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Data from the ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ Statistics Agency, published in Universities UK¡¯s Patterns and Trends in UK ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ 2015 report, revealed that in 2013-14 there were 995,740 entrants to UK universities, a 1.5 per cent drop since 2004-05. Part-time first degree entrants fell by 12.2 per cent over the 10-year period.

The decline in new students occurred as the total income of the higher education sector increased by 70 per cent over the decade, from ?18 billion to ?30.7 billion.

The number of staff employed at universities also increased by 14.3 per cent over this period to reach 395,780. More than two-thirds (67.9 per cent) of this increase is due to a rise in the number of academic staff, while more than a quarter (26.8 per cent) of the rise occurred between 2012-13 and 2013-14.

Meanwhile, the gap between the number of academic staff and professional staff at UK universities was at its smallest point for a decade in 2013-14.

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