8 Dec 2017
Figures published by UCAS today reveal that 41.8 per cent of 18 year olds from London entered higher education in 2017, an increase of 4.7 per cent from 2016. (‘Young Londoners’, in the context of...
1 Dec 2017
The number of students accepted onto nursing courses in higher education in 2017 was 28,620, the second highest figure on record, a 0.9% decrease on 2016.
27 Nov 2017
A record proportion of 18 year olds, from across the UK, gained a place at university or college in 2017. This is despite a fall of 1.2 per cent in the 18 year old population in the UK in 2017.
17 Nov 2017
In autumn 2015, the government asked UCAS to work with the higher education sector to explore the feasibility of introducing ‘name-blind applications’.
23 Oct 2017
Figures released by UCAS show a robust start to the university admissions cycle for 2018, with the highest number of applicants to October deadline courses recorded since reporting at this deadline...
11 Oct 2017
Professor Julian Lloyd Webber, renowned cellist, conductor and Principal of Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Birmingham City University, and Ace, the guitarist from rock band Skunk Anansie, and Head...
9 Oct 2017
UCAS has launched a series of innovative online courses to help today’s students, and the people who advise them, navigate the tricky business of deciding what to do when they leave secondary...
19 Sep 2017
UCAS acceptances for the 2017 cycle, four weeks after A level results day.
1 Sep 2017
Updates posted daily from 22 August to 1 September.
21 Aug 2017
As of midnight, a total of 461,860 people have been placed in full-time UK higher education through UCAS so far, a decrease of 1% on the same point last year.