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 ...

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 ...

Ucas has admitted it has more work to do after new data reveals that black students are 22 times more likely to have their university applications investigated than their white counterparts. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ucas is the online application process for all British universities, for both domestic and international students. Preparation is key to producing a top-level application form. Be aware of what the ...

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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 ...

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 ...

We normally require applicants to have a minimum of five GCSEs at grade C/4 or above including English (in some cases English language is required) and, where specified in individual course ...

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 ...

A Level students find out their exam results (Picture: Getty) A level students are going through all kinds of emotions this morning as they find out the results to the exams they took earlier this ...