The bar chart shows the main reasons why students chose to study at a university in the UK in 1985 and 2005 .
Overall, we can see that some reasons became more popular, while others became less important. Sport facilities and teaching quality increased, but proximity to home and resources decreased. Degree programmes stayed almost the same.
First of all, sport facilities had a big increase during this period. In 2005, many more students chose the university because of this reason. Teaching quality also went up a little, which shows that students started to care more about good education. However, degree programmes did not really change and stayed stable in both years.
On the other hand, proximity to home dropped a lot. This means students were more willing to study far from their home in 2005. Resources also went down slightly, but the change was not very big compared to proximity to home.
In conclusion, student choices changed over time, with more focus on facilities and teaching, and less on location.
