Adviser Experience how UCAS supports advisers Andy Frampton

Adviser Experience – how UCAS supports advisers Andy Frampton, Relationship & National Engagement Manager

UK 19 and under End of Cycle statistics 2012 2013 2014 2015 Applicants 356, 270 369, 475 376, 875 389, 570 Accepts 289, 755 308, 590 315, 115 328, 535 83. 6% 84. 3% Acceptance rate 81. 3% 83. 5%

Population: UK 18 year olds 2006 -2035 Size relative to 2009 population; split by UK country Population increased by 2% (+13 k) in 2015 but is falling in all countries of the UK until 2020.

Review of Clearing – key stats Last statistical reporting point on Clearing was 2 nd September: • Number of applicants placed through Clearing up 3% to over 42, 000 • Number of applicants placed through Firm and Insurance, both up 1% • Adjustment down 21% to 920 • Nearly 7000 applicants were placed on the first day of Clearing

So what? • • Fewer 18 (and 19) year olds available to recruit Providers are still hungry for students with academic qualifications e. g. Highers, A levels, IB or pre-U More pressure on advisers to … • know more about a wider range of (reformed) quals • second guess offers and interpret university behaviour • stay one step ahead of learners UCAS’ products and services need to be more responsive to advisers’ needs.

Adviser Experience Louise Evans Head of Adviser Experience Callie Hawkins Adviser Experience Manager

You asked, we listened • We want Apply to be available earlier - Apply for applicants was available on 24 May. • We want access to Apply for advisers before applicants to get ourselves set up and ready - Apply for advisers was available on 17 May. • Applicants need more time to research their options in Clearing - Clearing vacancy list was available from 5 July. • We enabled applicants to make clearing referrals from 15: 00 on A-Level results day

Offer rate calculator • A new ‘beta’ product, launching in October 2016 • An adviser-facing tool, which could assist them in supporting applicants on a one-to-one basis. • Using historical data, the tool indicates the likelihood of an applicant receiving an offer, based on their predicted grades. • This tool will be password-protected for advisers.

Candidate Matching Service • We believe over 1100 students have been placed using the service. • In the South East and East, 148 students have been placed at 12 participating providers. Over 4000 responses to the 2016 applicant survey to date and some great feedback: • 93% happy to be called through the service • 85% saying the calls they got were helpful • Next steps: continued development for Clearing & Extra!

Tariff resources Resources available to support the transition are available on the UCAS website: https: //www. ucas. com/advisers/guides-andresources/tariff-2017 Our latest resources include: • the new Tariff video for learners • the new Tariff calculator and accompanying API to create your own branded calculator • an updated qualifications list which includes the ‘Qualcode’ – important to Planning/Student Records and IT teams.

New Tariff calculator

Resources for advisers • Adviser news feed – all your news in one place Information on the school/college on ucas. com • Reference writing video – hints and tips from Special circumstances (if applicable) university staff • Your first port of call - www. ucas. com/advisers Subject by subject report • New macro to enable flexibility on Adviser track https: //www. ucas. com/advisers/managing. Suitability for the chosen course applications/adviser-track-and-reporting Concluding endorsement

UCAS widget The widget can be accessed from ucas. com and uploaded to any website using simple coding. • Over 2. 4 million unique users worldwide so far. Top 10 country users 1. UK 2. Malaysia 3. Indonesia 4. USA 5. Spain 6. Thailand 7. India 8. Germany 9. Ireland 10. Hong Kong •

www. ucas. com/training

Browse. Aloud – accessibility tool

Resources for parents Three 90 second videos on hot topics for parents: • The UCAS process Special circumstances (if applicable) • Open days • Student finance Subject by subject report 2017 Parent Guide with Which? University content Go to www. ucas. com/parents to view and share

Latest news… UCAS MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) – we have partnered with Futurelearn to develop two MOOCs for advisers and learners worldwide ü Smart Advice: Broadening your students’ horizons – delivered in May ü Smart Choices: Broadening your horizons – delivered in September. Both to be repeated. www. futurelearn. com

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