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Step-by-step guides for advising students with individual needs

If you're unfamiliar with the UCAS application but helping someone apply to university or college, our step-by-step guides will help.

Find specialist guidance on how to support a student with individual needs and all the details you need to help them:

  • research their options
  • make their application
  • get ready for their studies

Step-by-step guide to UCAS

This offers all the basic information about navigating each step of the UCAS process – from helping someone research their options, through to helping them get ready to start their studies.

Step-by-step guide to supporting care experienced students

As well as the basic information, this guide also gives you everything you need if you’re helping someone with care experience throughout the UCAS process.

More guides will be added here soon.