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How to advise students about GCSE choices
Get to grips with the key issues around choosing GCSEs. This introductory guide will help you understand the facts and advise your students effectively.
UCAS Tariff
The UCAS Tariff is a means of allocating points to post-16 qualifications, based on a simple mathematical model which uses a qualification size and grading scale to generate a total number of points.
English Language Tests (ELTs)
If you’re thinking about studying at a university in the UK, you’ll need to demonstrate that you’ve got the necessary level of English language proficiency. The level that you’ll need varies from university to university, and even from course to course within the same university.
Entry requirements and alternatives to A levels
A levels aren't the only option out there to take your students to higher education.
How can we best prepare the Million for a rapidly evolving job market?
Tom Ravenscroft, Chief Executive Officer, Skills Builder
Scholarships, grants, and bursaries
If your student loan won’t nearly be enough to cover your university costs, check out these extra ways of receiving funds to help with living expenses and tuition fees.
Scholarships, grants, and bursaries: Low income households
Universities and colleges offer extra funding to support students from low income backgrounds. We explain what ‘low income’ means’, and why it pays to update your student finance body on your situation.
Scholarships, grants, and bursaries: Sports
Sports scholarships, grants, and bursaries can open up a wealth of resources to promising student athletes, as well as a financial top-up. Learn more about how you can get a sports scholarship.
Scotland and Wales: What happens next?
Here you’ll find out more about understanding your training providers’ decisions and replying to your offers.
Electrical and electronic engineering 2026 personal statement guide
Get the circuitry right with a personal statement that powers up your good points, lets your knowledge shine, and shows what sparked your interest in electrical and electronic engineering.
1 Blog post
Finding balance: Understanding the shifting priorities of Gen Z in higher education and career aspirations
Edward McClaran & Vicky Downie, Principal Insight Consultants, UCAS5 Dec 2023, 11:24
14 News articles
CCEA GCSE grading
For 2019 first award, CCEA has introduced a new nine-letter GCSE grading scale (A* – G) in Northern Ireland.
Qualification reform – GCSE changes
This summer will see the first awarding of GCSEs graded 9 – 1 in England.
Irish Leaving Certificate – new grading scale for 2017
We would like to remind you that a revised grading scale is being introduced for the Irish Leaving Certificate
The new UCAS Tariff – ten things university applicants, teachers, and parents need to know
The UCAS Tariff has been changed for students applying now to start higher education courses from next
GCSE survey – closing Friday 16 September
From 2017, GCSEs in England will start being awarded with a 9-1 grading scale.
GCSE reform survey
From 2017, GCSEs in England will start being awarded with a 9-1 grading scale. Ofqual has stated that