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Name-blind applications to higher education – comment from UCAS’ CEO
The Prime Minister wrote in the Guardian today that name-blind applications could help increase participation in HE from ethnic minority groups.Read the response from Mary Curnock Cook, UCAS' Chief Executive.
37,000 students respond to UCAS’ Applicant Data Survey
A majority of UCAS applicants agree that sharing personal data can benefit them and support research into university admissions, but they want to stay firmly in control.
UCAS applications 2016: Top tips
The application window for the 2016 cycle is now open which can mean only one thing. Thousands of students across the UK will now start to think seriously about applying to start university next year and their all-important UCAS application form.
Three per cent rise in students entering UK higher education this year, UCAS interim analysis shows
UCAS has published its interim analysis (four weeks after A level results day) of acceptances by intended academic year of entry, country of provider and qualifications held.
UCAS Analysis Note 2015/05 – 'Offer rates to different ethnic groups are close to expected values'
UCAS has published its fifth Analysis Note of the 2015 cycle, entitled ‘Offer rates to different ethnic groups close to expected values’.
UCAS’ CEO Mary Curnock Cook comments on today’s statement by the Minister for Universities and Science on Widening Access
I know that data about admissions to higher education is important – that’s why we have become the largest publisher of analysis and data about HE in the UK, with particular focus on applications and acceptances by background and ethnic group in our most recent End of Cycle Report.
UCAS Clearing update: Friday 28 August 2015
As of midnight on Thursday 27 August a total of 491,310 people had been placed in full-time UK higher education, an increase of 3% on the same point last year.
UCAS Clearing update: Thursday 27 August 2015
As of midnight on Wednesday 26 August a total of 489,280 people had been placed in full-time UK higher education, an increase of 3% on the same point last year.
UCAS Clearing update: Wednesday 26 August 2015
As of midnight on Tuesday 25 August a total of 487,160 people had been placed in full-time UK higher education, an increase of 3% on the same point last year.
UCAS Clearing update: Tuesday 25 August 2015
As of midnight on Monday 24 August a total of 484,540 people had been placed in full-time UK higher education, an increase of 3% on the same point last year.