Ucas, the university admissions service, has announced that following calls from parents, it will be allowing them to take control and act as their children's representatives in the application process. Up until now the admissions service had to deal directly with young people, even if it was the parents who were really making all the decisions.
As a result, mum or dad are now in charge of one in 10 of this year's half-a-million applications. Parents can receive regular emails from Ucas updating them on the progress of their application and are even allowed to negotiate places and make decisions on behalf of their children.
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