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
Chrysalis Courses Chrysalis Courses Chrysalis Not For Profit Ltd (trade as Chrysalis Courses) are a counselling trainer based in Bridgwater, Somerset, England. The company is set up as a not for profit organisation and operate courses from venues across the UK. Chrysalis was founded in 1998, trading as Chrysalis Courses Ltd and delivering hypnotherapy and counselling courses. This was dissolved in 2014 due to the HMRC granting Chrysalis not for profit status. When a company is granted not for profit status they need to set up a completely new company entity as the previous one cannot be transferred to a not for