- Seven in ten (70%) applicants consider the application process fair - one in ten (12%) say it is unfair and one in five (18%) say it is neither fair nor unfair; Those who consider the application process to be unfair most commonly say this is because the career advice they were given wasn’t very helpful (34%) or because the application process was too long (29%).
- Four in five (79%) applicants say they felt supported by the universities/colleges they applied to during the application process - just one in five (19%) say they felt unsupported.
- Approaching two thirds agree that the application process works well as it is or that it is fine to apply with predicted grades (64% for both) – almost three in ten disagree with each (28% for both).
- However, over half (56%) agree that universities/colleges should only make offers after people have received their academic results.