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Information and resources for teachers to help students choose their post-16 education and training.

Applying for university or college to start your studies in 2026? Find out more about the changes to the personal statement format and tips on what to include.

Not sure how to pay for your performance-based course, or how you’ll cope during your studies? Don’t worry, there’s a range of support available.

UCAS has been helping connect the world to UK Higher Education since 1992, supporting over one million international students to make their UK study dream a reality. As pressure on providers to improve the quality and diversity increases, and the local and global competition intensifies, UCAS is here to ensure you and your teams can deliver your international recruitment and admissions goals.

Over the past two years, UCAS has released these high-impact reports that shone a light on pertinent issues in education and skills.

How much are tuition fees and how are you going to pay for them? Find out how to fund your studies and how to apply here.

Higher education is an inclusive environment where support can be provided to help you study. Find out more.

From open days and taster courses to exhibitions and lectures, university events can offer significant support for your higher education guidance work – and to the academic experience of your students.

After GCSEs or National 5s, you could continue studying subjects you like, take vocational qualifications, an apprenticeship, or work or volunteer and study part-time.

Melody Stephen, Law with International Studies student at the University of Manchester 

Jennifer Coupland, Chief Executive Officer, Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education

Heather Cousins, Deputy Secretary, Skills and Education Group in the Department for the Economy examines what increased competition means for student progression in Northern Ireland.

Jeremy Miles MS, Welsh Minister for Education and Welsh Language examines what increased competition means for student progression in Wales.

Rt. Hon Robert Halfon, Minister for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Education, examines what increased competition means for student progression in England.

Professor Edward Peck CBE, Vice-Chancellor Nottingham Trent University and Department for Education Higher Education Student Support Champion

Andy Forbes, Head of Development at the Lifelong Education Commission and Apprenticeship Champion for UCAS

UCAS projects that by the end of the decade, we could see up to a million students apply for higher education (HE) across the full range of Level 4 and above opportunities. In collaboration with Unite Students and Knight Frank, we examine those projections in more detail below.

UCAS, the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service is an independent charity and the UK's shared admissions service for higher education.

Whether you met your conditional offer straight away or found a place through Clearing, most students chart the next stage of their higher education journey on results day.

Discover whether distance learning is the right path for you, plus who offers distance learning degrees in the UK, and what subjects you can study.