After thirty years of the same format, UCAS has announced changes to its personal statement. Starting in September 2025, the ...

So bravo to Ucas for ditching the personal statement. The less we’re encouraged to bang on about our own apparent brilliance, the better.

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.

Ucas is changing personal statements, long the bane of teenagers' final year at school, for university admissions. Instead of a 4,000-character statement, from next year applicants will be asked ...

Writing your personal statement We expect that your submitted personal statement is structured and coherent and that you fully utilise the space available on your UCAS application form. We expect that ...

Ucas, the central application platform for applying to university in the UK, has removed the personal statement from its application process. The personal statement is currently one of the components ...

The UCAS university application deadline is this week for those hoping to start in September Students applying for a 2025 start will be some of the last to have to write a personal statement ...

Ucas surveyed potential applicants about to start their personal statement, and found more than three-quarters prefer the new three-question format.