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2025 entry: Deadline for conservatoire decisions on all outstanding applications and for applicant replies
21st October 2025 • Conservatoires
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21st October 2026 • Conservatoires
Conservatoires 2025 entry: If you receive all decisions by 12 March, reply by 9 April
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Conservatoires 2026 entry: If you receive all decisions by 12 March, reply by 7 April
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Royal Conservatoire of Scotland - MEd Discovery Session: If I May - permission to change
6th May 2025 • Virtual and digital, Postgraduate, Conservatoires
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UCAS Conservatoires Confirmation overview
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UCAS Conservatoires: finance and support
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Over 2,000 students placed on music, dance and drama courses at conservatoires
UCAS today publishes the 2014 UCAS Conservatoires End of Cycle Report, a detailed analytical report setting
Global interest to study music at the UK’s prestigious conservatoires hits new high
A record 1,250 talented performers from outside of the EU have applied through UCAS Conservatoires to
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UCAS today publishes the 2015 UCAS Conservatoires End Of Cycle Report
The report provides the most comprehensive analysis to date of the UCAS Conservatoires admissions scheme.
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Rising star from Fife wins UCAS Conservatoires’ Take the Spotlight competition
Liam Vincent-Kilbride, from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, has been announced as the winner of
Continuation of the rebrand to UCAS Conservatoires
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