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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?

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

University isn’t just about work, even at a place like Oxford.

If you're applying to higher education and you're a refugee, asylum seeker or have limited leave to remain in the UK, there may be support available to help you with finance and your studies.

Find out about graduate apprenticeships and how to find one.

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

Employers are often looking for grads with at least a 2:1 under their belt. But it’s not just good marks they’re looking for when sifting through job applications.

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