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England-based private limited company for university application processing
The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service is a charity and private limited company by guarantee based in Cheltenham, England, which provides educational support services. Formed on 27 July 1993 by the merger of the former university admissions system, Universities Central Council on Admissions and the former polytechnics admissions system, Polytechnics Central Admissions System, the company's main role is to operate the application process for British universities and colleges. The company is funded by fees charged to applicants and universities as well as advertising income. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: UCASA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Design constrains in three configurations of UCAs for distortion free orbital angular momentum modes generationInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Phoebe Anna TraquairThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Multi-Mode OAM Radio Waves: Generation, Angle of Arrival Estimation and Reception With UCAsCited 148 times
- Go sideways: Polytechnics Central Admissions SystemA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Universities Central Council on AdmissionsA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Multi-Mode OAM Radio Waves: Generation, Angle of Arrival Estimation and Reception With UCAs
Mutual Coupling Compensation in UCAs: Simulations and Experiment
Demographic and socio‐economic associations with academic attainment (UCAS tariff scores) in applicants to medical school
Widening access? Characteristics of applicants to medical and dental schools, compared with UCAS
Is embellishing UCAS personal statements accepted practice in applications to medicine and dentistry?
Concentric UCAs Based Low-Order OAM for High Capacity in Radio Vortex Wireless Communications
Management Outcomes in the Unruputred Cerebral Aneurysm Study II (UCAS II): Interim Report : Quest for Standards and Current Status in Japan(<SPECIAL ISSUE>Horizons of Treatment for Unruptured Cerebral Aneurysms)
Urinary carboxylic acids (UCAs) in subjects with autism spectrum disorder and their association with bacterial overgrowth
🆕 Influential since 2022
Design constrains in three configurations of UCAs for distortion free orbital angular momentum modes generation
Spherical RIS-Assisted mmWave MIMO Wireless Communications With Concentric UCAs
Transparency in Undergraduate Admissions Essays: The case of the UCAS personal statement in the UK
The photometric system of the UCAS 70 cm Telescope
Pulmonary Transit Time Assessment by CEUS in Healthy Rabbits: Feasibility, and the Effects of UCAs Dilution Concentration
📚 Books worth reading
Phoebe Anna TraquairElizabeth Cumming · 1993
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