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

However, in a long-debated change, Ucas announced this week that the personal statement is no more. Instead of 4,000 characters’ worth of word-perfect, free-form boasting, applicants will ...

Your personal statement is part of your UCAS application and gives you the opportunity to share information about yourself and your motivation to study your chosen course. It’s your chance to tell us ...

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

The personal statement is currently one of the components making up the application form for applying to universities in the UK. This is in the form of a 4,000-character essay written by students – an ...

Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) has previously asked students to write a statement about themselves in 4,000 characters. However, those applying for undergraduate places in ...

UCAS has required personal statements as part of the application process for over three decades. Under the new process, applicants will be asked to answer: Why they want to study the course or subject ...

The Ucas personal statement – submitted with applications to UK universities, along with grades and a reference – will be in a different format for students applying for courses beginning in the ...

August 02, 2024 at 8:50am BST. University applicants will no longer have to face writing a personal statement, amid changes announced by Ucas. Students hoping to start university in 2026 will now ...

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