Undergraduate Advisory Group

The Undergraduate Advisory Group provides UCAS with a robust and representative voice of its undergraduate scheme providers. The group consults with the sector, advising and making recommendations to UCAS on proposed changes to its undergraduate scheme products and services.

Undergraduate Advisory Group next meeting

Date: Tuesday 8 June 2021
Venue: MS Teams
Time: 10:30 – 13:00
Undergraduate Advisory Group minutes- 8 June 2021 (272.61 KB)
Accommodation feedback (146.33 KB)
Changes to UCAS' advisory groups (213.39 KB)
Operational update (545.87 KB)
Proposal for Tariff reform (132.1 KB)
Proposal to remove QIPS (150.61 KB)
Tariff Reform 2021 (651.51 KB)
Clearing Plus update (149.05 KB)

Undergraduate Advisory Group previous meetings

Date: Thursday 27 January 2021
Venue: MS Teams
Time: 10:30 – 13:00
Undergraduate Advisory Group minutes - 27 January 2021 (292.81 KB)
Reform (568.85 KB)
UCAS Discovery - Events (1.95 MB)

Date: Tuesday 6 October 2020
Venue: MS Teams
Time: 10:30 – 13:00
Undergraduate Advisory Group minutes - 06 October 2020 (275.41 KB)
Clearing Plus (106.74 KB)
My Application (460.81 KB)
Student Engagement (639.11 KB)

Date: Wednesday 3 June 2020
Venue: Virtual
Time: 10:30-13:00
Undergraduate Advisory Group minutes -3 June 2020 (334.48 KB)
Secondary Education Advisory Group update (275.75 KB)
Clearing Plus (118.1 KB)
Covid marketing approach (418.81 KB)
Youthsight presentation (2.1 MB)

Date: Wednesday 5 February 2020
Venue: UCAS, Rosehill, Cheltenham
Time: 11:00 – 15:00
Undergraduate Advisory Group minutes- 5 February 2020 (298.4 KB)
Accommodation search (86.14 KB)
R and R update (1.73 MB)
Scholarships and bursaries (410.03 KB)
Sync (516.69 KB)

Date: Wednesday 16 October 2019

Venue: UCAS, Rosehill, Cheltenham
Time: 11:00 – 15:00
Undergraduate Advisory Group minutes - 16 October 2019 (300.57 KB)
Conditional Unconditional offers (505.46 KB)
Consultancy presentation (449.71 KB)
Corporate Strategy (1.11 MB)
Information and Advice presentation (281.33 KB)
Operations update (888.69 KB)
Sync Engagement (745.1 KB)
Sync workshop (133.2 KB)

Date: Tuesday 18 June 2019
Venue: UCAS, Rosehill, Cheltenham
Time: 11:00 – 15:00
Undergraduate Advisory Group minutes -18 June 2019 (274.18 KB)
Corporate strategy and supporting emerging cohorts (799.87 KB)
Variable start dates working group recomendations (149.28 KB)
Bespoke questions proposals (144.61 KB)
Direct Contact Service, I&A tool and career explorer presentations (4.08 MB)

Date: Wednesday 6 February 2019

Venue: UCAS, Rosehill, Cheltenham
Time: 11:00 – 15:00
Undergraduate Advisory Group minutes 06.02.2019 (322.23 KB)
WP Interventions (198.68 KB)
Operational update February 2019 (163.49 KB)

Date: Monday 12 November 2018
Venue: UCAS, Rosehill, Cheltenham
Time: 11:00 – 15:00
What are unconditional offers? (441.17 KB)
Unconditional offers good practice (376.21 KB)
Undergraduate Advisory Group minutes 12112018 (296.66 KB)

Date: Wednesday 6 June 2018
Venue: UCAS, Rosehill, Cheltenham
Time: 11:00 – 15:00
Undergraduate Advisory Group minutes 06062018 (253.32 KB)
Analysis and Insight Product update (137.04 KB)
Information Tools for Students Proposals Consultation Brief.pdf (230.26 KB)
Business Rules and Principles Working Group update (242.15 KB)

Date: Wednesday 7 February 2018
Venue: UCAS, Rosehill, Cheltenham
Time: 11:00 – 15:00
Undergraduate Advisory Group minutes - 7 February 2018 (235.38 KB)
January 15 statistics (1.64 MB)
Operational update (370.05 KB)
Contextualised Admissions project (345.36 KB)
Corporate strategy refresh (473.61 KB)
Entry requirement presentation (268.19 KB)
Entry requirements guide (72.29 KB)

Date: Wednesday 18 October 2017
Venue: UCAS, Rosehill, Cheltenham
Time: 11:00 – 15:00
Undergraduate Advisory Group minutes - 18 October 2017 (385.43 KB)
Confirmation and Clearing update (435.59 KB)
Progressions Pathways 2 - next steps (366.31 KB)
Direct Contact Service update (333.25 KB)
C&C feedback from regional forums (325.89 KB)
Regional forums summary (313.99 KB)
Offer rate calculator presentation (628.15 KB)

