The list of subjects quoted as being essential for pupils wanting to go to university but who don’t yet know what they want to study, will no longer be published by the Russell Group.

Instead, the Russell Group has relaunched its Informed Choices website – a guide for year 10 and 11 pupils on subject choice to study at sixth form or college and how that relates to future study and careers.

The website allows pupils to explore various degrees and subject areas to build up a more personalised picture of potential subject combinations.

The renewed guidance is particularly targeted towards improving social mobility and supporting less advantaged pupils, who may not always receive the same level of advice as others their own age.

Recent Russell Group research shows that young people consider subject choice at school or college to be less important for successfully applying to university than a range of other factors including meeting grade offers, putting in a strong application, or performance in an interview or audition. By contrast, teachers ranked subject choice as more important than these other factors.

The Russell Group is a self-appointed organisation consisting of 24 UK research-intensive universities.