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Discover what's happening with qualifications around the UK and what reforms are ongoing.

This guidance is for staff at schools, colleges, and other centres based outside the UK, who advise potential undergraduate applicants to higher education (HE) courses in the UK.

The Qualifications Advisory Group (QAG) provides strategic and expert advice to UCAS in relation to qualifications, learner progression and the UCAS Tariff.

If your child decides university is the right path for them, there’s still a lot of research to do, with approximately 35,000 undergraduate courses to choose from.

If you are supporting a young person’s Personal Education Plan (PEP), this guide suggests professional actions as they make their career and education choices – from Year 8 through to post-16 study. Content provided by Virtual School Sheffield.

Facts about T Levels: what's involved in studying them, how they are assessed, and how long they take to complete.

Check out uni course entry requirements now, to see how the subjects and qualifications you choose now will affect the courses open to you later.

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

Find out about the different decisions universities and colleges can make on your application.

Entry requirements for conservatoire courses could be qualifications, auditions, other skills and interests, and more. Find out about them here.

We periodically undertake national consultations to gain feedback and views from customers and stakeholders, on the strategic direction of our core services.

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.

Each course, and most universities and colleges, have different requirements – usually a mix of qualifications, subjects, or exam grades. Learn more about them here.

Clementine Wade, university and school coach, has worked as a teacher, examiner and uni coach since 2005. She specialises in Key Stage 5 qualifications and super selective universities. Clem's created guidance to help you understand results day and Clearing, and get to grips with what you should be doing when to best support your child through the process.