UCAS to higher education. Personal statements can contain a maximum of 4,000 characters (including spaces) or 47 lines – whichever comes first, with a maximum of 94 characters per line. A research study conducted by UCAS with over 300,000 personal statements of students revealed that the personal statement (among the student's grades) is the most important part within the application process. The final part of the process involves paying an application fee and obtaining a written reference. The process varies depending on whether a student is applying through a school, college or UCAS centre or as an individual. For the former,
Student Times (UK paper) General Election, Politics Editor Bridie Pearson-Jones interviewed both Nick Clegg, leader of the Liberal Democrats and Natalie Bennett, leader of the Green Party. The paper carries frequent reports from the National Union of Students of the United Kingdom, the British Universities Sports Association and the Student Radio Association. Student Times (UK paper) Student Times is a free English national student newspaper which was launched in October 2004. Studenttimes.org was launched in March 2005. The newspaper is distributed to universities and colleges within the United Kingdom, and the publication contains a mixture of national and international student news alongside graduate courses,