Sentence examples for university intake from inspiring English sources

(The Malaysian prime minister had just revealed that in his country women now account for more than two-thirds of the university intake).

One of the mantras of New Labour is "social inclusion", but the latest figures show that the university intake is not becoming any more inclusive.

He replied "before coming here, my officials have told me that the latest university intake in Malaysia, a Muslim country, 68 per cent will be women entering our universities".

Ministers used to be in denial on this subject, routinely admonishing those who dared to suggest that there was any link between the change in the structure of student finance and the class profile of the university intake.

Rather than university intake necessarily having to reflect society as suggested by Simon Hughes (Universities must cut private school intake, 8 January), the universities' mission is to take the best from society and help them develop them into critically thinking, challenging and competent members of that society for the greater good of all.

It is, for instance, paying universities a premium for each student they take from poor areas and twisting their arms to get them to accept more state-school pupils.This is unjust (because it discriminates against children because of choices made for them by their parents), damaging (because it will depress the quality of university intake) and probably ineffective.

Wendy Piatt, director general of the Russell Group of leading universities, said it was important to consider the "bigger picture" underlying university intakes.

The prospect of rising tuition fees and the promise of improved access to loans for part-time students appear to be driving the shift from the traditional demographic of the university's intake.

The university's first intake will be of 1100 students, rising to 3500 over the next four years.

Achebe obtained such high marks in the entrance examination that he was admitted as a Major Scholar in the university's first intake and given a bursary to study medicine.

It has been shown that living arrangements can affect university students' dietary intake [ 41- 43].