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  2. UCAS - Wikipedia

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    To apply to university, students must submit a single application via UCAS's online Apply service. The application itself requires the student to register to the service, giving a "buzzword" if applying through a centre, fill in personal details, write a personal statement and choose up to five courses to apply to, in no order of preference.

  3. UCAS Tariff - Wikipedia

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    It is used as a means of giving students from the United Kingdom places at UK universities. While UCAS Tariff Points are often based on A-Levels, AS-Levels, Scottish Highers, etc., they can also be increased through other means, including taking extra-curricular activities, such as doing an EPQ [1] or passing a Grade 6 in an instrument. [2]

  4. Joint Academic Coding System - Wikipedia

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    HESA and UCAS used to operate two different (though similar) subject coding systems - HESAcode and Standard Classification of Academic Subjects (SCAS) respectively. In 1996 a joint project was launched to bring these two systems together to create a unified structure. A project team was established with two people from each of the two ...

  5. Universities Central Council on Admissions - Wikipedia

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    Copies of the application were sent to these universities (unlike UCCA's modern counterpart, UCAS), which could make various kinds of offer: unconditional, or conditional on grades achieved in the subsequent A-level examinations. Students could hold a maximum of two of these offers, a first choice, plus a reserve choice held in case they failed ...

  6. Timeline of tuition fees in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The first students began paying back the endowment on 1 April 2005. [22] Not all students had to pay. Those taking qualifications below degree level were exempt as were mature students over the age of 25, lone parents in receipt of a lone parent grant and those in receipt of Disabled Student Allowance.

  7. University of Wales Trinity Saint David - Wikipedia

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    With many of the degrees offered by the university there is less emphasis placed upon UCAS points and more upon individual merit especially regarding mature students. However, for many of the degrees offered within the Faculty of Humanities a set number of UCAS points is required; for most courses this is usually between 240 and 280.

  8. List of UCAS institutions - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of UCAS institutions. The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service ( UCAS ) manages higher education applications in the UK. [ 1 ] Each institution has a code for use in the application process.

  9. Adult learner - Wikipedia

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    An adult learner—or, more commonly, a mature student or mature-age student—is a person who is older and is involved in forms of learning.Adult learners fall in a specific criterion of being experienced, and do not always have a high school diploma.