Good pupils 'will miss out on university'

THE new head of Ucas has warned young people to forget about finding a university place through clearing as analysis shows at least 50,000 more school-leavers with good grades will fail to get on a course this autumn compared with last year.

New chief Mary Curnock Cook advised school-leavers to instead consider university later in life.

Ms Curnock Cook said: "I can't wave a magic wand and pretend that they are going to have to do anything other than reappraise their aspirations."