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I don't think I've ever heard UCAS pronounced u-CAH-s or ICK-as. I've changed it, but others may disagree - if so, feel free to revert. -- mkg87 19:23 17 August 2005, BST
Do mature students applying have to go through UCAS as well? Also does anyone know where part-time and correspondence degrees fit in? Timrollpickering 17:30, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
Mature students do have to go through UCAS, they fill in exactly the same form as school applicants, EU applicants and International applicants- ie: everyone, regardless of situation, applies through UCAS with the same form. UCAS doesn't cover corresponance degrees, you would need to contact the universities directly about that. In terms of part time courses, they are listed on the UCAS website but I think some PT courses you apply through UCAS, others you apply directly to the university. You are best contacting the university's admissions department directly on that one! Good luck in any application! DARLA 3:27 15/12/2005 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.9.204.80 ( talk) 03:27, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
refer to this page : http://www.admissions.ox.ac.uk/grad/
applicant for second undergrad may apply to both Oxford and Cambridge. Someone add that info as well! -- Beatallica 06:21, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
The articel states that the logo is new for 2006. I recieved a letter from them in 2005 using this logo. Perhaps it was introduced for the 05/06 academic year? Lucas42 11:33, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
What do we think about moving this page to Universities and Colleges Admissions Service, allowing UCAS to become a disambiguation between this and Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics? Although UCAS is usually pronounced as such, Wikipedia:Naming conventions (acronyms) suggests that where there is more than one expansion, the acronym should be made into a disambiguation. Comments? -- Scott Wilson 18:04, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
Nine years later, I htink it is worth revisiting this. There are four other meanings for UCAS listed at UCAS (disambiguation). Does USAS as the title of this article meet the test of WP:ACRONYMTITLE?:
I don't think that UCAS is widely known like NASA or FIFA. In fact, I expect it would be unknown to non-UK readers, and to many if not most UK readers. I propose that Universities and Colleges Admissions Service is a more useful title for this article. Ground Zero | t 14:02, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
The article implies the only limit on the length of personal statements is a 4000 character limit, but there is also a line number limit (when the personal statement is pasted into the Apply system linebreaks are automatically added if not there already). This must be satified in addition to the character limit, but no mention of it is made in the article or the reference on Ucas.com
Loftx 14:46, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
Image:Ucaslogo.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.
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The article should address how UCAS is organised. Is is a company? Does it make a profit? Or is it a government agency, quango, etc....
Dhollm ( talk) 12:48, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
UCAS has charity status and is not associated with the goverment, or receives any government funding. UCAS' income is generated by the application fee that candidates pay. UCAS Media, however, is a limited company and offers services such as advertising (in UCAS publications and on the UCAS website), yougofuther.com and convention services. Their turnover is approx 10m a year and they gift-aid 4.5m of this to UCAS to cover the running costs. Ntucadbe ( talk) 09:51, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
From experience I have to say that UCAS is organized as a nasty fascist outfit. I deal with them as an academic who provides them information free of charge, so you might expect them to be polite and professional about it, but they treat everybody like a RyanAir customer. 137.205.183.114 ( talk) 10:52, 19 August 2014 (UTC)
The "Forgotten Login Deatils" link is utterly useless on UCAS, can someone tell me another way i could get my details? I never received a "Welcome letter," so i haven't got a copy of it all. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.25.14.226 ( talk) 21:09, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
wrote history section and moved to top Kernel geek ( talk) 11:25, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
In the 3.5 "Timetable for Offers" section the link to "UCAS Clearing" directed back to the top of the page, recursion is not helpful; I redirected it to the correct section. Guavagirl 17:21, 4 May 2011 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Guavagirl ( talk • contribs)
Article seems somewhat complementary/non-neutral to me. Some of the wording could do with touching up, the UCAS media section especially but not solely. crh23 ( talk) 10:01, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
Some sections have few sources and many sections have no sources at all. Needs more sources to qualify as a proper Wikipedia article.
