7. stage.
The bar chart compares the main factors play an important role in student’ choices to engage in an university in the UK between 1995 and 2005.
Overall, it is clear that. Suitable degree courses recorded by far the highest figure. Besides, Close to parental home to witnessed the most significant growth across the period. However, there was a different trend for quality of resources and good sport and social activities.
Looking at three categories showed, a upward trend: suitable degree courses, close to parental home and quality of teaching. Suitable degree courses led the ranking, increasing from 35% to approximately 37% during the period. Similarly, quality of teaching experienced a marginally rise, varying from 15% to 17% over 10-year period. It is worth nothing that nothing that the proportion of Close to parental home had the gap widened between two years shown, which stood at 10% in 1995 and 23% in 2005.
Regarding the remaining categories, quality of resources and good sport and social activities showed recorded the downward pattern. Quality of resources made up 22% in 1995 and then the figure declined to 17%. In 2005 strikingly, good sport and social activities showed a clear disparity in 1995 and 2005, accounting for 18% and 7% respectively.
