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UCAS, in collaboration with Unite Students and Knight Frank, is grateful for the input from a range of stakeholders and partners across the UK education and skills sectors, whose individual voices have created this essay collection. The opinions expressed in individual essays are the authors’ own, and do not reflect the views of UCAS. The purpose of this release is to stimulate debate.

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

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.

If you want to reach students in the UK, there's no one who knows them better.

Heather Cousins, Deputy Secretary, Skills and Education Group in the Department for the Economy examines what increased competition means for student progression in Northern Ireland.

Joy Elliott-Bowman, Director of Policy and Development, Independent Higher Education (IHE)

Think accountancy is all about number-crunching? Think again! There’s far more to being an accountant than just figures.

Tom Ravenscroft, Chief Executive Officer, Skills Builder

Connecting employers and young people through on-demand, immersive work experience programmes

Dr Stephen Coulter, Head of Industrial Strategy, Skills and Sustainability, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change and James Scales, Policy Lead, Skills and Future of Work, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change.

Dr Anthony Manning, Director and Dean of Global Lifelong Learning, University of Kent.

Clare Marchant, Chief Executive of UCAS, introduces our collection of essays, created in collaboration with Unite Students and Knight Frank, highlighting the challenges and opportunities the Journey to a Million higher education applicants poses both to the education sector and UK PLC.

Facts about Cambridge Technicals: who they are for and what subjects are available.

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Facts about BTEC diplomas: who they are for, the different types, how they are taught, what you need to get on one, and what you can do afterwards.

Show you’ve got the listening skills, resilience, and knowledge of the job in a personal statement that’s relevant and reflective.

Direct your personal statement to success with a mixture of passion, knowledge, and know-how.