Universities asking for the highest entry grades have so far accepted 8% more students this year than in 2023. The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (Ucas) data suggests universities are ...

If you’re receiving your A-level results this year, you may have heard of clearing. This is the process students can go through if they don’t receive the grades they were expecting and miss out on ...

Students hoping to start undergraduate courses in 2025 will be able to see the grades that recent successful applicants have achieved at A-level or equivalent. Universities already publish entry ...

A record number of 18-year-olds are likely to get into their first choice of university this year, the head of the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (Ucas) has said - even if they narrowly ...

The change comes amid claims that the personal statements favour middle-class students who may have better access to “high-quality advice and guidance”, according to Ucas. The 4,000-character essay ...

The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) has implemented MuleSoft’s Anypoint Platform as it revamps the university admissions clearing process. “We are two years through a digital ...

A-level students have been advised “to make a plan ahead of results day” to avoid any disappointment. Clare Marchant, chief executive of Ucas, said the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service is ...

Ucas extra is another feature of the Ucas application process in the UK. If you have used up all five options on your university application and have not received any offers, you still have the ...

After 32 years, university applicants this autumn will no longer face having to fill a big blank box with 4,000 characters. The old-style UCAS personal statement is no more. The university admissions ...

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