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Results day update – 18 August 2016
424,000 students placed in UK higher education as of midnight – up 3% on last year.
Top ten reasons why Clearing is an important route into higher education
The days of Clearing being the bargain basement of university admissions are long gone – Helen Thorne, UCAS’ Director of External Relations, gives her top ten reasons why.
Over 28,000 Scottish applicants placed in higher education through UCAS; up 5% on results day last year
As of midnight, 28,300 Scottish applicants have been accepted to higher education so far this year; an increase of 1,300 people, up 5% compared to SQA results day in 2015. Almost all of these (27,400) have been placed at a Scottish university or college.
Advice for Scottish university and college applicants as results day approaches
With SQA results day just a few days away, UCAS advisers, including our Social Media Team, are available to help anyone with questions about the Confirmation and Clearing process.
Early success at GCSE is key to university applicants achieving their predicted A level grades, new UCAS study shows
GCSE results and the mix of A level subjects studied are the key factors determining whether university applicants meet their predicted grades, new UCAS analysis reveals.
Children who know by age ten they want to study for a degree ‘twice as likely’ to get into a selective university, UCAS survey finds
The younger that students decide higher education is for them, the more likely they are to go to a ‘higher tariff’ university, according to UCAS’ widest ever student survey.
2016 cycle applicant figures – 30 June deadline
These statistical releases describe applicants and applications from the 2016 UCAS cycle at the 30 June deadline.
Two thirds of trainee teachers last year were women, UCAS' postgraduate teacher training report reveals
More than twice as many women (19,025) as men (8,775) were placed on postgraduate teacher training programmes through UCAS Teacher Training last year.
UCAS Love Learning competition 2016 – university students challenged to pass on their passion
Students are most likely to benefit from higher education if they have both passion and purpose in choosing their courses, UCAS Chief Executive Mary Curnock Cook said today.
Placed applicants by SIMD categories for providers in Scotland
The following data reports placed applicants from Scotland to providers in Scotland by SIMD for a subset of the UCAS data.