UCAS Central Council on Admissions (UCCA) and Polytechnics Central Admissions System (PCAS) and the name UCAS is a contraction of the former acronyms UCCA and PCAS. An early proposal was made for the new merged body to be called PUCCA, but this was never adopted. UCCA was the older of the two bodies, having been formed in 1961 to provide a clearing house for university applications in the United Kingdom. It was created in response to concerns during the 1950s that the increase in University applications was unmanageable using the systems then in place, where each student applied individually to as
What Degree? Which University? student life, student housing, and graduate opportunities for university leavers through the "Lifestyle", "Student Housing", "Survival Guide" and "After Uni" sections. The creator of "What Degree? Which University?" is David Handley, who is also the founding director of international sculpture exhibition, "Sculpture by the Sea". Handley first conceptualised "What Degree? Which University?" whilst studying his final year of Law at the University of Sydney. In 1988, "What Degree? Which University?" initially took form through university seminars held at the University of Sydney, allowing prospective students to compare degree options by hearing current and former students of undergraduate degree programs discuss