Edison As applications for these subjects increase, the dental school will receive additional funding to expand the curriculum, government Has been announced.
University places for these courses UK Subject to government restrictions to ensure that teaching, learning and assessment standards are maintained.
However, the upper limit will now be adjusted to allow more than 9,000 medical and dental courses for students in 2021. Ministry of Education (DfE) has been announced.
It said that compared with last year, this year’s medical and dental applications have increased by 20%.
We want to match the enthusiasm of our students and ensure that as many people as possible this year can become future doctors and healthcare professionals
The announcement is made before the A-level results day next week, when tens of thousands of school leavers will learn their results after their exams this summer were cancelled for the second year in a row due to the pandemic.
Minister of Education, Gavin Williamson Said: “In this pandemic, our NHS heroes have been at the forefront of the response, and their resilience, dedication and perseverance have clearly inspired the next generation.
“Medicine and dentistry have always been popular courses, and we see a great demand for degrees this year, like other disciplines such as engineering and nursing.
“We want to match the enthusiasm of our students and ensure that as many people as possible this year can receive training to become future doctors and healthcare professionals.”
Last summer, before Ofqual’s U-turn was announced, the fiasco surrounding grading resulted in the performance of thousands of A-level students being downgraded from school estimates by a controversial algorithm.
The government subsequently announced that it would abolish the upper limit of medical courses after the big turn, after the agency warned that they had limited space for higher-achieving students.
