University offers at record high

Young people in England and Wales have never been more likely to win a degree place than they were in 2014, according to Ucas, which has published a detailed analysis of university admissions for this year.
The data shows a surge in the numbers of youngsters going to university, but also shows wide gaps between men and women and differences according to where applicants live. And it suggests that an English teenager's chances of going to a top university without scoring the best grades at A-level have dramatically increased.
Overall, the number of students securing places on degree courses at UK universities and colleges through Ucas topped half a million for the first time in 2014, with 512,400 people in total gaining places. This was up by nearly 17,000 students (3.4%) compared to last year.
There was also a rise in the number of UK students accepted - up 3.2% to 447,500 this year compared to 2013.