Please see a number of news releases from the developers of UniTracker - see the foot of this page for a UniTracker press pack.

"Record numbers are fighting for every place on popular degree courses, and school-leavers who would have sailed into university are being squeezed out by a surge in mature and foreign applicants and the overspill from last year. The impact is starting to be felt: sixth-formers with impressive GCSE results and predictions of top A-level grades are being turned away by oversubscribed universities. Admissions tutors say that the personal statement part of the application has taken on a new significance and is being used to choose between outstanding candidates."  - Click here for full article. 

30/01/08 UniTracker Helps Schools to Meet their Committments to Providing Real-Time Reporting

UniTracker satisfies the government's new initiative for providing real-time parental access to view their child's progress relating to composing their university application.  Real-time reporting means parents have secure online access to information on their child’s progress when and where they please. This results in an improvement to the way a school or college communicates with parents.  It will enable parents to get closer to and support their child’s learning, enabling them to work with teachers as equal partners in improving learning for their child - Click here for more information on Real Time-Reporting Provided by BECTA. 

09/01/08 Solution4eLearning Launch UniTracker Version 1.9

Solutions4eLearning are pleased to announce the launch of UniTracker Version 1.9 which is web-based for ease of use.  UniTracker 1.9 contains many new features including subject specific content for over twenty five subjects together with modules to support individuals applying to medicine and dentistry.   The most significant new feature is our plagiarism checking component to help ensure students are not caught out by the new UCAS anti-plagiarism initiative which could result in the rejection of their application.  UCAS will now check all university applications for phrases that have been lifted from sources such as popular websites. Institutions applied to will then be informed when a student has cheated which will jeopardise the student’s chances of success.  In the UCAS anti-plagiarism pilot last year 1 in 20 students were caught cheating.  UniTracker 1.9 will also ensure valuable hours of admin time are saved for all those involved in the personal statement writing process and ensure students stand the best possible chance of securing a place at their chosen university.  For more information regarding plagiarism please click on the links below:

UCAS launch new anti-plagiarism software 'CopyCatch'

Teachers voice plagiarism fears

The applicants who all had burnt pyjamas

03/01/08 Teachers Feel They Could Do More to Help Their Students

As the competition for university places continues to increase ensuring that your students are fully supported in writing their application to university must be a primary goal of any sixth form or college.  However, this process can be very time consuming for all those involved and problems arise when students do not invest sufficient time required to reflect themselves in the best possible light.   A recent survey conducted by Solutions4eLearning Ltd, creators of ‘UniTracker’, asked 100 teachers involved in the university application process whether they were happy with their institution's current approach to supporting their students.  67% percent surveyed were not happy with the level of support provided and felt that more could be done to support their students in writing and submitting their university application. 

UniTracker is a web-based eLearning and management system designed to help institutions support their students through a series of online lessons to learn the importance of the university application and what it should comprise of. Students then use the system to write their personal statement and request feedback from their teacher at the click of a button. The management component enables teachers and senior management to track the exact progress of each individual student and provide feedback at any point – saving hours of admin time in the process.

Kathryn Hobbs, Head of Post-16 education at The Nottingham Bluecoat School and Technology College, where UniTracker is used, said: ‘UniTracker will revolutionise the way we become involved in our students' university applications. We recognise the value of the technology and see it as an investment to help our pupils get into higher education.’

Matt Green, Solutions4eLearning Director, said ‘The functionality of UniTracker saves teachers hours of admin time together with improving the quality of students university applications to help ensure that they secure a place at their first choice university,  something that the UCAS Apply system simply does not do’.

03/09/07 UniTracker Secures Aim Higher Funding in North Nottinghamshire

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01/09/07 Nottingham Evening Post - Save Valuable Time and Increase Success

A technology company believes it has the key to successful university applications.

Solutions4eLearning has developed a software package that walks school pupils and their teachers through a sometimes laborious process.  The program - known as UniTracker - has been trialled by staff at The Nottingham Bluecoat School and Technology College. Now, the company is aiming to have it operating in 75 schools by the end of the year - taking on eight salespeople to promote it.

Solutions4eLearning is led by Matt Green and Andrew Ross. Mr Green, a former biochemist and researcher, spent several years working as a private tutor and says the programme is based on his experience of helping people apply for places at university. Its centrepiece is an interactive online process that helps students draw up the personal statement that accompanies their application.  Mr Green told the Post: "This is going to help schools increase the number of their students who win places at university - I'm absolutely confident of that.  "An application to university involves four elements - your grades, your personal details, a reference and a personal statement."

01/05/07 UniTracker Wins Innovation Award

Solutions4eLearning win the distinguished Innovation Technology Award 'Anubis II' for their UniTracker application. 

Solutions4eLearning Schools Liaison Director Matt Green said 'We are really pleased to win this award which demonstrates how highly our UniTracker application is viewed by a range of people at the forefront of the development of educational technology'.

UniTracker satisfies the criteria set out by BECTA for provision of ePortfolio and Virtual Learning Environments 

UniTracker has been developed following the guidelines of set out by BECTA and satisifies the following Becta criteria.

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UniTracker Collaborates with Northern Grid Broadband Consortium

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UniTracker Press Pack 

Click here to download a powerpoint summary of UniTracker.  

Click here to download the UniTracker brochure.  

Would you like some more information on how UniTracker can help your school or college? 

If you would like more information regarding how we can help you to improve the university application process within your school or college please complete our online enquiry form by clicking here or telephone us on 0845 8385482.