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10 Facts About the Profile of the Future Panel

1. Membership of 12,000 prospective HE students, growing to around 20,000
2. 2,000 international students, including 100 Chinese students
3. More than 1,000 mature students
4. 3,000 in socioeconomic categories C2, D and E
5. More than 2,000 from minority ethnic groups
6. 3,000 currently studying difficult to recruit subjects physics and chemistry
7. 750 are unsure about whether they will go into HE, with the major barriers being uncertainty about getting the necessary grades and concerns about the cost of uni
8. 360 looking to study part-time
9. More than 2,000 would like to stay living at home when they go to uni
10. 4,500 are trail blazers with no immediate family members having ever attended university

*Panel profiling facts, correct as of March 2008
**Panel will be growing until September 2008