2009 saw record
numbers of university leavers and new figures show more than 660,000 people have applied for a university
place for the next academic year. This staggering amount is up by 12 per cent from last year, once again breaking the record for the
number of university applicants. With these figures on the rise, the coalition government have made an extra 10,000 university
places to support the
hefty amount
of applications, meaning more students than ever will be graduating with degrees in the coming years. It is becoming even harder for employers to recruit graduates when they simply can not distinguish who is more qualified for the job â $ «how does one chose between the graduate with the 2:1 History degree from Durham or the 2:1 English Literature graduate from Bristol?