In reply to @SLSingh
@SLSingh Mainly the new maths GCSE (and did that cohort do the new A level?), as far as I know. At Newcastle we weren't as badly hit as we feared, which our recruitment people take credit for
In reply to @christianp
@SLSingh I half remember about there just being fewer 18 year olds this year, too. Engineering was very down on last year, again not unexpectedly