02 Jun 2020
In our fourth wave of research commissioned for our client at UCAS, we look at the decision-making timeline of applicants and discuss the implications for universities. If you've been keeping up with our webinar series, you'll have seen how…
26 May 2020
In our previous blog: 'Scenarios for starting university', we reported a shift in applicant confidence and in our latest research for London Economics will find that one in five applicants are planning on deferring this year. The Guardian and The…
12 May 2020
As time in lockdown moves forward and the Government announces the UK's roadmap to easing lockdown, applicants' views are beginning to shift as the reality of what it will mean to start university begins to hit home.
05 May 2020
In our latest survey conducted for the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) we found that the majority of university students (79%) feel confident about securing a graduate level job once they leave higher education despite the impact of…
27 Apr 2020
Following the Government's announcement on this year's grading system, we used our applicant mood tracker to see how this has impacted applicants' decisions about starting university this year.
16 Apr 2020
The latest poll commissioned by the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) found that the majority of students are satisfied with the communication they've had from their university during the Covid-19 outbreak and more students want…
09 Apr 2020
86% of university applicants said they have not changed their mind about starting university or college this autumn and are continuing with their application as planned.
01 Apr 2020
YouthSight is the partner of choice for UCAS Media's new engagement campaign; bringing extra support to the HE Sector during these challenging times. As the news emerged that the UK would be entering a lockdown, many students were left feeling…
23 Mar 2020
Weather report on recruiting international students The dark clouds of the COVID-19 pandemic are right over us - and most of the rest of the world - dominating our thinking for months, at least. But we must remember that, as with all crises, the…
16 Jan 2020
Last January we tipped the trends to watch in 2019. As a new decade unfolds, we thought we should apply some 2020 hindsight to our predictions and see what topics came to the boil and which were merely a flash in the pan.
HE Thinking, Press and Announcements
08 Jan 2020
We've worked with the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) to publish new research about students' views on data security. Higher education institutions collect and hold huge amounts of data on students, whether for regulatory purposes or to…
16 Dec 2019
A new study reveals which UK university courses have the heaviest and lightest workloads, and how this affects students' perceptions of value for money. Study International News recently reported that Medicine, and subjects allied to Medicine,…
