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Four steps to choosing your university

With 189 higher education institutions offering thousands of courses, deciding on which option to take can be difficult for students. Owen O’Neill offers some advice.

The decision whether or not to go on to higher education has never been harder. With tuition fees of £9,000 per year it is a costly option, yet one that almost half of young people in England decide to pursue according to government figures.

And for those who choose to go, the volume of information out there is phenomenal. For most this choice will be by far the biggest and most complex they have made in their lives so far. It is hardly surprising therefore that a recent survey by Which? showed that 26 per cent of undergraduates wished they had done more research before making their choice.

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