Webinars
Our partner universities deliver webinars for teachers and advisers which you can attend for free and access recordings of.
CPD Resource Hub
Our Resource Hub offers tailored resources to support you with guiding students through every stage toward Higher Education, browse our collection of resources below!
Overview
This strand provides information to help teachers and advisers understand how admissions processes work at universities and at Russell Group universities in particular.
It outlines the process and provides examples of different admissions models operated by some universities.
This strand includes a guidebook, a presentation, five quick reference sheets, a teacher reflection sheet and student activities.
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Contextual Admissions: Key updates for supporting your students | Webinar | Teacher/Advisor | View Resource | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Helping students navigate the student finance process in England | Webinar | Teacher/Advisor | View Resource | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Helping your students to navigate the student finance process in England | Webinar | Teacher/Advisor | View Resource | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Unveiling Potential: Information on Contextual Offers (March 2024) | Webinar | Teacher/Advisor | View Resource | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Results Day Resilience: Preparing Students for Clearing (March 2024) | Webinar | Teacher/Advisor | View Resource | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
How do admissions processes work? | Guidebook | Teacher/Advisor | View Resource | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Responding to university decisions - worksheet B | Activity sheets | Teacher/AdvisorStudent | View Resource | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Responding to university decisions - worksheet A | Activity sheets | Teacher/AdvisorStudent | View Resource | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Responding to university decisions - activity instructions | Activity sheets | Teacher/AdvisorStudent | View Resource | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Teacher and adviser reflection - understanding admissions processes | Reflection sheets | Teacher/Advisor | View Resource | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alternative routes into competitive universities | Information Sheets | Teacher/AdvisorStudent | View Resource | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Contextual admissions processes at Russell Group universities | Information Sheets | Teacher/Advisor | View Resource | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Presentation notes - Supporting students through the application process | Presentation | Teacher/Advisor | View Resource | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Presentation slides - supporting students through the application process | Presentation | Teacher/Advisor | View Resource | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Top tips for supporting students who do not have a confirmed place | Information Sheets | Teacher/Advisor | View Resource | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Admissions processes - myth-busting | Information Sheets | Teacher/Advisor | View Resource | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Admissions glossary | Information Sheets | Teacher/Advisor | View Resource | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Contextual admissions at Russell Group universities (October 2018) | Webinar | Teacher/AdvisorStudent | View Resource | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
How have interviews and admissions tests been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic? (September 2020) | Webinar | Teacher/Advisor | View Resource | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Understanding contextual admissions policies (October 2021) | Webinar | Teacher/Advisor | View Resource | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Supporting students to prepare for online Oxbridge interviews (October 2021) | Webinar | Teacher/Advisor | View Resource | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UCAS for beginners: Top tips and insight into university admissions and the UCAS application process (June 2021) | Webinar | Teacher/Advisor | View Resource | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interviews and additional admissions tests (October 2018) | Webinar | Teacher/AdvisorStudent | View Resource | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
General alternative routes in Higher Education (May 2020) | Webinar | Teacher/Advisor | View Resource | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Understanding admissions at university (May 2020) | Webinar | Teacher/Advisor | View Resource | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Who is it for?
Resource Type
Useful links
Access and Participation Plans
Every university publishes an Access and Participation Plans which sets out what they are doing to reduce inequalities. Here you can find out more about the plans and look up the plan for a particular institution.
Carers Trust
Carers Trust is a charity which works to improve support for those who are unpaid carers for family members or friends. Their website contains resources on the subject of Higher Education
Complete University Guide - Clearing
This article from the Complete University Guide provides a checklist for teachers to get their students ready for Clearing.
Fair Education Alliance contextual admissions report
This report from the Fair Education Alliance published in 2018 examines the current use of contextual data in the university admissions process.
National Network for the Education of Care Leavers
NNECL provides Higher Education activities and resources for care leavers, children in care and those who support them.
Office for Students
The Office for Students is the regulator for the Higher Education sector in England.
Propel
This website provides a guide for teachers to support them in encouraging care leavers to consider college or university as an option.
Russell Group - Pathways For Potential
The Russell Group's Pathways For Potential report sets out a roadmap for tacking educational inequality and improving access to Higher Education.
Standalone
Standalone supports those who have been estranged from their family. Their website provides information about support, financing studies and accommodation options as an estranged student.
UCAS account login
The UCAS website allows applicants to follow the progress of their applications online. They will receive university decisions through this website.
UCAS Clearing
This useful UCAS webpage provides information on entering Clearing.
UCAS Extra
This UCAS webpage offers information on their Extra service, for students who have received decisions from all five universities or colleges and weren't accepted, or if they declined the offers they received.
UCAS Key dates
This is a useful UCAS webpage summarising all the key dates relevant to undergraduate university applications.
UCAS - supporting care leavers
This UCAS webpage provides useful advice for care leavers applying to higher education.
University websites - contextual admissions
Links to further detail on the use of contextual information by our Advancing Access university partners are listed below. Please note this is not an exhaustive list and you should check individual university websites for further information.
- University of Birmingham
- University of Bristol
- University of Cambridge
- Cardiff University
- Durham University
- University of Edinburgh
- University of Exeter
- University of Glasgow
- Imperial College London
- King's College London
- University of Leeds
- University of Liverpool
- London School of Economics and Political Science
- University of Manchester
- Newcastle University – also see www.ncl.ac.uk/schools/partners for more information
- University of Nottingham
- University of Oxford
- Queen Mary University of London
- Queen's University Belfast
- University of Sheffield
- University of Southampton
- University College London
- University of Warwick
- University of York
Universities UK - Fair admissions code of practice
A code of practice for undergraduate admissions published by Universities UK which universities have agreed to follow.
