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Explore how UCAS’ data-driven insights can help solve the higher education challenges your organisation is facing.

Why UCAS?

As the student recruitment and admissions specialists, we gather vast volumes of data from across the sector.

We combine our data, student behaviour, and sector expertise into a range of powerful solutions.

From ready-to-use products to bespoke consultancy, we're here to help you tackle even your most complex challenges. We enable you to take action – from quick-win plans to long-term strategies.

Our insights, reports, and recommendations are underpinned by raw EXACT data, so you can trust them to deliver results every time. 

Our solutions are designed to help you focus your efforts and budget. Using our data, insights, and recommendations, you can target your activties and allocate spend where you know it will get the best return on invetsment.

Choices – assessing your portfolio

Your portfolio needs to be future proof. We’ll help you take stock of your offering, assess specific courses, and make informed decisions about your course strategies.

Competition – understanding the market

To succeed, you really need to understand the competition. We’ll show you how your top and emerging competitors are impacting your performance. And we’ll give you actionable insights that will enable you to seize the advantage. 

Nicol Mellis, Market Research Officer, University of Aberdeen

"The easy-to-use functionality has allowed us to roll the product out widely across the institution, ensuring more decisions are based on actionable data insight."

Connections – reaching the right students

We can help you reach your ideal candidates. We provide the insights you need to identify applicants who meet your recruitment strategies.
 

Ashleigh Little, Head of Student Recruitment, University of Sunderland

“The Leaky Hosepipe Project identified leaks in our recruitment pipeline that we had never realised we had. Its enabled us to reshape our recruitment strategy, increase our event conversion rates and understand the student decisions process in a lot more depth.”

Conversions – maximising every stage

Wondering what’s stopping students from  choosing you? We’ll help you understand your drop-off data and assess your applicants’ experiences, so you can maximise conversion at every stage of the process. 

Bespoke consultancy – solving unique challenges

Our consultancy offer brings the data to life – we do the analysis on your behalf, so at the end of a project you’re presented with insights, recommendations, and action plans to implement immediately.

Harness the power of raw data

Raw data – EXACT
From £250

The sector’s richest and most up-to-date admissions data​. Unique access to billions of data combinations to understand your market and competition.

Find out more about EXACT
Provider EXACT Record Supply (PERS)
Part of capitation fee

Regular snapshots of your recruitment position, helping you understand in-cycle performance, using EXACT raw data.

Find out more about PERS

Online data resources 

Our online data resources are designed to keep you up-to-date.

From regular updates during the cycle, to daily updates during the Clearing period, we give you the data so you’re fully informed. Resources are available in both downloadable CSV and dashboard format.

Explore our online data resources

Talk to us about our data solutions

Contact us below or get in touch with your UCAS Customer Manager.

They'll be able to talk to you about how to make the most of our data solutions and help solve the challenges facing your organisation. 

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