艺术类专业逐渐紧俏摘自Time Online

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越来越多的学生选择美术、艺术设计、护理、教育、信息技术等此类专业，而越来越少的学生申请读经济学和建筑学。下表摘自Time Online也列出了十大申请学位增加的院校以及十大热门专业的推荐，供学生们参考： There seem to be an endless stream of stories about universities, applicati##被过滤## and funding cuts at the moment. Indeed, we have heard about record rises in applicati##被过滤## this year.
But what’s the story behind the headlines? Who is applying for these extra places, and what subjects are they hoping to study? Perhaps more importantly, is it all bad news? The Good University Guide’s John O’Leary explains, after these tables:
Universities: top ten increases in degree applicati##被过滤## Applicati##被过滤## Change University of the Arts London 22,829 112.2%
University for the Creative Arts 8,651 93.9%
Thames Valley University 7,025 85.8%
Edinburgh Napier University 14,872 78.3%
Middle##被过滤## University 20,076 55.7%
University of the West of Scotland 8,620 55.2%
De Montfort University 22,827 53.4%
The Robert Gordon University 8,634 52.3%
University of East London 14,919 50.0%
Anglia Ruskin University 11,494 49.1%
Universities: lowest growth in degree applicati##被过滤##
Applicati##被过滤## Change Brunel University 17,767 -8.8%
Lancaster University 12,071 -4.3%
University of Bristol 37,668 -3.9%
London School of Economics 18,368 -0.4%
Cardiff University 29,569 -0.3%
University of Edinburgh 45,010 0.4%
University of Warwick 33,228 0.9%
University of Bath 17,523 1.0%
Roe Hampton University 8,184 1.1%
University of Reading 17,143 1.2%
“Anyone hoping to go to university this year could be forgiven for a bout of despondency after this week’s applicati##被过滤## figures. A 22 per cent increase is truly extraordinary – especially after a big rise last year – but it does not mean all courses will be that much more competitive. In particular, the most selective courses may not be affected as much as the less popular opti##被过滤##.
For once, the squeeze looks like being in the lower reaches of the league tables. That may well be bad news for the Government’s attempts to widen participation in higher education because those are the universities with the most students from working-class families. But no doubt ministers knew that when they cut the number of places on offer.
Nearly half of the additional applicants (about 46,000 of the 106,000 increase) have reapplied after failing to secure a place last summer. By definition, most of them will be making less ambitious applicati##被过滤##. Many of the others are mature students, who tend to be tied to a locality and are found disproportionately at new universities. And even the extra school-leavers are likely to be at the lower end of the ability range because most of those with high grades were already heading for university.
As a result, some of the universities at the top of the tree have hardly any more applicants than last year – less at Bristol and the London School of Economics. But a number of the new universities will be raising their entry standards and reluctantly turning away far more applicants than usual. Thames Valley University has had an 86 per cent increase in applicati##被过滤## and Edinburgh Napier 78 per cent. Middle##被过滤##, the West of Scotland, De Montfort and Robert Gordon universities are all up by more than 50 per cent on last year.
The same goes, to some extent, for subjects. The biggest rises of all, in art and design, are to do with a change in deadline and will probably even out over the coming months. But while there has been a 75 per cent increase in applicati##被过滤## to nursing degrees (fuelled by the impending withdrawal of the diploma option) fewer students have applied to read economics and classics. Increases of 6 per cent for law and around 8 per cent for English and history would be significant in any other year, but are modest when the average rise is 22 per cent.
University applicati##被过滤## are often over interpreted. A slight swing towards a few vocational subjects is taken as a panic resp##被过滤##e to rising student debt. But these figures are a real reflection of recession: huge increases among the over 25s, unprecedented demand for places at big city universities and a focus on subjects that should lead to secure jobs.
Social work, for example, is up by 41 per cent despite a stream of bad publicity and unfilled vacancies all over the country. Meanwhile, the hitherto popular finance degrees are struggling and suddenly no one wants to study building. The idea that students do not take account of future job prospects is looking questionable after these figures.”
Subjects with largest growth in applicati##被过滤## Applicati##被过滤## Change Fine Art 22,186 129.30%
Design studies 82,521 102.30%
Nursing 94,644 73.70%
Cinema tics and Photography 32,331 47.50%
Medical Technology 11,252 46.90%
Zoology 9,103 43.30%
Social Work 52,238 41.30%
Education 25,146 32.10%
Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology 25,904 31.80%
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itality, Leisure and Tourism 33,455 27.90%

Software Engineering 6,393 27.70%

Information Systems 12,180 26.50%
Subjects with lowest growth
Applicati##被过滤## Change

Finance 5,191 -5.70%

Classical studies 4,938 -1.50%

Economics 44,490 -0.60%

Building 11,966 -0.50%

Law 83,567 6.30%

Physical Geographical Sciences 18,333 6.70%

History 48,528 7.70%

Marketing 16,671 8.00%

Chemical Engineering 9,376 8.00%

History 6,841 8.00%

Ophthalmic 4,231 8.00%

English 58,232 8.60%