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‘You’ll meet so many people’: how to choose where to live at uni

Choices range from often cramped but fun halls of residence to shared, potentially messy flats in town

The Guardian - UK

Higher-tariff universities admit 13% more UK school-leavers than 2023, figures show

Number of pupils accepted by ‘high tariff’ providers passes 100,000, after better than expected A-level results and fewer international students

The Guardian - UK

How to check your A-level results online and in school

Sixth formers collecting grades on busy day for university admissions

Evening Standard

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A-level top grades up on last year but educational inequality widens

Hundreds of thousands of students received their A-level results on Thursday morning, with more than a quarter of UK entries awarded an A or A* grade

The Independent UK

A-level results day: What to do if you don’t get the grades you wanted

There are many options available to students who just missed out on their target grades

The Independent UK

When is A-level results day 2024 and when are they released?

The long-awaited date for teens is here

Evening Standard

No extra help for A-level students hit by Raac concrete crisis as results due

More UK A-level students set to get into first choice university than previous years, experts predict

The Independent UK

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My teen got low A-level results – now what?

Offer your child support through this stressful time and encourage them to explore their options.

The Independent UK

More UK students set to get into first-choice university than in previous years

As international intake dwindles, leading institutions become less cautious about offers post-Covid

The Guardian - UK

Top UK universities have thousands of unfilled places before A-level results

More school leavers likely to gain places as survey finds higher number of vacancies advertised through clearing

The Guardian - UK

London bucks the trend but university applications are down across the country as a whole

The capital bucks the higher education trend

Evening Standard

Will replacing personal statements with application questions make university admissions fairer?

Prospective students will no longer be asked to write personal statements as part of their application to university in the UK, the admissions organisation Ucas has announced.

The Conversation

Send us your old Ucas personal statements

To mark the end of the personal statement for university applications in Britain, we would like to see your old ones

The Guardian - UK

Farewell, Ucas personal statements: I won’t miss your hackneyed, cliche-ridden prose

These hated essays are going to be scrapped. It’s good news for those who can’t afford private tutors – and for those who had to read them, says writer Max Fletcher

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The Guardian - UK

Ucas plans to drop personal statements for UK university applicants

Social mobility experts welcome change in which students will instead be asked to answer three questions

The Independent UK

Ucas ditching personal statements in drastic change to ‘level the playing field’ for all students

University hopefuls will be asked to answer three questions about why they want to study their subject

The Guardian - UK

It’s the Tories who broke Britain, but now they want teenagers to pay for it

Cutting degrees to pay for more apprenticeships is plain barmy – just look at the facts and ask yourself who this is aimed at, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

Evening Standard

Breaking down the barriers to university entry with a smile

From contextual offers to outreach programmes, a growing number of schemes are making higher education more accessible to students from disadvantaged backgrounds. We’ve got the lowdown

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International Business Times UK

Surge in Overseas Student Applications to UK Universities Signals Global Confidence in British Education

The latest data indicates a sustained upward trend, showcasing the enduring global appeal of British universities as premier destinations for international students.

Evening Standard

Number of Turkish students seeking UK university place jumps 37%

But international applications to nursing courses have fallen once again, prompting concerns about the development of the workforce

The Guardian - UK

British students not being ‘squeezed out’ by overseas applicants, say universities

Claims that overseas students are admitted with lower entry requirements than domestic students denied

Marie Claire

People are comparing Carole Middleton to Kris Jenner after watching The Crown

The last instalment focuses on the budding romance between a young William and Kate

The Independent UK

Record number of disadvantaged 18-year-olds look to study most selective degrees

Ucas has published its application data for courses with an early October deadline.

The Independent UK

New report brands student maintenance system ‘broken’ amid soaring rents

The report said the highest rents and increases are in cities with an undersupply of accommodation.

Evening Standard

Higher education must remain a right for all despite rising costs

The price of buying college or university text books has gone up by 80 per cent in the past decade

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