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Empower your students on their journey to UK higher education
Join us in the vibrant city of Manchester for two days of insight, collaboration, and community engagement. Explore the evolving UK admissions landscape alongside higher education experts, UCAS specialists, and fellow advisers from all over the globe.
Opening times
4 reasons to attend
3 'reasons to attend'
What's on the agenda?
- Step-by-step guidance on key deadlines and an exploration into all parts of the application form and process.
- Insights from UK admissions teams on how to set your students up for success.
- Tips for writing effective references and personal statement support and tools to manage high volumes of applications with confidence.
- Ideas for engaging students and parents earlier, and throughout the journey.
- Practical ways to apply UCAS data to support student decision-making.
- Peer-led insights and practical approaches from advisers working in diverse global settings.
- Meaningful professional connections from collaborative, interactive sessions designed for reflection and problem-solving.
- Updates on policy changes and what they mean for your setting.
Conference Tracks
Track 1: Managing UCAS Applications
This UCAS-led track will provide an overview of UCAS resources, services, and new updates, for those who want to deeper dive into the support UCAS has to offer for advisers. Sessions will centre on practical tips, tools, and a space to swap ideas, especially around timelines, processes, and admissions strategies.
Track 2: Community of Practice
This peer-led learning track will focus on the issues that matter most to the international adviser community, with embedded collaboration, reflection, and the sharing of best practice. These sessions draw on what we know advisers wish to learn from each other, connected together by UCAS.
Track 3: UK subject excellence
This track will focus on the UK’s excellence in academic disciplines, guiding delegates through the most sought-after subjects areas. Sessions will encompass UCAS subject trend data, provider expertise, and the student experience. Delegates will complete this track with a better understanding of the excellence UK higher education has to offer in order to better inform, guide and support their applicants.
Experience campus life first-hand
Bring your UK university advice to life with an optional campus tour — designed to give you a real feel for what students experience day to day. Led by current student ambassadors, these tours offer an authentic perspective on campus life, facilities, and the wider student experience.
On this full day tour you will visit the University of Manchester, Keele University, and the University of Liverpool. On the tour, you will:
- Explore teaching spaces, accommodation, and social facilities
- Hear directly from current students about their experiences
- Build confidence in your advice with real, first-hand insight
- Better understand what day-to-day student life looks like
Campus tours are optional and spaces are limited — book early to secure your place.
If you're committed to empowering international students to make informed, confident higher education choices, this conference will equip you with the insight, tools, and future-focused guidance to support student aspirations and success.
“The conference was very well organised, and the range of presentations was really interesting.”
“Engaging staff, quality of sessions and opportunities to network and engage with university representatives and colleagues.”
“Insightful sessions, interesting discussions, wonderful catering and a warm welcome from all the UCAS staff as always!”
“All of the speakers were excellent, with relevant and well thought out messages.”
“As a new counsellor, the conference was incredibly informative and helpful.”
“It was a great event, packed with information and exposure.”
Who should attend?
Teachers, advisers, counsellors and recruitment consultants who support international (non-UK) students on their discovery and admissions journeys to study in the UK. You do not need to be a UCAS registered centre to book, but places are limited to schools, colleges, agencies and other organisations who directly advise applicants on the full range of UK undergraduate study options.
If you are a representative of a commercial organisation who does not meet the above criteria, please email us at eventssales@ucas.ac.uk.