The change comes amid claims that the personal statements favour middle-class students who may have better access to “high-quality advice and guidance”, according to Ucas. The 4,000-character essay ...

The lengthy personal statement students are required to write when applying to university is unfair and should be replaced by a series of short-response questions, a report has suggested. Currently, ...

The University and College Admissions Service (Ucas) has announced it is ditching the traditional personal statement and will ask students to respond to questions in a key change that will “level the ...