how many more can be offered to the remaining applicants.
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