The pie charts illustrate the main reasons that lead students to choose a UK university in 1987 and 2007.
Overall, suitable degree courses was the main feature to choose the university between 20 years. Reasons, close to parental home and quality teaching decreased when it compered to the first year. Meanwhile, good sports and social activities and quality of the recourses changed to be one of the main reasons to lead students for studying in this university.
In 1987, students were mainly choosing UK university because of suitable degree courses for this reason, this was at the top with 35%. Quality of the things that are used in the university and sport and social activities showed the percentage of the 21 and 19 respectively in the 1987 while quality in the teaching and being near to parental home were the lowest factors among others with 15% and 10 %.
The most convenient degree courses remained the main driver with the slight increase to 37% in 2007. Students who are near university reason experienced more than two-fold increase of 22%. Quality of recourses and teaching decreased slightly by 4 and 3-percentage-pionts. One of the top factors in 1987 good sports and social activities experienced more than a three-fold decline of 18%