Subject coding changed in 2002/03 so time series before and after are not necessarily comparable.
The latest figures showing applications by age are shown in the tables.
STEM subjects All subjects Female Male Total Female Male Total Number 1997 190,255 249,085 439,340 581,881 496,566 1,078,447 1998 192,605 251,052 443,657 594,400 499,737 1,094,137 1999 189,111 242,975 432,086 577,865 483,407 1,061,272 2000 184,698 234,488 419,186 564,226 469,084 1,033,310 2001 185,950 235,085 421,035 571,057 476,142 1,047,199 Change in subject coding 2002 198,011 233,179 431,190 587,495 484,308 1,071,803 2003 207,287 234,016 441,303 606,532 495,569 1,102,101 2004 208,847 229,896 438,743 611,088 494,385 1,105,473 2005 231,572 247,260 478,832 667,416 535,329 1,202,745 2006 235,496 249,907 485,403 667,263 537,803 1,205,066 2007 240,087 252,065 492,152 683,457 548,055 1,231,512 Change in maximum number of applications 2008 212,269 225,825 438,094 608,135 487,357 1,095,492 Proportion (Percentage) 1997 43 57 100 54 46 100 1998 43 57 100 54 46 100 1999 44 56 100 54 46 100 2000 44 56 100 55 45 100 2001 44 56 100 55 45 100 Change in subject coding 2002 46 54 100 55 45 100 2003 47 53 100 55 45 100 2004 48 52 100 55 45 100 2005 48 52 100 55 45 100 2006 49 51 100 55 45 100 2007 49 51 100 55 45 100 2008 48 52 100 56 44 100
STEM subjects All subjects Female Male Total Female Male Total Number 1997 82,947 113,259 196,206 269,444 251,571 521,015 1998 82,568 113,227 195,795 280,956 260,525 541,481 1999 85,841 118,197 204,038 285,449 266,680 552,129 2000 83,289 116,665 199,954 267,239 255,220 522,459 2001 80,974 115,532 196,506 263,833 253,292 517,125 Change in subject coding 2002 81,052 110,857 191,909 258,703 247,489 506,192 2003 84,602 111,508 196,110 271,369 256,044 527,413 2004 91,742j 114,601 206,343 288,370 269,287 557,657 2005 100,333 123,083 223,416 309,161 288,920 598,081 2006 99,383 120,189 219,572 298,240 276,044 574,284 2007 114,491 136,585 251,076 351,204 320,173 671,377 Change in maximum number of applications 2008 103,066 127,449 230,515 323,668 299,086 622,754 Proportion (Percentage) 1997 42 58 100 52 48 100 1998 42 58 100 52 48 100 1999 42 58 100 52 48 100 2000 42 58 100 51 49 100 2001 41 59 100 51 49 100 Change in subject coding 2002 42 58 100 51 49 100 2003 43 57 100 51 49 100 2004 44 56 100 j 52 48 100 2005 45 55 100 52 48 100 2006 45 55 100 52 48 100 2007 46 54 100 52 48 100 2008 45 55 100 52 48 100
STEM subjects All subjects Female Male Total Female Male Total Number 1997 52,840 74,391 127,231 164,446 164,713 329,159 1998 49,028 66,088 115,116 154,752 149,573 304,325 1999 47,101 59,023 106,124 140,777 132,464 273,241 2000 47,679 58,897 106,576 128,568 120,212 248,780 2001 48,626 62,382 111,008 128,884 127,180 256,064 Change in subject coding 2002 53,375 68,034 121,409 137,169 134,977 272,146 2003 62,412 71,698 134,110 147,196 143,446 290,642 2004 69,806 76,350 146,156 160,453 151,392 311,845 2005 79,366 83,897 163,263 184,848 168,530 353,378 2006 79,885 77,808 157,693 186,528 155,813 342,341 2007 82,744 78,876 161,620 198,601 162,190 360,791 Change in maximum number of applications 2008 79,576 74,446 154,022 187,557 152,867 340,424 Proportion (Percentage) 1997 42 58 100 50 50 100 1998 43 57 100 51 49 100 1999 44 56 100 52 48 100 2000 45 55 100 52 48 100 2001 44 56 100 50 50 100 Change in subject coding 2002 44 56 100 50 50 100 2003 47 53 100 51 49 100 2004 48 52 100 51 49 100 2005 49 51 100 52 48 100 2006 51 49 100 54 46 100 2007 51 49 100 55 45 100 2008 52 48 100 55 45 100 Notes on UCAS application data: 1. In the academic years 1997/98 to 2007/08 each applicant could make up to six choices on their application form; in 2008 this was decreased to five. 2. Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects are defined as the following subject groups: Medicine and Dentistry, Subjects allied to Medicine, Biological Sciences, Vet Science, Agriculture and related, Physical Sciences, Mathematical and Comp Science, Engineering, Technologies, Architecture, Building and Planning, Combined Sciences. The tables above use this definition. 3. From 2002 entry, UCAS switched from using the Standard Academic Classification of Subjects (SCAS) to the Joint Academic Coding System (JACS). Data reported for 2008 entry use JACS2, an updated version of JACS. For further information see: http://www.ucas.ac.uk/he_staff/datamanagement/jacs/jacs20 4. From 2005, the former Social Work Admissions System (SWAS) was incorporated into the main UCAS system, therefore a small number of Social Work Postgraduate courses will be included in the data from 2005 onwards. Source: UCAS.
The number of all-aged entrants to higher education institutions in England from the Tamworth constituency and Staffordshire local authority area are shown in the table. Figures for the 2008-09 academic year will be available from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) in January 2010.
Tamworth Staffordshire 2003-04 815 10,220 2004-05 750 9,585 2005-06 800 9,760 2006-07 855 9,360 2007-08 825 9,805 1 Covers undergraduate and postgraduate entrants to full-time and part-time courses. 2 The table does not include entrants where the parliamentary constituency and local authority area of the student cannot be established due to missing or invalid home postcodes. Notes: 1. Figures are on a Standard Registration Population (SRP) basis and are rounded to the nearest five. 2. Figures exclude the Open University due to inconsistencies in their coding of entrants across the time series. Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA).