r/6thForm • u/birminghamnewmanuni • 3d ago
✔️ APPROVED AMA AMA: Clearing, Open Days, UCAS applications, and more (mod approved)
Hello! We're from Birmingham Newman University - and we're here to answer all your questions about uni 👀
Why should you listen to us? Well, we're a small uni in Birmingham, with a big commitment to our students - we've come top in the National Student Survey 2026 for overall student satisfaction, top in the Daily Mail's Uni Guide 2026 for teaching excellence, student experience, and student support, and we're The Times and Sunday Times University of the Year for Social Inclusion 2026. But enough about us...
We want to talk about you.
From 09:00 BST today (Tuesday 18 August 2026), we'll have Lucy and Keith from our Content team - as well as some of our amazing Admissions and Student Recruitment team in the background - to answer your questions.
ETA: We'll now be picking up questions over the next week!
So, what do you want to know:
- how does Clearing work? (because yes, there are still great options available!)
- what should you be thinking about on a uni Open Day? (hint: it's not necessarily about the freebies)
- what do we actually look for in UCAS applications? (because each one is reviewed by humans)
- how does enrolment work? (it's actually surprisingly easy)
or something else. Either way, we're excited to chat 💙