Results Day across England, Wales and Northern Ireland
The chances of going to university still depend far too much on where you grew up. Our analysis of UCAS #ResultsDay data shows 43% of 18-year-olds in London have been accepted into university, compared with just 25% in the North East
Helen Hartstein6Everyone talks about the north south divide but look where the south west is on this chart. Devon and Cornwall might look beautiful when you come here on holiday, but our young people are facing massive inequalities. #education #Alevels #devolution
Cholmondley Warner 🇪🇺🔶2By far not the only indicator (or the only important one) but a key one showing the inequality of opportunity we provide our younger generations. And it’s just not good enough.
So the Geography BSc/Ba programme on our Exeter Penryn Campus has been officially canned this morning. No new entry from Sept 2026, current students to be ‘taught out’. It’s been under ‘consultation’ since July but we had to legally inform our offer holders this morning (A-Levels results day). 1/n
Kate Littler18I’m so sad for our current students and all those young people who thought they would be joining us next month 😞 I’m also sorry for my colleagues in the redundancy pool whose jobs are underpinned by these programmes, and who now inch closer to compulsory redundancy. 2/n
Paul4It's mad that they've done that on the morning of results. Even if they did it on Monday then the kids would have had chance to do some research. What are management thinking? The reputational damage is huge.
Gawen Jenkin4I’m so sorry Kate, this is awful - for the applicants, current students on a teach-out, the staff, Penryn campus and Cornwall. Exeter taking the decision at this point is baffling and cruel. Solidarity.
Dr. Ramesh Glückler4No more Geography? Wow. That is pretty wild to me. An essential field for so many different applications!
Old Hobbit🐸3Climate crisis, demand for data-centred workforce skills etc.... "ooh let's cancel geography" (the original data science)
stephen2I’m so sorry. This is awful news.
Dr Jo Kershaw18Awful for both staff and prospective students (not great for the ones being taught out, either)
Liesbeth Corens3This is so utterly maddening. Withdrawal of courses (ON WHICH STUDENTS ARE BEING RECRUITED) takes months of forms and committees. Did Exeter simply not do that? Or did a lot more people know about this withdrawal and not tell anyone? Yes, staff, but also those students who bet their future on it
Graham Ward2Sad news. Geography is such a great degree (and of course I would say that as a Geography graduate for whom it was a path into a career in digital cartography).
