UCAS - Adviser toolkit

Adviser toolkits

International toolkit
Extra toolkit

International toolkit

This toolkit is for advisers in schools, colleges and educational agencies worldwide, and international officers from UK universities and colleges who speak to international audiences.

Do you support students who may want to study in the UK?

We have created this toolkit to help you advise anyone considering UK higher education.

It includes information for you, your students and their parents, in a variety of formats and with useful links to other parts of our website. More items will be added soon so check back regularly for more useful ways to help your students.

Video: Studying at university or college in the UK
Our video for international students is a great introduction to UCAS and includes the thoughts of current international students.

Presentation: Applying to study in the UK
This PowerPoint presentation can be used to show the benefits of studying in the UK, how the UCAS application system works and what needs to be considered. We will update this from time to time so please check back occasionally for the latest version.

Welcome Guides: Introduction to UCAS in various languages
Available in 14 languages on our web page for international advisers. Use them to help people understand UCAS and UK higher education.

UCAS international guides
Our guides will help you, your students and their parents get to grips with UK higher education and UCAS.

Education UK Videos
Visit the British Council's official You Tube channel for all of their videos.

International Qualifications Guide
This guide can be used to compare international qualifications with those in the UK.

Extra toolkit

An Extra choice is available if they need it

Extra presents a valuable opportunity to add another choice in advance of results day. We know that some students - and even some teachers and advisers - aren't familiar with Extra, so to help you explain how it works and the benefits of using it, we've created this Extra Toolkit.

It's designed to help you reassure students who have been unsuccessful with all their choices, or those who are worried they won't secure a place.

This toolkit contains the following information:

Class exercise (PDF) - this is designed to be flexible, so although it's arranged as a chart it can also work well as a quiz. Your students will find all the information they need in the Extra section of this website and in the Using Extra (how-to) video at www.ucas.tv. The answers (PDF) to the exercise are also included.

Applicant FAQs (PDF) - these are for you to pass on to your students, and they can also help you answer any questions you may be asked about Extra. They are based on the most common queries we receive about this stage of the application cycle.

Myth busters (PDF) - providing the truth behind the rumours, this sheet can be used to prompt discussion with your students.

Suggested wording for communication with parents (PDF) - this covers the key points around Extra. You can copy and paste it in to whichever format you use to communicate with parents.

We would welcome your feedback on all the information we have provided. Did you find it useful? Did the format work for you and your students? Any comments and suggestions would be gratefully received at ucas.editors@ucas.ac.uk.

And remember, there are lots of other ways to get help and information from us ...


	- video FAQs and how-to guides
	- see previous answers and what others have asked on our Facebook page
	- see previous answers and announcements on our Twitter feed
	- watch our video FAQs and how-to guides