UCAS UCAS' Clearing service – which enables unplaced students to apply for courses with vacancies directly to the university. They do so by searching for an available course, using the UCAS search tool, and contacting each university or college concerned for a place. Although clearing is most commonly used following results days in August, it opens at the start of July each year and closes in late September. If applicants exceed the conditions of their firm offer, they have the option to search for a place at another university or college while retaining their original offer. This is known as "adjustment",
Institute for Mathematics and its Applications awarded. The IMA annually awards a prize to people to a mathematician who has received their PhD within the last 10 years. Sharing a very similar name and the acronym IMA, it should not be confused with the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, a professional body for mathematicians in the UK. Institute for Mathematics and its Applications The Institute for Mathematics and its Applications located at the University of Minnesota is an organization established in 1982 by the National Science Foundation (NSF) of the United States. The primary mission of the IMA is to increase the impact of mathematics