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How to Complete Your UCAS Application
2009 Entry
How To Complete Your UCAS Application has been helping university
applicants stay off the rejected pile for nearly 20 years. Published in
association with UCAS, it gives the inside track on making your application,
providing in-depth advice on navigating the Apply system and avoiding
common mistakes.
It guides you step by step, from the very early stages of the decision-
making process through the ins and outs of completing and submitting
your application to results day and beyond.
Fully updated to reflect recent changes, it contains
detailed advice on choosing what and where to
study, entry requirements and interviews and
writing a winning personal statement.
Price: £12.99 Published: May-08
978-1-84455-160-6
The Virgin 2009 Alternative
Guide to British Universities
The insider’s guide to everything you need to
know about every University and college in
Britain - written with the honesty and
frankness of the students who actually
attend the courses. This insightful and
comprehensive guide is based on what you
actually get - teaching quality, student
satisfaction and job prospects at the end.
• How much is each university charging and which offer the
best value for money?
• Which universities teach your chosen subject?
• Which teach it best?
• What A level grades or points will you need to get in?
• What is the people mix like?
• How do students rate the social life, the buzz… safety and the
city scene?
• What’s the cost of living?
• Which are the best for sport, the arts and the skills that
graduate employers want?
• Where do their graduates actually end up?
Price: £16.99 Published: Jun-08 Price: £22.99 Published: Apr-08
978-1-84455-157-6
www.ucasbooks.com publicationservices@ucas.ac.uk
Guardian University Guide 2009
Packed with no-nonsense advice, this book takes prospective students
through every process they will encounter when entering further education:
from applications to interviews, accommodation to finances.
The Guardian subject ratings are the most up to date on the market,
based on the UCAS entry tariffs so that students can judge for themselves
which are the best universities available to them. The Guardian uses new
data each year so you can be sure that what you're looking at is the most
cutting edge information there is.
Price: £15.99 Published: Jun-08
978-0-85265-097-4
Choosing Your Degree
Course and University
This guide is dedicated to helping university
applicants choose between the 200+
institutions, 1,200 degree subjects and
50,000 courses available. Authored by Brian
Heap, an expert on university entry, the book
profiles over 50 of the most popular degree
subject areas and lists all universities and
higher education colleges.
Whether you are struggling to choose a degree subject, a course or an
institution, this guide contains all the relevant information you need to
make a decision.
Easy to use, it offers unique at-a-glance comparisons of institutions
offering similar courses and now in its 11th successful edition, this guide is
fully revised to ensure the most accurate, up-to-date information is
included.
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