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Are you looking to study English literature or language at university? You'll need to pay attention to more than just your spelling and grammar, according to admissions tutors. Here's what else budding literary students will need to showcase – or avoid – in their applications.

Writing a personal statement for history? We asked admissions tutors what they're looking for – and it's all down to demonstrating your interest over and above the syllabus.

If you want to study media at university, or you think you're a budding journalist, you will need to show just how persuasive you can be by writing an effective personal statement.

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Everyone is individual, but certain life circumstances provide an opportunity to showcase the unique qualities and experiences you can bring to university life.

We asked admissions tutors to share their dos and don’ts for writing a strong and engaging computer science personal statement. Here's what they told us:

Writing a dance personal statement? We asked admissions tutors the dos and don’ts of personal statements – and that means steering clear of clichés.

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.

An archaeology student has won by revealing how 'Iceman Otzi' brought her subject to life.

New insight from UCAS is highlighting the rapidly increasing pressure that is likely to faced in the student housing sector, with a projected 30% increase in higher education applicants by 2030.

Students are being aspirational with their university choices for next autumn, with more applying for some of the most competitive courses.

As well as helping thousands of students and teachers across the country via the UCAS Hub, and at over 50 exhibitions, UCAS also offers apprenticeship opportunities for young people keen to start their careers with our team in Cheltenham.

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.

If you’ve been thinking about applying to study at university this year then there’s still time to put in an application – but just remember the 30 June deadline.

Passion for the subject should be as big a consideration as employment prospects for students picking a university course, UCAS CEO Mary Curnock Cook said today.

Students across the country have the opportunity to win up to £2,500 by creating a short video or writing an essay on their experience of life at their conservatoire.

Students in Bucharest, Romania thinking of applying to university in the UK can get answers from an expert adviser this weekend.

The deadline for most medicine, dentistry or veterinary medicine/science courses is 18:00 on Wednesday 15 October 2014.

On 24 September a UCAS adviser will be in Limerick to talk about UK higher education.