admission trends in undergraduate english: statistics and attitudes
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This Report, for the English Subject Centre, is in two parts, comprising an analysis of the available data, and an attitude survey of young people in the 16-18 age range. It is clear from the Report that fears about the popularity of English were unfounded, and that although application numbers were down, while acceptances were up, the upward profile in qualification levels indicated an increase in the quality of English students upon entry. However, it is evident that although we now have, for the first time, a picture of current trends in the round, there are significant differences in the local effects of admissions in different institutions. Changes in the funding mechanism, the removal (in 2002-3) of the MASN (Maximum Aggregate Student Number) which effectively restricted institutions' expansion, and institutional behaviours following funding shifts determined by the RAE (Research Assessment Exercise) of 2002 will further complicate these local effects.TRANSCRIPT
ENGLISH SUBJECT CENTREReport Series No.1 APRIL 2002
ADMISSIONS TRENDSIN UNDERGRADUATE ENGLISH:
statistics and attitudes
Sadie Williams
The English Subject Centre supports all aspects of the teaching and learning of English inhigher education in the United Kingdom. It is part of the Learning and Teaching SupportNetwork (LTSN) www.ltsn.ac.uk. As one of its activities, the Centre gathers and disseminatesinformation to the subject community. This report series publishes the outcomes of substantialprojects undertaken or commissioned by the Subject Centre.
The English Subject Centre, Royal Holloway College, University of London, Egham, TW20 OEX.Tel: 01784-443221 Fax: 01784-470684.
[email protected] www.rhul.ac.uk/ltsn/english/
ISBN 0-902194-43-7
CCUE
Council for
College and University English