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University is a golden ticket to success, right? Or is it?
Lots of people think that going to university is a simple, transactional relationship: you go to university, pay your fees, and your attendance at university provides you with a more successful future.
But it’s all nonsense. University simply doesn’t work like that. For the simple reason that each of us are different. We all have a different starting point. We all have different skills and abilities. We all have different hopes, aspirations and expectations.
And, bluntly, some of us work harder to achieve these than others!
Your university application timeline, with key dates for 2026
Are you about to embark on your university applications for entry in 2025?
If so, this timeline is exactly what you need to help you get your head around the process.
I’ll give you all the key dates and deadlines, suggestions about what you should be considering and when, plus links to loads more advice and support for each stage of the process.
UCAS Extra and Clearing: A failsafe for the unexpected
Sometimes, the UCAS system might seem a bit clunky and a bit restrictive, and for many students it seems a bit complicated. But in the main, it seems to work for most people, with some 384,000 students ending up at their firm or insurance choices last year.
Yet each year, there are a whole bunch of students who the main process doesn’t quite work properly for. That’s where UCAS Extra and Clearing come in; to provide you with a failsafe for when the unexpected happens.
You might not plan on using either of these, but trust me, it's well worth spending the next five minutes reading all about them, so that you have that failsafe ready, should you need it!