Claim: University applications fall by 25,000 as effects of Brexit and funding changes hit.
Fact-check: Have university applicant numbers fallen in 2017? - Full Fact
Verdict: applicant numbers have fallen by this much, compared to last year's ucas june deadline. there are probably a few things driving this, but ucas says a major factor is a fall in the number of 18 year olds in the uk population. the 18 year old application rate is still at a record high.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Claire Milne
Date published: 2017-07-14T00:00:00