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Presentations from our Annual Admissions Conference

Presentations from our Annual Admissions Conference are now available to download.

Posted Wed 13 April 2016

These include the business and plenary sessions, and selected breakout sessions. If you were unable to attend the conference, these presentations contain a wealth of useful information on the current challenges facing the sector. 

Plenary 1: UCAS Horizons

  • Mary Curnock Cook, Chief Executive, UCAS
  • An overview of the current and upcoming challenges to the sector.

Business session 1: Key findings from the annual HEP Satisfaction Survey

  • David Brack, Head of HEP Experience, UCAS
  • Exploring the feedback you gave around your experience of working with us in the last year. 

Business session 2: Developing our products and services

  • Kate Butland, Head of Customer Strategy, UCAS
  • Peter Derrick, Head of Service Delivery, UCAS
  • Reviewing our progress so far with developing products and services, and the next steps.

Plenary 3: An analytical look at the cycle 

  • Mark Corver, Director of Analysis and Research, UCAS
  • A review of the current trends in admissions and recruitment, what the future may hold, and how UCAS is developing analytical services to aid admissions and recruitment.

Plenary 4: Why technology will change your job

  • Andrew Hargreaves, Director of Marketing, Customer Experience and Media, UCAS
  • How student recruitment is being driven in the digital age.

Business session 3: Preparations for Confirmation and Clearing

  • Fatuma Mahad, Director of Technology and Operations, UCAS
  • A look ahead to our plans for Confirmation and Clearing, and our progress so far.

Business session 4: UCAS Tariff

  • Margaret Farragher, Head of Policy and Qualifications, UCAS
  • Sharing best practice around the implementation of the new Tariff.

Plenary 6: Qualification reform update and assessment readiness

  • Ben Jordan, Senior Policy Executive, UCAS
  • An update on the current changes taking place in the qualification landscape.

Business session 6: Name-blind applications and minimising bias in admissions

  • Helen Thorne, Director of External Relations, UCAS
  • Reviewing the evidence-gathering stage and looking at our next steps.