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The figure has fallen for the first time in more than a decade, according to analysis by dataHE. It is thought that the fall in applications to nursing and teaching courses has contributed to the decline.
Rapidly growing provider of code-based data analysis for UK universities was set up by ex-Ucas executives Mark Corver and Andrew Hargreaves
The statistics, from dataHE, show the entry rate was 37.4 per cent - down from 38.2 per cent in 2021 and the first drop since 2012.
Strong competition for places means many of those who dropped grades in their A-levels are missing out on preferred institutions
A-level top grades have seen the biggest fall ever registered in the 70-year history of the qualification - with 80,000 fewer entries awarded A or A* compared with last year.