I'm not sure that 'Club Med' means much to today's eighteen-year-olds, but in any case, David Willetts has told them that the days of the "Club Med application" to university are over. By this, I think he means that the days of automatically applying to university when you are eighteen, just because your friends are doing it, are over. (Clearly gap years have passed Mr Willetts by). Instead, a much more flexible approach to HE - with life-long opportunities - is the way of the future.
This comment was part of the furore in the press about the lack of university places this year. With an 11.6% increase in UCAS applications, up to 170,000 students could be disappointed this year (aka a "lost generation" in UCU-speak). While clearing was always the back-up option for students who under-performed, it is "heading the way of the dodo" according to the Guardian. With fines for over-recruitment estimated at £11,000 per student over 3 years, universities are going to stick to their targets. And with such demand for student places, it looks like all remaining places will be cleared in record time, with the remainder needed for consoling distraught students and parents.