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So you’re ready to start applying? UCAS Discovery is the place to find out what you need to do to make your application stand out.

After GCSEs or National 5s, you could continue studying subjects you like, take vocational qualifications, an apprenticeship, or work or volunteer and study part-time.

Susie Whigham, Interim Chief Executive Officer, The Brilliant Club, examines the risks and opportunities for widening participation on the Journey to a Million.

We’ve asked experts in the field and created a simple list to tell you about the important differences between undergraduate and postgraduate personal statements.

Find out more about the hours you could be working as an apprentice and how long your apprenticeship might take to complete.

Pat Carvalho, Principal, Birmingham Metropolitan College (BMET).

Mike Nicholson, Director of Recruitment, Admissions and Participation, University of Cambridge.

Jennifer Coupland, Chief Executive Officer, Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education

Nichola Hay MBE, Chair of the Board, Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP)

Dr Katie Petty-Saphon, Chief Executive, Medical Schools Council (MSC)

Dr Lisa Morrison Coulthard, Research Director: Optimal Pathways Development, National Foundation for Education Research (NFER)

Kieron Broadhead, Senior Executive Director, Students and Infrastructure, and Deputy Vice-President (Operations), University of Southampton

Jeremy Miles MS, Welsh Minister for Education and Welsh Language examines what increased competition means for student progression in Wales.

Carys Willgoss, Principal Policy Adviser, UCAS

Anne Marie Graham, Chief Executive, UK Council for International Student Affairs (UKCISA)

Bill Watkin, Chief Executive, Sixth Form Colleges Association (SFCA)

Geoff Barton, General Secretary, The Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL)

Rt. Hon Justine Greening, Former Secretary of State for Education and Chairman of the Purpose Coalition, examines what the Journey to a Million means for widening access and participation, levelling up and how we maintain the interest of disadvantaged students.

Alison Train, Assistant Director, Lothians Equal Access Programme for Schools (LEAPS) examines what the Journey to a Million means for widening access in Scotland?

A new report from UCAS and the Sutton Trust seeks to understand the choices and barriers faced by learners in the apprenticeship journey.