Pandemic inspires ‘future nurses’ with a welcome increase in school and college leavers looking to enter the profession
A record number of 18-year-olds applied to study nursing in England in 2021, with the COVID pandemic
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Pandemic inspires ‘future nurses’ with a welcome increase in school and college leavers looking to enter the profession
A record number of 18-year-olds applied to study nursing in England in 2021, with the COVID pandemic
More high achieving students secure competitive university places
For the first time, more than 100,000 UK 18 year olds were accepted onto courses at the most competitive
2021 End of cycle reporting
We’ll be publishing the sector-level view of the 2021 end of cycle report on Thursday 07 December.
UCAS Data for HESA transaction (StarJ) 2021
The 2021 cycle StarJ data is planned for release in mid-November.
Action required: Only a few days left to submit RPAs for the 2021 cycle
We hope you’re finding our new RPA service easy to use.
MoveIT improvements
Following customer feedback, we have made several improvements to MoveIT which we hope will improve your
Decommissioning of Adjustment
Following engagement with providers, advisers and applicants we have made the decision to decommission
LGBT+ freshers looking forward to being open and out at university, new UCAS research shows
LGBT+ students beginning university or college increasingly see higher education as an opportunity to
2021 cycle test data – including Star J/X
We will be closing the 2021 cycle and flagging applications as ‘old’ in the HEP test environment on Thursday
Record levels of young people accepted into university
272,500 UK students aged 18 have been accepted into university or college so far this year, a 7% increase
Record number of students accepted into their first choice of university
A record 395,770 students, up 8% from 365,500 in 2020, have a confirmed place on their first choice of
An update on Clearing Plus
Brand new last year, Clearing Plus matches applicants with relevant courses, dependent on achieved qualifications
Reminder: Technical changes
In March we let you know about several technical changes we’re making in advance of the 2022 cycle opening
Dr Katie Bell announced as Chief Marketing Officer for UCAS
Dr Katie Bell has been appointed to the role of Chief Marketing Officer at UCAS.
Join our next development webinar
Our next development webinar will be at 11:00 on Wednesday 18 November. We’ll be discussing:
UCAS Data for HESA transaction (StarJ) 2020
The 2020 cycle StarJ data is planned for release in mid-November.