
Scheme of the Semester: MDAS
access schemes, Advice and Guidance, Contextual admissions, introduction, MDAS, Post-16, Scheme of the semesterI’m Sophie, a recent University of Manchester graduate who now works as an intern in in the Access and Success Team! I’m from a Widening Participation (WP) background myself, and it's so interesting and exciting to see how the team works from the other side. I wanted to give an overview of the Manchester Distance Access Scheme, or MDAS, particularly with the perspective of someone who studied a humanities subject, since I’m a history graduate myself.

Confirmation and Clearing – top tips for students on Results Day
Advice and Guidance, Contextual admissions, Post-16, University life
Confirmation & Clearing – top tips for students on Results Day
Results Day is fast approaching, with students up and down the country finishing college and sixth form after an extremely turbulent year and a half. It can…

Contextual offers – what are they, and can they help me?
Contextual admissions, Post-16This blog post unpicks what contextual offers and contextual admissions are (don’t worry – we will explain these shortly!) and how these initiatives could help you earn an offer to study at The University of Manchester.