UCAS Tariff introduced in 2001. Since then, however, both the range of qualifications held by applicants, and the variety of progression routes into higher education have increased. Therefore a new Tariff was introduced. The new UCAS Tariff points are based on a different methodology. The change to new UCAS Tariff will not in itself change entry requirements for university or college courses. Universities and colleges are independent organisations and each year they decide how to set their entry requirements. Those universities and colleges that use UCAS Tariff points to express their entry requirements will simply set their requirements using the new number
Student Times (UK paper) 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, graduate jobs and careers advice, features, entertainment articles and interviews from external sources. The majority of articles, photographs and illustrations are written and produced by students. Interviews so far have included Tracey Emin, Don McCullin, Goldie Lookin' Chain and Zero 7. In the run up to the 2015