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.