The number of first-year university students fell by a hefty 8.2 per cent in 2022 to the lowest level in nine years, as more young people took advantage of post-pandemic freedoms to do gap years and get work in the robust jobs market.
New students, largely made up of high-school leavers, fell to 267,110, from 290,900 in 2021, representing the smallest cohort since 2013, according to the latest data from the Department of Education.
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