Create Your Future: The Creative Career Showcase
Your chance to explore creative courses, apprenticeships, and careers – all in one place. Book your place today.
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Create Your Future: The Creative Career Showcase
Your chance to explore creative courses, apprenticeships, and careers – all in one place. Book your place today.
Dance 2026 personal statement guide
Dance admissions tutors really want to get a sense of your passion and love of dance through what you say in your personal statement. Demonstrate your enthusiasm with examples and experiences that are unique to you.
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.
Drama and theatre studies 2026 personal statement guide
Whether you want to be writing plays or acting them out, admissions tutors are looking for evidence of your enthusiasm for drama and theatre studies that extends beyond the curriculum, and for your unique personality to come across in your personal statement.
Environmental and Earth sciences 2026 personal statement guide
Demonstrate your passion, concern, or curiosity about environmental issues in a clear and personal environmental and Earth sciences personal statement.
Events and summer schools to prepare students for higher education
Organising events in your school or college is a great way to help students make smart choices about higher education (HE) or find alternative routes. There’s a wealth of activities outside school too.
EXACT case study: University of Chester
How the University of Chester uses data to punch above its weight.
Exhibiting at Create Your Future
Connect with the next generation of creatives by showcasing your offerings and brands in a specialist environment designed to inspire, imagine and influence.
Fashion, textiles, and jewellery 2026 personal statement guide
Design a stand-out personal statement by showcasing your knowledge, passion, and personal traits that suit you to a degree in fashion, textiles, and jewellery.
Film studies 2026 personal statement guide
Direct your personal statement to success with a mixture of passion, knowledge, and know-how.
Gap years
Gap years can be used to enhance your CV, travel, learn new skills, and much more. Find out more and get some inspiration here.
GCSE choices: Practical ways to guide students
Advising Year 9s on GCSE options? Use our advice to make sure their choices are suited to their learning style and ability, and fit in with their future aspirations.
Graduate visa
After you’ve studied in the UK, and achieved a relevant degree or equivalent qualification, you can apply for a graduate visa. Discover what is it, how to apply, what the requirements are, and how long it might take.
Graphic design 2026 personal statement guide
Design a personal statement that illustrates your ability to be imaginative, bold, and creative.
Have a career in mind already?
Determined to get to your dream career? going to a UCAS discovery event can help decide the best way to get there.
Helping students find worthwhile work experience placements
It’s not always easy to secure work experience placements, but it is worth the effort, and it pays to start from as early as Year 9. Here’s how to ensure their placement is worthwhile, suitable, and gives them something useful to take away at the end.
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.
How to apply for postgraduate courses
You can use UCAS Postgraduate to apply for some postgraduate courses. Please read the information below carefully to select the correct application route for your course.
How to choose between courses and conservatoires
Take a look at how courses are delivered, find out more about conservatoires, and compare them.
How to choose the right undergraduate course for you
Are you stuck deciding which subject, course type, or uni or college is right for you? Read on for our tips and advice on tackling this big decision.