The pie charts below show the main reasons why students chose to study at a particular UK University in 1987 and 2007.

The charts illustrate how many

school

leavers chose to

study

at a certain university in the UK between 1987 and 2007.

Overall

, there was an increase in the proportion of young people choosing to

study

at

this

school

because it provided suitable courses and it was close to their home,

while

the figures for those opting for

this

school

owing to its quality of resources and teaching, and its physical and social activities declined.

In addition

, the majority of students chose to

study

in the examined

school

because of its degree courses in both years. The percentage of students saying that they chose to

study

in the surveyed

school

because of its courses started at 35%, after which it saw a slight increase to 37%. Meanwhile, the figure for those whose house was close to their

school

grew significantly from 10% to 21%. 21% of the students placed more emphasis on the quality of the resources of the

school

in 1987, with a subsequent decline to 17% in 2007. In the meanwhile, the figures for undergraduates whose reason for enrollment was related to the quality of teaching and

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activities halved to 8% and 9% respectively.