UCAS - Policy and research services

Policy and research services

We have developed our policy and research services to interpret and gauge the impact of national educational policies. We aim to respond to changes in a way that is supportive to our member institutions as they too respond and adapt to ever-changing and evolving pre-HE and HE contexts. We focus on:

the pre-HE curriculum and progression to higher education
the development and use of the Tariff
research that underpins UCAS' policy work and informs the broader higher education arena.

Policy services

We have consulted on the following work:

Promoting achievement, valuing success: a strategy for 14-19 qualifications
Department for Children, Schools and Families: www.dfes.gov.uk/publications/14-19qualifications/
JISC study on good practice and technology-supported approaches to recruitment and admissions
Centre for Recording Achievement: www.jisc.ac.uk/fundingopportunities/funding_calls/2006/09/funding_recandad.aspx
Improvement in the Further Education Sector: A consultative prospectus for a new sector-owned organisation
DIUS: www.dius.gov.uk/consultations/fe_sector
Intergenerational Mobility report
Sutton Trust: www.suttontrust.com/reports/summary.pdf
Response to Strategic Plan
HE Academy: www.heacademy.ac.uk/resources/detail/2008-13strategicplan
Higher Skills in Work
DIUS: www.dius.gov.uk/consultations/con_0408_hlss.html

Research services: www.ucasresearch.com

The UCAS Research website has been created to allow us a forum from which to present findings, and to promote discourse on current and ongoing issues of importance within the UK admissions arena.

Go to www.ucasresearch.com for

current research
latest surveys
the UCAS research forums
the UCAS Admissions Research Journal.

Get to know the team
Find out who works on policy and research services and their contact details.