The diagrams provide information about why students chose to study in a UK’s universities in 1987 and 2007.
Overall, it is noticeable that the suitable degree courses leaded the chart with the biggest slice of pie in both years, while the reverse was true for good sports and social activitites factor.
Regarding the suitable degree courses which was the dominant reason why students opted for UK university experienced a slight increase by 2%, from 35% to 37% in 2007.There was a significant rise in the percentage of students who attended UK high schools according to close location to their parental home from 10% in 1987, followed by 12-point growth in 2007. The quality of teaching was a small minority of students option with only 15% in the beginning, while this trend grew marginally to 18% at the end.
The quality of resources and good sports, social activities adhered to contrasting trends throughout two decades. Almost one fifth of students applied university due to quality of resources in 1987, whereas this trend showed a gradual decline to 17% in 2007. In 1987, 19% of students participated high school lessons because of better sports or social capabilities, this figure declined considerably to 65, followed by a thirteen-pecentage-point fall in 2007.