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Nearly half of UK vice-chancellors expect their university to be in financial deficit this year following a drop in the number of lucrative international students.
Around one in five children are expected to face disappointed and attend less desirable schools or those far from their home.
The number of pupils applying to secondary school in the UK is expected to peak this year at 625,000. It could lead to national success rates falling to close to 80 per cent.
Rise in applications and 2010 baby boom blamed as record numbers will not be offered place at their first choice
The Russell Group university in Yorkshire will now admit some overseas applicants that achieve the equivalent of BBC grades at A-level, or a 2:2 for postgraduate courses.