ABSTRACT
This chapter presents some empirical findings which relate to the level and nature of demand among the younger age group during the time of the Pilot Scheme itself. Observations concerning the likely effects on demand of possible national developments are contained in the concluding chapter of this report. Although the surveys were carried out a year after applications for the Pilot Scheme had closed, it seems fairly likely from these results that there were large numbers of young people who could not have applied for admission under the Scheme because they had not heard of the Open University at that time, or because their knowledge of the University was incorrect. There were very strong positive correlations between age, highest educational qualifications and terminal age of education, and the propensity to register as students. The higher an individual came on each scale the more likely he or she was to become a student.
