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Design a personal statement that illustrates your ability to be imaginative, bold, and creative.

This briefing is for staff working in universities and colleges. Here, we outline common challenges for students who participated in widening participation (WP) and outreach activities, and share examples of good practice being done around the UK to improve access to and success in higher education.

Over the past four years, UCAS has released these high-impact reports that shone a light on pertinent issues in education and skills.

Build a personal statement that contains all the right elements by making it personal, relevant, and reflective.

Build a strong and sturdy personal statement, with details of your interest in civil engineering alongside relevant facts about you.

Create a compelling personal statement that showcases your passion and talent for an exciting career in digital media, production, and technology.

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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.

Make sure you tailor your personal statement to the course you’re applying to and keep it personal, relevant, and reflective.

Demonstrate your passion, concern, or curiosity about environmental issues in a clear and personal environmental and Earth sciences personal statement.

A great history personal statement is all about selecting examples and experiences that help to demonstrate your love of the subject. Show admissions tutors your unique interest in this subject over and above the syllabus.

Assemble answers that are personal, relevant, and reflective if you want to produce the perfect manufacturing engineering personal statement.

Materials scientists and engineers are innovators and thinkers, so show admissions tutors you’ve got the right aptitude and passion to explore this subject at degree level.

Engineer a personal statement that’s well designed, suits its purpose, and tells admissions tutors something about you as a prospective mechanical engineering student.

Whether your musical interests lie in performance or music history, think engaging, detailed and relevant to strike the right note with music admissions tutors.

Admissions tutors agree that pharmacy, pharmacology, and toxicology are competitive fields to get into, so follow our tips to make you stand out.

Whether it's an exhibition you've visited or an artist who inspires you, drawing on your photography influences is key to an impressive photography personal statement.

If you’re a future physicist – or astronomer – in the making, admissions tutors say they’re looking beyond your grades for a sparkling personal statement that communicates what lights you up about the subject.

Communicate why you’re the best fit for a degree in PR and communications with a punchy, pertinent, and precise personal statement.