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For a fifth consecutive year, applications at Plymouth University have increased by 10 percent this year and record numbers attended the Open Day in June. With more students come new challenged for adminstrators and professors. To meet the demand of thousands of new students, the University decided to set up a Confirmation and Clearing call centre called Actionline which aims to support students with questions once they receive their A Level results this month. For those working at the University, it has been one of the busiest summers yet. Many courses are full already, but students keep calling to confirm their spots.

As for the reasons behind this surge in applications despite all the bad news coming out of the UK higher education system recently, Plymouth University’s official website quotes the university’s UK Recruitment and Admissions Manager, Andrea Johnson: “Plymouth University is continuing to rise in the national league tables for higher education, and the excellence of our teaching and learning is reflected in top 20 placements for a number of our subject areas.” And as for the challenges arising from the increase in students: “We have some new programmes which have recently been validated, such as Optometry and Healthcare Sciences, and some places are available in these. There will be some places open in strategically important STEM subjects, such as engineering, and in Arts.”

Additionally, some students might have to spend some time at partner colleges across the region which reserved some places of Plymouth students. During a special Clearing Open Day on August 24th, late entrants will be able to experience the atmosphere on campus for themselves.

For the full article on Plymouth University’s homepage, go to: http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/pages/view.asp?page=36948