Combine your data with ours to differentiate your university or college from your competitors. With extensive insights and unrivalled higher education expertise, we'll help you develop stand-out plans to gain the advantage.
Think smart for your future
There's over 30 years of higher education expertise in our consultancy solutions and intuitive data products. Solve your most complex challenges to help you recruit eager students in a sustainable way.
Access data insights and consultancy
From competitor benchmarking and conversion evaluation to long-term growth plans, our experts combine our data with yours to help you make smart decisions about the future of your university or college.
Get savvy about your customers
Make the most of our audience of over 1m young people aged 16 and upwards. Understand what they're looking for and the potential of specific segments. Uncover the best ways to reach students who want to study with you.
What our partners say
"The UCAS Competitor Insight Dashboard has given us a greater understanding of who our competitors are on a subject-by-subject basis, where our successes lie, and where there are areas for improvement."
University of Stirling
Fine-tune your recruitment strategy
Delve into interactive data visualisations on our Competitor Insight Dashboard. Understand your competitive performance at different stages in the recruitment cycle – overall and at subject level. Identify trends and how your competitive position has changed over the last three years of data.
More ways to get your competitive advantage
Understand the most important factors at play as your applicants respond to offers. Get real-time feedback via our survey as students submit their decisions.
Understand mindsets to reach and recruit the students who resonate with your brand. Pre-empt competitors and opportunities to fine-tune your strategies.
Combining expert analysis, intimate knowledge of your industry, and a creative approach to problem solving – we’re uniquely positioned to provide data that translates into insight and tangible outputs.
Rapidly test the fast-moving student market with bespoke surveys to inform your decisions. Gain instant insight into what students are looking for at any given time.
Taking into account a whole host of factors including market health, competitors and course sizes, demographics, and overlapping courses, discover the propensity for success of new course ideas.
Develop and enhance your understanding of your portfolio. Get data-led insight to assess the feasibility of existing courses.
Over 30 years' experience
Our data scientists, policy experts and sector consultants have invested over 30 years’ expertise in designing our intuitive data products. Use them to carve out the strategies you need to reach the students who'll help you thrive.