Students hoping to apply to study in the UK for the 2026/2027 academic year need to know about the changes to the Ucas personal statement. In previous years, the personal statement has taken the form ...

Advice on your UCAS application and personal statement. You can find all the information you need on our Before you apply page, including our course finder and course profiles to help you make the ...

After thirty years of the same format, UCAS has announced changes to its personal statement. Starting in September 2025, the UK personal statement will no longer be a single, free-form essay of 4000 ...

Writing a personal statement to accompany university applications is the source of more parental and child anxiety than any other aspect of the 'going to university' process. It has long been a ...

After 32 years, university applicants this autumn will no longer face having to fill a big blank box with 4,000 characters. The old-style UCAS personal statement is no more. The university admissions ...

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This is your chance to share what inspires you about your chosen subject and what drives your ambition to study it at university. Talk about where your interest began, how it’s grown, and how studying ...