Strand title:
How do admissions processes work?
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Strand description:
This strand provides information to help teachers and advisers understand how admissions processes work at universities and at Russell Group universities in particular.
It outlines the process and provides examples of different admissions models operated by some universities.
This strand includes a guidebook, a presentation, five quick reference sheets, a teacher reflection sheet and student activities.
Weblinks:
Every university publishes an Access and Participation Plans which sets out what they are doing to reduce inequalities. Here you can find out more about the plans and look up the plan for a particular institution.
Carers Trust is a charity which works to improve support for those who are unpaid carers for family members or friends. Their website contains resources on the subject of Higher Education
This article from the Complete University Guide provides a checklist for teachers to get their students ready for Clearing.
This report from the Fair Education Alliance published in 2018 examines the current use of contextual data in the university admissions process.
NNECL provides Higher Education activities and resources for care leavers, children in care and those who support them.
The Office for Students is the regulator for the Higher Education sector in England.
This website provides a guide for teachers to support them in encouraging care leavers to consider college or university as an option.
The Russell Group's Pathways For Potential report sets out a roadmap for tacking educational inequality and improving access to Higher Education.
Standalone supports those who have been estranged from their family. Their website provides information about support, financing studies and accommodation options as an estranged student.
The UCAS website allows applicants to follow the progress of their applications online. They will receive university decisions through this website.
This useful UCAS webpage provides information on entering Clearing.
This UCAS webpage offers information on their Extra service, for students who have received decisions from all five universities or colleges and weren't accepted, or if they declined the offers they received.
This is a useful UCAS webpage summarising all the key dates relevant to undergraduate university applications.
This UCAS webpage provides useful advice for care leavers applying to higher education.
Links to further detail on the use of contextual information by our Advancing Access university partners are listed below. Please note this is not an exhaustive list and you should check individual university websites for further information.
- University of Birmingham
- University of Bristol
- University of Cambridge
- Cardiff University
- Durham University
- University of Edinburgh
- University of Exeter
- University of Glasgow
- Imperial College London
- King's College London
- University of Leeds
- University of Liverpool
- London School of Economics and Political Science
- University of Manchester
- Newcastle University – also see www.ncl.ac.uk/schools/partners for more information
- University of Nottingham
- University of Oxford
- Queen Mary University of London
- Queen's University Belfast
- University of Sheffield
- University of Southampton
- University College London
- University of Warwick
- University of York
A code of practice for undergraduate admissions published by Universities UK which universities have agreed to follow.
Guidebook
| How do admissions processes work? |
Information sheets
Presentations
| Presentation slides - supporting students through the application process | ||
| Presentation notes - Supporting students through the application process |
Activity sheets
| Responding to university decisions - worksheet A | ||
| Responding to university decisions - worksheet B | ||
| Responding to university decisions - activity instructions |
Teacher and adviser reflection sheets
| Teacher and adviser reflection - understanding admissions processes |
Webinars
Conference presentations
| Russell Group Teachers' Conference 2018 - Routes into University |
Weblinks:
Every university publishes an Access and Participation Plans which sets out what they are doing to reduce inequalities. Here you can find out more about the plans and look up the plan for a particular institution.
Carers Trust is a charity which works to improve support for those who are unpaid carers for family members or friends. Their website contains resources on the subject of Higher Education
This article from the Complete University Guide provides a checklist for teachers to get their students ready for Clearing.
This report from the Fair Education Alliance published in 2018 examines the current use of contextual data in the university admissions process.
NNECL provides Higher Education activities and resources for care leavers, children in care and those who support them.
The Office for Students is the regulator for the Higher Education sector in England.
This website provides a guide for teachers to support them in encouraging care leavers to consider college or university as an option.
The Russell Group's Pathways For Potential report sets out a roadmap for tacking educational inequality and improving access to Higher Education.
Standalone supports those who have been estranged from their family. Their website provides information about support, financing studies and accommodation options as an estranged student.
The UCAS website allows applicants to follow the progress of their applications online. They will receive university decisions through this website.
This useful UCAS webpage provides information on entering Clearing.
This UCAS webpage offers information on their Extra service, for students who have received decisions from all five universities or colleges and weren't accepted, or if they declined the offers they received.
This is a useful UCAS webpage summarising all the key dates relevant to undergraduate university applications.
This UCAS webpage provides useful advice for care leavers applying to higher education.
Links to further detail on the use of contextual information by our Advancing Access university partners are listed below. Please note this is not an exhaustive list and you should check individual university websites for further information.
- University of Birmingham
- University of Bristol
- University of Cambridge
- Cardiff University
- Durham University
- University of Edinburgh
- University of Exeter
- University of Glasgow
- Imperial College London
- King's College London
- University of Leeds
- University of Liverpool
- London School of Economics and Political Science
- University of Manchester
- Newcastle University – also see www.ncl.ac.uk/schools/partners for more information
- University of Nottingham
- University of Oxford
- Queen Mary University of London
- Queen's University Belfast
- University of Sheffield
- University of Southampton
- University College London
- University of Warwick
- University of York
A code of practice for undergraduate admissions published by Universities UK which universities have agreed to follow.