are 28,000 courses available in clearing, lots of options, lots of choices for students to have a look at. last year more than 30,000 students got a place at university through this clearing process. we have had some figures in the last couple of hours which talk about the results and 79% of students have gained a place in theirfirst results and 79% of students have gained a place in their first choice of university or college. that is a couple of percentage point below last year but 5% higher than pre pandemic in 2019. there has also been a slight drop in the number of students achieving the top grade compared to last year, which is higher than pre pandemic. let s talk about those results with the chief executive of ucas. thank you for speaking to us. let s speak about the overall picture of those results, so more students going to theirfirst choice results, so more students going to their first choice university than pre pandemic. does that suggest universities are being a little bit