The change comes amid claims that the personal statements favour middle-class students who may have better access to “high-quality advice and guidance”, according to Ucas. The 4,000-character essay ...

The lengthy personal statement students are required to write when applying to university is unfair and should be replaced by a series of short-response questions, a report has suggested. Currently, ...

We are a team of writers, experimenters and researchers providing you with the best advice with zero bias or partiality. The UK’s university admissions service announced they are to be dropped, in a ...

Students applying for university through UCAS will be required to answer three questions under new plans to help support people from disadvantaged backgrounds. Under the current system, prospective ...

The University and College Admissions Service (Ucas) has announced it is ditching the traditional personal statement and will ask students to respond to questions in a key change that will “level the ...

Ucas is changing personal statements, long the bane of teenagers' final year at school, for university admissions. Instead of a 4,000-character statement, from next year applicants will be asked to ...

Are there any two words more likely to strike fear into the hearts of 18-year-olds and their parents than “Ucas form”? For teenagers planning to go to university, the Universities and Colleges ...