The tables have turned on universities who, as of this year, will be the ones competing for brightest students as the cap on numbers is relaxed furthe...
Almost a third of Britain’s leading universities still have places available with less than a week to go before the application deadline, following ...
On results day itself the UCAS system used by universities and colleges to process applicants experienced technical problems that meant those institutes weren't able to process decisions for over three hours.
The salient issues are simply supply and demand - are we supplying the right number of graduates for the labour market? And of appropriateness - are we producing the right kinds to meet the needs of the labour market?
It's that time of the year again when all the papers are full of photos of attractive A level students reading their results with glee, and talking about which university they are planning to go to...
Nearly 400 students face an agonising wait after they were given places at a university in Northern Ireland, only to be later told the offers were mad...
Thousands of students have been left in the dark as to whether or not they have been accepted into their chosen universities, after several Ucas blund...
It's a stressful time of year for thousands of students getting their A level results and with rises in tuition fees, media claims that applications are down and places are few, it can be a confusing one too.
I know that clearing can be a worrying time for students who don't get the A-level grades they were hoping for when they are published on Thursday - but my message is very clear: keep calm, and don't panic.
It's that time of year again. Teenagers all over the UK will find out this and next week whether or not they've got the A level and GCSE results they were hoping for. Nail-biting doesn't quite cover it. And I'm talking about the parents, not the students. I know this, because I am one.
So this week has seen A-Level results day. That day of the year where so many jump up and down, schools sell pictures of their prettiest female studen...
The government has come under further pressure to reform university admissions after new figures indicated 80% of A-level students competing for a pla...
Confused about the clearing process? Can't get through to UCAS to ask them what to do next? Let us take you through the clearing process, step by s...
Tuition fees were abolished last year, but few people seem to have noticed. The cost of higher education is being transferred from the taxpayer to the direct beneficiaries (i.e. graduates) but students no longer have to pay any fees for their university experience.
PRESS ASSOCIATION -- "Traditional" A-level subjects should be valued more highly in the race for university places, a Government minister has said as ...
Hundreds of thousands of students received their A-Level results this morning, with one in 12 gaining an A* as top grades rose for another year. Bu...
A great many young people will be collecting their A-level results today and regardless of what they find they should be proud of getting through what is a stressful and nervous time. Tens of thousands who have worked hard and achieved their grades should be congratulated on their achievements and not belittled.
It's the suspense, that's the worst. Not knowing where you stand - desperately hoping for one thing, but all too aware that the outcome could be very different. On Thursday, students will know whether this, quite frankly, hellish year, has been worth it.
Going through the university clearing process can be a daunting and stressful prospect. Each year, UCAS is inundated with thousands of university ...
