Apprenticeships boosted under plans to broaden UCAS
Young people will be able to use UCAS to search and apply for apprenticeships, alongside degrees, under new plans announced by the Education Secretary and…
UCAS
The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) is a private limited company which provides educational support services.
UCAS connects people from University to post Uni studies. This includes teacher training, apprenticeships & internships.
The organisation processes applications for undergraduate courses at universities and colleges in the UK. UCAS is an intermediary between you, the applicant, and the universities you’re interested in.
You gain UCAS points through qualifications such as A-Levels, T-Levels, etc.
These points are used when applying to a university, or other educational qualification. You need so many UCAS points to be considered for certain courses.
UCAS personal statements create inequality and should be replaced by short-response questions
The UCAS personal statement is a 4,000 character / 47-line essay that applicants submit when applying for UK undergraduate programmes. There is growing recognition that the…
UCAS data reveals record numbers of students entering higher education
Figures released today (Thursday 22 September) show 275,390 students have been accepted onto a course, higher than the 272,500 (+1%) last year and up from…
Level 3 Results Day Buzz Heralds Fun Enrolment to Come at West London College
Hundreds of level 3 students woke up this morning (Thursday 18 August) to find out their BTEC vocational qualification results. The culmination of months of…
Joint Ofqual and UCAS letter to students before results day, Sector Reaction
Dear Student For those of you receiving results on 18 August This week, you’ll get your results. To get to this point, you have shown…
2022 UCAS Applicant Figures – 30 June Deadline
Statistical release published on 14 July, providing core numbers for the 2022 June 30 application deadline and graphical illustrations of key trends. This release includes…
SFJ Awards Level 3 Certificate in Knowledge of Policing gets go ahead from UCAS
The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service, UCAS, has recognised SFJ Awards’ Level 3 Certificate in Knowledge of Policing as an eligible pre-entry qualification for degree-level…
Nearly half of UCAS applicants want more information on apprenticeships
“Levelling up” careers provision would make the country fairer, new report suggests Careers advice is driving inequality in education, @SMFthinktank report shows. Careers advice and…
UCAS record: 68% of medical-related degree applicants are female
A freedom of information request reveals 68% of applicants to medical-related degrees in the UK are female – an all-time high. Though applications from the…
Post-qualifications admissions – Should year 10s be enrolled into the UCAS system?
Abandoning university admissions reform ‘another nail in the coffin’ for widening access to working class communities say UCU Last year the Department for Education consulted…