At the time, Michelle Donelan, the universities minister, said “I have always felt that personal statements in their current form favour the most advantaged students. “So I’m pleased that ...

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 ...

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

Personal statements on university application forms, which are perceived as giving an advantage to middle-class and privately educated students, are to be scrapped. The UK’s university admissions ...

People applying to university will no longer have to write an essay for their personal statement ... The number of 18-year-olds in the UK applying to undergraduate courses has risen slightly ...