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A-Level Results Day: My Experience, Clearing Process, and Top Tips

Prior to results day I remember feeling uneasy and anxious. I had a lot of uncertainty about what to do in the future, and I didn’t really know anything about university. Due to several factors, I’d had a tough time during school and knew my A-Level results would not be as good as they could…

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My Clearing Success Story at Brighton

Author: Hattie Furze, Graphic Design BA, School of Art and Media My account as a student who went through the Clearing process and successfully got onto the course of my dreams! My Personal Clearing Experience My university Clearing journey was a rollercoaster of unexpected decisions and opportunities that led me to study my dream course…

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My experience studying Ecology and Conservation in the UK

My experience as a second year Ecology and Conservation degree student at Brighton. Why I chose to study Ecology and Conservation Ever since I can remember I have been intrigued by wildlife. Growing up I used to spend my time watching nature documentaries, alongside visiting zoos and natural history museums. I grew up in the…

Seniz Mustafa, studying Ecology and conservation MSci

Navigating university Clearing: Seniz’s Journey to Ecology and Conservation

I always knew I would attend university, particularly entering secondary school. However, I wasn’t clear on what I wanted to study as I enjoyed many different areas of biology and history, but at A-level, I found a deeper interest in evolution and nature-based science. I applied through Clearing as I didn’t get the results I…

What is Early Clearing? Top 5 Questions

I’m Charlotte, an English Literature and Creative Writing student who went through Early Clearing. Previously I didn’t know why clearing opens so early for some people, so in this blog I’ll answer questions about it and will speak about my experience applying to the University of Brighton in my video. What is…

Elianne Pekoulis David is studying Architecture BA(Hons)

My Clearing journey: Studying Architecture at the University of Brighton

For a bit of background about me, I have always wanted to come to university, as personally it looked like the best pathway for what I wanted to study. I have known I wanted to study architecture since I was a little girl as I was always fascinated by it and by the dream of…

Sonia Kibet is studying civil engineering

International student’s guide to university Clearing

Attending university had always been a dream for me since the first career talk I had at my primary school. Towards the end of the academic year, our schools arranged for some successful people to speak to us about the importance of having a goal to work towards. They asked each of us what we…

Clearing student Eva who took an alternative route to university

Alternative routes to university: Eva’s Clearing journey

Eva, who is studying Pharmacy MPharm with integrated foundation year, tells us all about their student Clearing experience and how they took an alternative route to university. Their video shows how Clearing opened up their path to uni and how their life is now. Why did you apply through Clearing? After applying to uni through…

Ketan Srivastva is studying Physical Education BA(Hons)

My Clearing Story: How I found my degree in Clearing

I was clear about the course I wanted to study but was confused in choosing the most appropriate university for me. During the post-Covid situation in 2021, I was expecting my school marksheet and certificate, which was mandatory to upload in the application for university. But unfortunately, the result got very delayed from the examination…

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My university Clearing experience: Student Clearing Stories

Clearing students are just like you… Don’t think you are alone, each year lots of students come to university this way and each one has their own Clearing experience to talk about. Here are some quotes from three current students. Read through to their Clearing stories: you’ll probably find someone who’s journey might have been…

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