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Student focus groups

We regularly run focus groups, to speak to current students of different backgrounds, to understand their experiences of UCAS, deciding what to study, what life is like at uni, etc.

Posted Wed 30 October 2019

This helps us better tailor our advice, understand their needs, and prioritise and focus developments.

These sessions last for two hours and are led by UCAS staff. Past focus groups have been observed by members of the hosting provider’s Students' Union or Admissions Team, who’ve taken away useful information to support their own working practices.  

If you would be willing to host a session, we’d love to hear from you! We’d ask you to provide us with:

  • a group of students (they could be ambassadors, first years, postgraduates, etc.) – we’ll give each of them a £20 Love2Shop or Amazon voucher to thank them for their time
  • a room to hold the session in

If you’d be interested in hosting a student focus group, please email our Student Experience Manager, Courteney Sheppard, at c.sheppard@ucas.ac.uk.