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Career decisions, a request for help, and some fantastic super-curricular resources.
This week is aimed squarely at teachers, advisers and other supporters, with a quick analysis of two really interesting reports on career decision making.
Once again, I’ll be asking for your support in getting my guidance on Personal Statements and Admissions Tests out to your students.
And we’ll finish with some great super-curricular resources from Cambridge and Imperial.

Just one thing… UCAS Personal Statements 2026
Once again, just one thing this week.
If you haven’t guessed already by the giant image at the top of this email, I’ve now launched a brand new guide “How to write your UCAS Personal Statement, 2026 edition”.

Just one thing… university admissions tests
Last year I wrote an article all about admissions tests. It very quickly became my most popular page, and so I’ve been keeping it up to date ever since.
Every time admissions tests get discussed on social media groups, and I chime in, I get hundreds of hits on the article. It turns out there really isn’t anywhere you can go for comprehensive, accurate and up-to-date information on which university admissions tests students need to take.
And so, I’ve built a new website.