Claim: 2016 saw the steepest fall in university applications for 30 years.
Fact-check: Are university applications falling in the UK?  - Full Fact
Verdict: this is wrong. in 2016 the number of applicants to uk universities fell slightly, but not by as much as they did in 2012, following the increase in tuition fees. the number of applications to uk universities  rose in 2016. the number of applicants for 2017  showed a fall of 5%. this is the second largest of three falls since 2002.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Amy Sippitt
Date published: 2017-05-30T00:00:00