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The ‘typical’ student. Do you understand yours?
14 Jun 2019
In 2018, 13% of applicants were aged 25 or over, and a fifth of those actually accepted at a university or college were not domiciled in the UK.
Aim, steady, fire – how do potential postgrads want to be targeted?
11 Jun 2019
Are they waiting for information, or seeking it out themselves? Which channels are seen as the most valuable? Do postgrads look further into what they get sent? Is any of it worth it?
Student panel: The reality of university life
23 May 2019
We recently asked our panel to give their views on uni life. Is it everything they expected? What's the best thing about going to uni? What advice would they give to students starting university in...
Career finding advice from a Rolls Royce apprentice
22 May 2019
UCAS' Career Finder is a searchable database of work and training opportunities – ideal for those considering their options after education.
All over the place – when and how to target postgrad students
15 May 2019
Your typical postgraduate lecture is diverse. There are working mums, retired city workers, ambitious undergraduates, and everything in between. With so much variety, how are you supposed to target...
Case study: The Society of Radiographers
25 Apr 2019
We used UCAS Media for an email campaign to all placed Radiography students.
What matters, matters – understanding what drives the postgraduate study decision
23 Apr 2019
It doesn’t take a PhD to know why medical students go to university. But fully understanding the motivation of a philosophy postgraduate is a little different. The same goes for economics, classics,...
Case study: BCS Computer Teaching Scholarships campaign
29 Mar 2019
We decided to use UCAS Media to raise awareness of our teacher training scholarships to those interested in teaching computing at secondary level.
Unfashionably late: Has higher education woken up to the power of data?
14 Mar 2019
Businesses driven by data strategies are nothing new. The commercial sectors have been leveraging high volumes of information for decades. Amazon’s monumental growth is largely down to its...
Homeward bound: How students are getting around
25 Feb 2019
Whether it's the last bus from town, or a long train ride to the home town, students are perpetually on the move. Besides finding the cheapest ticket, what influences how and when they travel?