Supporting students with caring responsibilities
A carer is anyone who is responsible for providing unpaid care to a family member or friend who could not cope without their support.
Information and advice pages
Supporting students with caring responsibilities
A carer is anyone who is responsible for providing unpaid care to a family member or friend who could not cope without their support.
Supporting students with parenting responsibilities
Balancing studying with family life can present challenges, so students with parenting responsibilities will find it useful to know what support they can access to manage their priorities. Here, we offer some practical tips to advisers helping them along their journey to higher education.
Supporting the NHS in attracting future talent
UCAS has been working with the NHS since 2019 to attract new talent to its workforce through our extensive reach among young people, their parents, teachers, and careers advisers.
Supporting UK Armed Forces veterans and service leavers
Students who have served in the UK Armed Forces as a Regular or Reservist may find there are unique challenges involved in applying to higher education. This guide will help you offer practical ways to help students explore their options and prepare for their next step.
Teacher Degree Apprenticeships
The Teacher Degree Apprenticeship is a new route to become a qualified teacher, offering a salaried, on-the-job experience while you study for a bachelor's degree and gain Qualified Teacher Status (QTS). This pathway is ideal for those who do not yet have an undergraduate degree but want to build a career in education.
Teacher training in Northern Ireland
Find out more about Initial Teacher Education (ITE) programmes in Northern Ireland.
Teacher training transition
Here you will find the latest information on the transition work we are doing with the Department for Education.
The results process
What happens, when, and what your students need to do to avoid delays to their application.
The UCAS Conservatoires application process
Everything you and your child needs to know is explained step-by-step, but here we’ll highlight the most important things to consider.
The UCAS International Podcast: Clearing and Extra
What is Clearing and Extra? How does it work, and can it help you? In this episode, Robbie and our guests discuss how to make the most out of your five options, how to navigate Clearing successfully, and what Extra means.
The UCAS International Podcast: Student life in the UK
Robbie and our guests discuss everything about life in the UK from an international student perspective. Joined by current students, we touch on the application process and what you need to prepare, as well as looking at accommodation options and the intricacies of student life, such as how to integrate and what's available to help.
The UCAS International Podcast: The application process
Robbie, alongside Ruth Jones and Liv McGill guide you through key dates and deadlines, explaining equal consideration and beyond, share top personal statement tips, and unpack extra requirements from admissions tests to portfolios and auditions.
Tips for international applications
This page gives you all the extra international tips for UK conservatoire applications.
Tools and resources to help you
Here you’ll find our top tips and links to handy toolkits and resources which will help you guide your students and their parents.
Tracking your students’ applications post-submission
By entering the buzzword, students give their permission to share their data and for your centre to manage the entirety of their application including viewing offers, decisions, and replies.
Training to support you
Versatile training options—online, face-to-face, or personalised—available at a time and place that suits you. Whether you're familiar with UCAS or brand new to our systems, we know how important it is that every teacher and adviser feels confident guiding students through the higher education application process. We have a range of training options to suit you.
Types of offers
Find out about the different decisions universities and colleges can make on your application.