Mary Curnock Cook to step down as Ucas head
UK admissions body chief executive, who has held the role since 2010, to leave in April
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Mary Curnock Cook warns that in a world of competition, grade thresholds have become moving targets
Managing enrolments becomes a tall order when universities must aim at the ABB threshold’s moving target, says Mary Curnock Cook
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‘Growing disconnect’ between students and UK universities
Students feeling lonely and ‘underwhelmed’ by university experience, warns UPP Foundation report based on survey and focus groups
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UK’s Chinese student decline could be ‘sign of diversification’
Drop in international students applying via Ucas, down to lowest level since 2014, might offer signs of market pressures
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Entry rate fall creates ‘strategic uncertainty’ in English sector
Admissions figures on track for ‘largest-ever fall’ in English student entry rate bring worries for universities accustomed to growth
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11 most common opening lines in Ucas personal statements
Thousands of applicants used exactly the same phrases to open their Ucas personal statement in 2015.