Date: Wednesday 7 June 2017
Venue: UCAS, Rosehill, Cheltenham
Time: 11:00 – 15:00
Undergraduate Advisory Group minutes - 7 June 2017 (381.31 KB)
Direct Contact Service update (560.48 KB)
Fraud and verification strategic review (301.02 KB)
Operational update (332.65 KB)
TEF briefing (1.87 MB)
Variable Start Dates working group recomendations (328.72 KB)
AMS development update (1.96 MB)

Date: Thursday 9 February 2017
Venue: UCAS, Rosehill, Cheltenham
Time: 11:00 – 15:00
Undergraduate Advisory Group minutes - 9 February 2017 (504.74 KB)
Group survey results (1.08 MB)
Operational update (529.3 KB)
2017 embargo briefing (240.25 KB)
Qualification reform (343.26 KB)
Application management services (1.12 MB)
Collection tool presentation (781.51 KB)
Zero breach update (461.3 KB)

Date: Wednesday 19 October 2016
Venue: UCAS, Rosehill, Cheltenham
Time: 11:00 – 15:00
Undergraduate Advisory Group minutes - 19 October 2016 (419.72 KB)
Offer rate calculator (5.76 MB)
UCAS Search (936.95 KB)
Link product road map and update (2.46 MB)
Zero breach communication (1.62 MB)
Qualification reform (931.22 KB)

Date: Wednesday 22 June 2016
Venue: UCAS, Rosehill, Cheltenham
Time: 11:00 – 15:00
Undergraduate Advisory Group minutes - 22 June 2016 (419.97 KB)
Confirmation and Clearing presentation (1.06 MB)
Rationale for undergraduate capitation fee increase (220.09 KB)
Development of UCAS' products and services (1.68 MB)
PMDS presentation (851.23 KB)

Date: Wednesday 24 February 2016

Venue: UCAS, Rosehill, Cheltenham
Time: 11:00 – 15:00
Minutes 16 February 2016 (448.25 KB)
Clearing Working Group -UAG/16/001 (409.41 KB)
New Tariff - UAG/16/002 (339.19 KB)
Consumer Rights update UAG/16/003 (499.03 KB)
HEP satisfaction survey headlines (522.13 KB)
Digital acceleration - Search - presentation (1.23 MB)

Date: Friday 16 October
Venue: UCAS, Rosehill, Cheltenham
Time: 11:00 – 15:00
Minutes 16 October 2015 (441.3 KB)
Minutes 16 October 2015 (441.3 KB)
Review of Confirmation & Clearing (1.1 MB)
UG Product Proposition (3.05 MB)
UAG Engagement Strategy (453.02 KB)

Date: Wednesday 24 June 2015
Venue: UCAS, Rosehill, Cheltenham
Time: 11:00 – 15:00
UAG minutes July 2015 (529.05 KB)
UAG action log (219.98 KB)

Date: Wednesday 25 February 2015
Venue: UCAS, Rosehill, Cheltenham
Time: 11:00 – 15:00

uag-minutes-february-2015.pdf (480.31 KB)
uag-action-log-march-205.pdf (198.54 KB)

Date: Thursday 23 October 2014
Venue: UCAS, Rosehill, Cheltenham
Time: 11:00 – 15:00

uag-minutes-23-oct-14.pdf (475.48 KB)
uag-action-log-nov-23-10-14.pdf (194.63 KB)
uag-23-10-14-2015-project-update_0.pdf (333.06 KB)
uag-23-10-14-nat-app-survey.pdf (307.4 KB)
uag-23-10-14-new-tariff.pdf (471.62 KB)
uag-23-10-14-new-tariff-implementation.pdf (765.89 KB)
uag-new-tariff-heps-toolkit.pdf (1.61 MB)
uag-23-10-14-2015-admissions-conference.pdf (434.65 KB)

Date: Wednesday 25 June 2014
Venue: UCAS, Rosehill, Cheltenham
Time: 11:00 – 15:00

uag-minutes-25-06-2014.pdf (480.39 KB)
uag-action-log.pdf (199.67 KB)
2015-update-paper-uag-14-001.pdf (400.36 KB)
the-service-context-the-transformation-story-uag-14-002.pdf (835.59 KB)
undergraduate-backlog-uag-14-003.pdf (422.56 KB)
clearing-review-sub-group-uag-14-004.pdf (478.69 KB)
international-consultation-uag-14-005.pdf (395.98 KB)
international-admissions-review-consultation-discussion-uag-14-006.pdf (657.54 KB)
apply-review-sub-group-uag-14-007.pdf (395.1 KB)

Date: Wednesday 26 February 2014
Venue: UCAS, Rosehill, Cheltenham
Time: 11:00 – 15:00

uag-minutes-26-02-14.pdf (468.91 KB)
uag-action-log-26-02-14.xlsx (85.26 KB)

uag-action-log.xlsx (14.46 KB)
cug-minutes-04-12-13.pdf (542.08 KB)
- cug-moving-forward-discussion-paper.pdf (665.9 KB)
- cug-2015-changes.pdf (457.04 KB)

Undergraduate Advisory Group documents

Undergraduate Advisory Group Terms of Reference (347.18 KB)
Undergraduate Advisory Group Membership (179.92 KB)