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Future student online experiences – Page 11 – Sharing the work of the Prospective Student Web Team
Heike McIntosh 27th November 2023Earlier this year, we collaborated with admissions colleagues to design a new presentation for entry requirements in the undergraduate degree finder.
Web content updates for an improved UCAS clearing applicant experience – Future student online experiences
23 Sep 2025: they did not meet the programme’s entry requirements . Applications received from ineligible applicants could not be followed up by admissions teams with an offer of a place. ... are suitably qualified according to our entry requirements . have the
We were big winners at the ContentEd 2023 Awards – Future student online experiences
18 Oct 2023: Collaborating with admissions to design entry requirements . Our biggest design challenge was entry requirements . ... We long knew this name to be an issue that led to many applicants wrongly assessing themselves as eligible for lower entry requirements
How AI is (and isn’t) changing the way prospective students apply for university: a recap from ContentEd 2025 – Future student online experiences
18 Nov 2025: Comparing different degree programmes’ came top of the list, closely followed by ‘ Entry requirements ’ and ‘How to apply.’. ... finding a way to make dynamic elements like our entry requirements readable by AI tools.
Redeveloping the undergraduate study site – Future student online experiences
03 Mar 2025: The main exception to this was content in the entry requirements and applying sections of the undergraduate site. ... We didn’t redraft any of the other pages in the entry requirements and applying sections.
Appraising the new undergraduate study website: a scorecard approach – Future student online experiences
03 Jul 2025: B+. Entry requirements (How likely am I to be offered a place?). ... While the students in the study did not understand why they needed to meet this requirement , we know it isn’t an ongoing issue for colleagues in admissions.
A content design reflection on the development of our new undergraduate online provision – Future student online experiences
03 Mar 2025: The most challenging task while creating the prototype was designing a new entry requirements experience. ... Redesigning how we display entry requirements in the undergraduate degree finder – Lauren’s blog post from November 2023.
Widening Participation project recap – Future student online experiences
16 Jan 2024: This included information on entry requirements and support available throughout the application process, and while at the University. ... What entry requirements you should apply with (these can vary, for example, depending on if someone has completed a
Undergraduate Open Day pop-up research – Future student online experiences
26 Jun 2023: Entry requirements – wording – would students be able to better differentiate between different types of entry requirements and identify what applied to them? ... The results from our wording changes for entry requirements were incredibly positive as
Answering trends in prospective student enquiries on the University website – Future student online experiences
13 Oct 2021: Some tasks, such as any trends around entry requirements , would require a project to tackle the issues prospective students have.