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 ...

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 ...

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

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 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 ...

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

The new personal statement format will be introduced in September 2025 for students applying to attend college or university ...

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 University and College Admissions Service (Ucas) has announced it is ditching the traditional personal statement and will ask students to respond to questions in a key change that will ...