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Region Guide

Region Guide

Kim Eccleston, Head of Strategy and Reform, UCAS

Practical tips when planning and delivering HE advice and guidance to your students, from securing speakers to arranging work experience. Plus, useful careers resources and recommended tools to embed into your day-to-day work.

Students who do not have parents or carers who have attended university themselves sometimes find it useful to have additional information and help when making their decisions and applying to higher education.

Stand out from the crowd by showcasing who you are and what you can bring to a university as you begin your undergraduate journey.

Design engineer Adam chose to take an apprenticeship over university. Here he explains his role, how he juggled work with studying and why he's glad he took the apprenticeship path.

Dealing with criminals on a daily basis, unsociable hours, and dangerous scenarios – becoming a police officer is genuinely challenging, but that’s also what can make it so rewarding.

For the 2026 cycle, we are introducing a new Tariff points structure that now includes Level 3 apprenticeships alongside A-levels, T Levels, and other post-16 qualifications. These changes aim to support apprentices' progression to higher education by creating a unified system that helps universities and colleges evaluate apprenticeship qualifications against traditional academic routes. This guide provides an overview of the recent changes, including the new calculation method, key points for providers, and the impact on apprenticeship pathways into higher education.

Clearing is how unis and colleges fill any spaces they have left on their courses.

The UCAS Tariff is a means of allocating points to post-16 qualifications, based on a simple mathematical model which uses a qualification size and grading scale to generate a total number of points.

Find out how the UCAS Tariff works, and use our calculator to find out how many points your qualifications and grades have.

Wondering about the best way to meet people? From online groups on social media to part-time jobs, there are lots of ways to make friends at university or college.

Mental health issues can affect any of us at any time. But do you know how to spot the signs if you, or someone you love, is struggling?

We’re pleased to launch the new ABL guide for 2022.

The digital QIPs and EIPs service now includes 81 UK benchmark, and 24 EU/international Qualification

The digital QIPs and EIPs service now includes 81 UK benchmark, and 24 EU/international Qualification

Analysis of undergraduate acceptances by entry year, country of institution and qualifications.

Following your feedback, we have made some iterative updates to the ABL guide.

For 2019 first award, CCEA has introduced a new nine-letter GCSE grading scale (A* – G) in Northern Ireland.

As the new Tariff points are very different to the current Tariff points, we have created a points calculator

As the new Tariff points are very different to the current Tariff points, we have created a points calculator

Today, UCAS has confirmed the Tariff point allocation for T Levels.

All the latest AS and A level exam result news.