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Clearing

August 2023

  • Ucas form

    UK should embrace foreign students or lose them to rival countries, warns Ucas chief

    Many institutions have become increasingly reliant on higher fees from international students to help cover costs

August 2022

  • Students check their results on ‘A-Level results day

    53,000 UK students enter university clearing, the most in over 10 years

    Strong competition for places means many of those who dropped grades in their A-levels are missing out on preferred institutions
  • Students check their results

    Number of top A-level grades falls sharply as north-south divide grows

    As and A*s down 8.4 percentage points on last year’s teacher-assessed grades, amid warning of ‘stark’ private-state divide
  • A-level results students

    A-level results: students face last-minute scramble for university places

    Admissions teams report surge in interest from students looking for places via clearing

July 2022

  • Aberdeen University

    Scottish universities offer cash incentives to lure other UK students

    Scholarships and bursaries on offer as universities gear up for ‘clearing campaign like no other’

August 2021

  • Zoe Williams

    This year’s A-level results will only exacerbate existing inequality

    Zoe Williams
  • The University of Sheffield’s clearing call centre.

    Record A-level scores will mean fewer places in university clearing

July 2021

  • University of Bath exterior showing a large pond with ducks, a grassy verge and university buildings.

    A-level results: top universities expected to stick rigidly to offer grades

    Tough competition for sixth-formers as universities try to avoid overcrowding – and next year may be no better

August 2020

  • Young people protesting outside the Department for Education this week.

    'We're picking up the pieces': a university vice-chancellor's diary of A-level chaos

  • Teenager Working As A Volunteer Painting A Wall

    Clearing 2020
    Staycations or charity work? Ideas for a Covid gap year

  • The Ucas customer service centre in Cheltenham deals with calls from students dealing with the clearing process in their university applications.

    University clearing 2020: promise of flexibility on grades for admissions

  • Female higher education students pointing at paperwork on college campus lawn<br>GettyImages-1124690032

    Clearing 2020
    Universities brace for the biggest ever clearing day

  • UK university clearing set to be the busiest ever, experts warn

  • Will 'clearing plus' really make it easier to apply to university?

July 2020

  • The UCAS customer service centre in Cheltenham, which takes calls from students entering the clearing process.

    'Follow your head and your heart': clearing advice from the experts

  • A-level results day at Rochdale sixth form a year ago. This year

    Sixth-formers able to haggle for top UK universities under new grading system

February 2020

  • ‘A’-Level results day at Abbeywood Community School, Bristol<br>Pics - Adrian Sherratt - 07976 237651 ‘A’-Level results day at Abbeywood Community School, Bristol (13 Aug 2015).

    Students say they don't understand university offer-making. This must change

    Julia Buckingham
    Students are confused by contextualised admissions and unconditional offers, so we’re reviewing the system

August 2019

  • South Bank University's clearing call centre.

    Predicted grades are a lottery and work against the poorest students. Let’s get rid of them

    David Olusoga
    The evidence shows that the UK’s university entrance system is not only inaccurate but unfair
  • L to R: Affifa khatoon Distinction *BTEC A at A Level, Talha (BBD), Abdul Akram, (AAB) Hafsah siddique A(AAA), Haleema rashid (CCB)

    'A bit crazy': students and university staff on A-level results day

    Emotions run high at Greenwich University admissions office and Rochdale sixth form college
  • Many students have learned that university admission is a buyers’ market.

    Yes, university admissions need an overhaul – but it's easier said than done

    Chris Husbands
    Almost everyone is in favour of post-qualification admissions until they explore the detail
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