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Applicant Index

08/07/2025
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New students defy expectations as they look forward to independence with confidence

Unite Students' 2025 Applicant Index finds that 2025/26 starters are arriving at university ready to move away from home and find their independence as they balance studying, socialising and work.
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Unite Students 2024 Applicant Index
15/07/2024
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Research reveals new optimism among university applicants for post-graduation job prospects

This year’s university applicants are more confident about their job prospects after graduating than at any other time since the pandemic, according to new research.
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Unite Students is offering unique 24/7 wellbeing and mental health services.
30/10/2023
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Unite Students provides new 24/7 wellbeing specialist support

Unite Students, the UK’s leading provider of student accommodation, is offering unique 24/7 wellbeing and mental health services to 70,000 students.
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Unite Students 2023 Applicant Index
07/07/2023
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One in three university applicants miss lessons due to mental health but show more resilience

Almost one in three applicants (30%) will start university this September with a history of missing education due to their mental health, according to the Unite Students 2023 Applicant Index.
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