Degree apprenticeships
A degree apprenticeship gives you the opportunity to gain a paid-for degree while getting industry experience and earning a salary.
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Degree apprenticeships
A degree apprenticeship gives you the opportunity to gain a paid-for degree while getting industry experience and earning a salary.
Degree apprenticeships packages
Promote your degree apprenticeship opportunities to candidates with our apprenticeship package designed to boost the capacity and equality of opportunity within degree apprenticeship provision.
Dentistry 2026 personal statement guide
Whether you’re good with people or you’re looking for high job satisfaction, find out how to stand out in a competitive field. You’ll need todemonstrate your ‘motivation and commitment to a career in dentistry’, and make sure you tailor your statement to the dental school you’re applying to.
Dependants' grants for full-time students
If you have children or an adult dependent, and you want to study a full-time undergraduate course or an Initial Teacher Training (ITT) programme, you may be able to get extra help. Content provided by Student Finance England.
Destination University toolkit
Access a free toolkit, designed to help more young people into university.
Developing your skills as an adviser
Whether you are a careers adviser, or a teacher supporting students, you'll need to continually reflect on your careers practice to keep improving the value of what you do. We can help with some of this...
Diagnostic radiographer
Diagnostic radiographers use state-of-the-art technology to diagnose patients and make sure they receive the right treatment to help them on their road to recovery.
Digital media, production, and technology 2026 personal statement guide
Create a compelling personal statement that showcases your passion and talent for an exciting career in digital media, production, and technology.
Direct mail
Showcase your brand experience, not just your message, by getting it through the letterboxes of young people, students, and potential new customers. Direct mail can help your brand stand out.
Disabled Students' Allowance: Northern Ireland
The Disabled Students’ Allowance (DSA) aims to ensure everyone has the support and adjustments they need to succeed during their studies. This information is relevant to students who normally live in Northern Ireland.
Disabled Students’ Allowance: Scotland
This guide was created by Lead Scotland, a charity providing support for disabled people to learn.
Disabled Students' Allowance: Wales
The Disabled Students’ Allowance (DSA) aims to ensure everyone has the support and adjustments they need to succeed during their studies. This information is relevant to students who normally live in Wales.
Disabled students: Financial support
Having a disability or mental health condition might mean incurring additional costs (e.g. access to specialist equipment) when accessing higher education. But don’t worry, there is financial support available.
Disabled students: Preparing for open days and visits
Open days are a valuable way of finding out about a university or college first-hand – you can tour the facilities, speak to staff and current students, and really get a feel for whether you would like to study there.
Disabled students: Researching your choices
Our best advice: start your research early. Alongside your research into courses and universities, you may also need to take your individual support needs into account when making your choices.
Disabled students: Support with transition to university
A new start can make you feel excited and nervous – there’s a lot to think about.
Discover Apprenticeships
Connect with students and promote your apprenticeships/careers to the next generation of talent
Discover Subjects
Connect with students as they find out more about their subject of interest and translate ideas into more concrete plans, at our Discover Subjects events.
Discovery exhibitor zone
The Exhibitor Zone contains everything you need when exhibiting at UCAS Discovery events - including the latest updates, handy guides, event-specific information pages, marketing assets and more.
Displaced students
If you're applying to higher education as a refugee, asylum seeker or with an insecure immigration status, there may be support available to help you. This page has been created in collaboration with Refugee Education UK, STAR Network and We Belong.