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

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

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 decision by UCAS to move away from personal statements could also be a response to the growing number of students relying on generative AI platforms to write their essays. While the organisation ...

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 surveyed potential applicants about to start their personal statement and found more than three-quarters prefer the new three-question format. By Claire Gilbody Dickerson, news reporter ...

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.

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 has announced university applicants will no longer need to write personal statements from late 2025. Instead, they will be asked three thoroughly-researched questions.

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