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This month’s updates include the latest news on UCAS’ Dates and Deadlines consultation, how to showcase student progression, teacher and adviser conferences in 2024, and top tips on managing applications.

UCAS has enjoyed working in collaboration with the Council of British International Schools (COBIS) for several years on various initiatives. Now, both organisations are pulling together to further enhance the experience of our mutual members and the international students you support.

The number of UK 18-year-olds from the most disadvantaged backgrounds applying to the most selective universities and courses is the highest on record.

Hundreds of thousands of students interested in becoming an apprentice can explore all their options in one place through UCAS' new apprenticeships service, launching today (18 October).

Dr Jo Saxton, the current Ofqual Chief Regulator of Qualifications is to join UCAS as its new Chief Executive.

A record number of UK 18-year-olds have secured a place at university or college through Clearing, new UCAS data shows.

As hundreds of thousands of students across the UK receive their exam results, new UCAS figures show that 79% have gained a place at their first choice of university or college.

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New UCAS figures show nearly three-quarters of young Scottish students have been accepted by their firm choice of university.

Ofqual and UCAS have written to students today (18 July) who will receive their results on 17 August 2023.

Record numbers of choices have been made by UK 18-year-old applicants to computing, new UCAS data shows.

Today UCAS, along with the Sutton Trust, is publishing our flagship new report, 'Where next? What influences the choices of would-be apprentices?'.

Creating more high-quality apprenticeships across the UK could help meet soaring demand while tackling talent shortages, according to a new UCAS and Sutton Trust report released today (6 July).

Some universities require students to sit an admissions test as part of the application process. The tests help level the playing field, allowing for fairer comparison of students from all educational backgrounds.

A projected 30% increase in applicants by 2030 could open up significant opportunities for equality of access to higher education, according to UCAS.

UCAS Chief Executive, Clare Marchant, will leave the organisation later this year to take up the role of Vice-Chancellor at the University of Gloucestershire.

Students interested in apprenticeships could surge to half a million by the end of the decade, according to UCAS.

New insight from UCAS is highlighting the rapidly increasing pressure that is likely to faced in the student housing sector, with a projected 30% increase in higher education applicants by 2030.