The change comes amid claims that the personal statements favour middle-class students who may have better access to “high-quality advice and guidance”, according to Ucas. The 4,000-character essay ...

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After 32 years, university applicants this autumn will no longer face having to fill a big blank box with 4,000 characters. The old-style UCAS personal statement is no more. The university admissions ...

The quality of an applicant's personal statement is very important at LSE. The School does not interview for places so this is an applicant’s only opportunity to demonstrate they are a good fit for ...

Associate Pro Vice Chancellor for Student Inclusion and Professor of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, University of East Anglia Prospective students will no longer be asked to write personal ...