Jinlye ( talk) 09:51, 20 April 2017 (UTC)
The article claims: "all students planning to study for an undergraduate degree in the UK must apply through UCAS" - I believe that is technically not true, at least after the start of Clearing. There are universities that accept direct applications for undergraduate degrees, such as Brighton or UEL. -- DukePB ( talk) 10:39, 16 April 2022 (UTC)
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I don't think I've ever heard UCAS pronounced u-CAH-s or ICK-as. I've changed it, but others may disagree - if so, feel free to revert. -- mkg87 19:23 17 August 2005, BST
Do mature students applying have to go through UCAS as well? Also does anyone know where part-time and correspondence degrees fit in? Timrollpickering 17:30, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
Mature students do have to go through UCAS, they fill in exactly the same form as school applicants, EU applicants and International applicants- ie: everyone, regardless of situation, applies through UCAS with the same form. UCAS doesn't cover corresponance degrees, you would need to contact the universities directly about that. In terms of part time courses, they are listed on the UCAS website but I think some PT courses you apply through UCAS, others you apply directly to the university. You are best contacting the university's admissions department directly on that one! Good luck in any application! DARLA 3:27 15/12/2005 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.9.204.80 ( talk) 03:27, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
refer to this page : http://www.admissions.ox.ac.uk/grad/
applicant for second undergrad may apply to both Oxford and Cambridge. Someone add that info as well! -- Beatallica 06:21, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
The articel states that the logo is new for 2006. I recieved a letter from them in 2005 using this logo. Perhaps it was introduced for the 05/06 academic year? Lucas42 11:33, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
What do we think about moving this page to Universities and Colleges Admissions Service, allowing UCAS to become a disambiguation between this and Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics? Although UCAS is usually pronounced as such, Wikipedia:Naming conventions (acronyms) suggests that where there is more than one expansion, the acronym should be made into a disambiguation. Comments? -- Scott Wilson 18:04, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
Nine years later, I htink it is worth revisiting this. There are four other meanings for UCAS listed at UCAS (disambiguation). Does USAS as the title of this article meet the test of WP:ACRONYMTITLE?:
I don't think that UCAS is widely known like NASA or FIFA. In fact, I expect it would be unknown to non-UK readers, and to many if not most UK readers. I propose that Universities and Colleges Admissions Service is a more useful title for this article. Ground Zero | t 14:02, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
The article implies the only limit on the length of personal statements is a 4000 character limit, but there is also a line number limit (when the personal statement is pasted into the Apply system linebreaks are automatically added if not there already). This must be satified in addition to the character limit, but no mention of it is made in the article or the reference on Ucas.com
Loftx 14:46, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
Image:Ucaslogo.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.
Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to insure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.
If there is other other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page. Note that any fair use images uploaded after 4 May, 2006, and lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. BetacommandBot 04:21, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
The article should address how UCAS is organised. Is is a company? Does it make a profit? Or is it a government agency, quango, etc....
Dhollm ( talk) 12:48, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
UCAS has charity status and is not associated with the goverment, or receives any government funding. UCAS' income is generated by the application fee that candidates pay. UCAS Media, however, is a limited company and offers services such as advertising (in UCAS publications and on the UCAS website), yougofuther.com and convention services. Their turnover is approx 10m a year and they gift-aid 4.5m of this to UCAS to cover the running costs. Ntucadbe ( talk) 09:51, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
From experience I have to say that UCAS is organized as a nasty fascist outfit. I deal with them as an academic who provides them information free of charge, so you might expect them to be polite and professional about it, but they treat everybody like a RyanAir customer. 137.205.183.114 ( talk) 10:52, 19 August 2014 (UTC)
The "Forgotten Login Deatils" link is utterly useless on UCAS, can someone tell me another way i could get my details? I never received a "Welcome letter," so i haven't got a copy of it all. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.25.14.226 ( talk) 21:09, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
wrote history section and moved to top Kernel geek ( talk) 11:25, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
In the 3.5 "Timetable for Offers" section the link to "UCAS Clearing" directed back to the top of the page, recursion is not helpful; I redirected it to the correct section. Guavagirl 17:21, 4 May 2011 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Guavagirl ( talk • contribs)
Article seems somewhat complementary/non-neutral to me. Some of the wording could do with touching up, the UCAS media section especially but not solely. crh23 ( talk) 10:01, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
Some sections have few sources and many sections have no sources at all. Needs more sources to qualify as a proper Wikipedia article.
Jinlye ( talk) 09:51, 20 April 2017 (UTC)
The article claims: "all students planning to study for an undergraduate degree in the UK must apply through UCAS" - I believe that is technically not true, at least after the start of Clearing. There are universities that accept direct applications for undergraduate degrees, such as Brighton or UEL. -- DukePB ( talk) 10:39, 16 April 2022 (UTC)