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The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) publishes data on application and entry rates for full-time undergraduate courses.<\/p>

<\/p>

The tables show the proportion of 18 year olds from disadvantaged backgrounds who applied to university by the main January deadline (application rate) and the proportion of 18 year olds that accepted a place during a UCAS application cycle (entry rate).<\/p>

Table 1: Application rates for English 18 year olds from POLAR3 quintile 1 areas (for entry in year)<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2009<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2010<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2011<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2012<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2013<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2014<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2015<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2016<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

15.2%<\/p><\/td>

18.0%<\/p><\/td>

18.6%<\/p><\/td>

17.9%<\/p><\/td>

18.9%<\/p><\/td>

20.4%<\/p><\/td>

21.0%<\/p><\/td>

22.0%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

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Table 2: Entry rates for English 18 year olds from POLAR3 quintile 1 areas (for entry in year)<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2009<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2010<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2011<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2012<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2013<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2014<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2015<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

13.6%<\/p><\/td>

14.2%<\/p><\/td>

15.1%<\/p><\/td>

15.1%<\/p><\/td>

16.4%<\/p><\/td>

17.8%<\/p><\/td>

18.5%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

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Notes:<\/strong><\/p>

  1. Data published by UCAS covers full-time undergraduate applications. Table 1 shows the application rates by the main January deadline.<\/li>
  2. Data for entry rates in Table 2 include acceptances across the whole application cycle.<\/li>
  3. Disadvantage is measured by POLAR quintile 1 an area based measure of low participation.<\/li>
  4. Source of data for application rates: UCAS \u2018Application rates by the January Deadline<\/em>\u2019 report for the 2016 cycle (underlying data for Figure 14) \u2013 published in February 2016.<\/li>
  5. Source of data for entry rates: UCAS \u20182015 End of Cycle<\/em>\u2019 report (underlying data for Figure 65) \u2013 published in December 2015.<\/li><\/ol>

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    The Department funds the Citizens Advice Service to provide valuable advice to consumers, including how to avoid scams. Citizens Advice also lead the annual Scams Awareness Month, working with Trading Standards to help give consumers the confidence to spot and report a scam.<\/p>

    Trading Standards Officers have powers to take action under the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 against salesmen who use misleading practices and aggressive pressure selling. Additionally, National Trading Standards Scambuster Teams take action against large scale national and regional scammers, including those who exploit the elderly and vulnerable through the sale of substandard or unnecessary mobility aids.<\/p>

    Since 2014 the Consumer Protection (Amendment) Regulations 2014 introduced important new rights for consumers to take their own action against such traders to get their money back.<\/p>

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    The number of female doctorate qualifiers in STEM subjects increased from 5,485 in 2009/10 to 6,300 in 2013/14, an increase of 15%. The total number of doctorate qualifiers in STEM subjects also increased over this period, from 12,830 in 2009/10 to 14,020 in 2013/14, and the proportion of female doctorate qualifiers in STEM subjects who are female increased from 43% to 45%.[i]<\/sup><\/sup><\/p>

    The Government is committed to developing a strong, diverse research community. The Research Councils and National Academies share this commitment. We are taking steps to encourage greater representation of women in STEM subjects at university and in the academic community through the establishment of a Diversity Steering Group and support for such initiatives as the Athena SWAN charter which promotes gender equality in academia.<\/p>

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