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  1. Personal statements will not be changing for 2024 entry

    The Future of Undergraduate Admissions report highlights UCAS' continued engagement and ongoing progress with admission reform, including: references. personal statements. grades on entry. personalisation. widening access and participation. Read the report here (3.38 MB). If you have any questions, comments or thoughts regarding potential ...

  2. UCAS Personal Statements Are Changing in 2025

    Since 1993, UCAS has required university applicants in the UK to submit a 4,000-character Personal Statement during the application process, which would then be accessed by university admissions teams to assist in the shortlisting process. However, it has been confirmed by UCAS that this process will be changing as soon as 2025.

  3. Will Ucas scrap personal statements?

    In January 2023, Ucas published plans to replace the current free-form personal statement with a series of questions. At that time, the admissions service had suggested the changes could be in place as early as 2024. But Ucas interim CEO Sander Kristel tells The Uni Guide the removal of the current personal statement requirement will now happen ...

  4. UCAS ditching personal statement for university entry

    Seren Morris January 13, 2023. The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service ( Ucas) will no longer require students to write a personal statement when applying for university. The change comes ...

  5. UCAS Personal Statements Are Changing

    The University and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) has introduced a new process for university applications from 2025, meaning that the process will change in 2024 ready for 2025 entrants. Personal statements have always been an essential part of the university application process. However, UCAS has decided to scrap personal statements in ...

  6. Ucas scraps personal statements for university hopefuls

    Thursday January 12 2023, 2.35pm, The Times. A video message could soon replace the personal statement, the university admissions body said as it announced it was scrapping the written essay ...

  7. Ucas replaces personal statement with questions

    Source: iStock. The Ucas personal statement is to be replaced by a series of questions following concerns that it was too stressful for UK students. The admissions service said it believes the change to the 4,000 character essay - which had previously been criticised for contributing to inequalities in higher education access - will create ...

  8. Reforming admissions

    The Future of Undergraduate Admissions report highlights UCAS' continued engagement and ongoing progress with admission reform, including: references. personal statements. grades on entry. personalisation. widening access and participation. Read the report here (3.38 MB)

  9. UCAS set to replace personal statements from 2024

    The university application landscape seems set for reform according to reports this morning. UCAS wants to replace a unified personal statement with a series of six questions. Admissions service are also making changes to teacher references, and plans to release details of grade profiles that were accepted onto specific courses. The changes may arrive for the cohort applying in the autumn of 2024.

  10. UCAS to scrap personal statement requirement for student applicants

    UCAS said that it hopes that the questions will "bring focus and clarity for students" and "reduce the need for support". The report found that 83% of students find the process of writing a personal statement to be stressful, and 79% believe that the statement is difficult to complete without institutional or external support.

  11. University personal statements to be changed 'as they ...

    A Ucas survey last year found that 72 per cent of students felt positive about personal statements. However, 83 per cent said they found it stressful and 79 per cent agreed that the statement is ...

  12. Cambridge welcomes UCAS plan to scrap personal statements

    Wednesday January 18 2023, 10:06am. Personal statements are to be replaced with a set of questions for university hopefuls, the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) have announced this month. The change will pave the way for bigger amendments to the application process such as multi-media submissions, says UCAS, with The Times ...

  13. UCAS to Scrap Personal Statements from Next Year

    Applications to Cambridge are set to change from the 2024 admissions cycle as UCAS has announced they will be scrapping the personal statement. The 4,000-character essay will be scrapped and replaced with a series of questions about the higher education course a student is applying for. The change comes amid claims that the personal statements ...

  14. Ucas to scrap personal statements for student applicants

    Writing in a Higher Education Policy Institute blog on 12 January, Ucas head of strategy and reform Kim Eccleston said that "most students are in favour of personal statements" as it gives them the chance to "demonstrate achievements beyond their grades". But more than 80 per cent said they found the process of writing the statement ...

  15. Students have their say on UCAS scrapping personal statements

    UCAS has announced that the personal statement will be scrapped no earlier than in 2024 for 2025 applicants, and replaced with a questionnaire. ... "Replacing the almost universally disliked ...

  16. UCAS Scraps The Personal Statement: Farewell To An Old Friend

    Ucas consulted with 1,200 students, 170 teachers, and more than 100 universities and colleges before making the reforms, as reported by The Times. According to UCAS, although 72% of respondents surveyed felt positive about the personal statement, 79% agreed that writing the statement is difficult to complete without support, and 83% said they ...

  17. Ucas scraps personal statements for university applicants

    A video message could soon replace the personal statement, the university admissions body said as it announced it was scrapping the written essay. Candidates have a blank space on university application forms which they can fill with up to 4,000 characters. Ucas said that from 2024 they will instead respond to questions that will guide them to ...

  18. UCAS could scrap personal statements

    UCAS could scrap personal statements. UCAS is considering moving from the traditional personal statement to a structured set of questions application process. The UK's University and College Admissions Service (UCAS) is considering replacing the current personal statement based university application protest with a questions-based structure.

  19. UCAS scraps personal statements

    UCAS scraps personal statements. 16th January 2023 by Kiera Sowery. In an attempt to reform university and college admission procedures, UCAS has announced it will scrap the 4,000-character personal statement that all students had to write. Instead, applicants will answer a series of short questions from the 2024 admissions cycle.

  20. UCAS to Scrap Personal Statements

    The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) has announced plans to remove a central part of the application process - the personal statement - and replace it with a series of questions for prospective students. According to UCAS, this change is the start of a broader series of reforms. The Future of Undergraduate Admissions report, released by UCAS on Thursday 12 January, has ...

  21. Scrapping university personal statements is a mistake

    13 January 2023, 5:22pm. The decision to scrap personal statements shows up our university system for what it really is: the priority is no longer about educating students, or academic endeavour ...

  22. How To Write Your Undergraduate Personal Statement

    Just start by showing your enthusiasm for the subject, showcasing your knowledge and understanding, and sharing your ambitions of what you want to achieve. Avoid cliches! Remember, this opening part is simply about introducing yourself, so let the admissions tutor reading your personal statement get to know you. Keep it relevant and simple.

  23. UCAS Personal statements are being scrapped : r/6thForm

    UCAS Personal statements are being scrapped Misleading Personal statements will be replaced by video applications, beginning for applicants applying in 2024. ... Replacing the personal statement with somrthing else text based could be a good idea, introducing a video is a f*cking disgusting idea, frankly. Just spend 30 seconds thinking of all ...

  24. UCAS announces new initiatives to encourage students from low-income

    UCAS manages almost three million applications, from around 700,000 people each year, for full-time undergraduate courses at over 380 universities and colleges across the UK. UCAS also provides a wide range of research, consultancy and advisory services to schools, colleges, careers services, professional bodies, and employers, including ...