Read our Ucas Advisers’ blog to see what the decision-makers are looking for. 6. Ucas’s personal ... your statement, and very few applicants did this last year. 10. Use solid examples that ...

LinkedIn, for example, is full to bursting with pomposity and hyperbole. And Instagram was essentially designed for photo-based bragging. But Ucas personal statements got the ball rolling with all ...

It has long been a central part of the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) form - but ... write and develop their personal statements. ‘For example, if you are applying for ...

Your personal statement is a very important part of a UCAS application ... clubs or societies, for example if you’ve held responsibilities such as a scout leader or sports captain.

Advice on your UCAS application and personal statement. You can find all the information you ... Have you participated in schemes or activities at Manchester or other universities (for example, ...

Applicants should consult the advice here, as well as advice from UCAS when preparing ... When assessing your personal statement our Admissions Selectors will look at how well your academic interests ...

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 ...

UCAS surveyed potential applicants about to start their personal statement, and found more than three-quarters prefer the new three-question format. Previous UCAS research found 79% of students ...

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 ...

Writing a personal statement for UK universities: the 80-20 technique The Ucas personal ... politics, philosophy and economics, they should also look at the relationship and connections between those ...

The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (Ucas) will no longer require students to write a personal statement when applying for university. The change comes amid claims that the personal ...