 Have you changed your mind about your course to university? Grave's not quite what you expected. Or better than you thought they'd be. Ready for a different adventure? Apply to SOWAS through clearing and find the course that's right for you. You'll get to study right in the heart of London. Close to museums, there is parks and libraries. The SOWAS Library is full of over three million books and is the perfect place to study. Until it's time to relax and chill out in the JCR. We even have our own gallery on campus. And plenty of clubs and societies to join. You'll get to meet people from all over the world. I'm from London. I'm from Buckinghamshire. I'm from Nigeria. I'm from Algeria. I'm from South Africa. And view your subject from a global perspective. An approach you won't find anywhere else. Clearing is a way of applying to university courses that haven't been filled yet. If you haven't applied through UCAS yet, don't want to accept the offers that you have or haven't got anything lined up and clearing is for you. Clearing is open from the 5th of July until the 19th of October. If you've already had your results, you can apply from July when clearing vacancies will be listed online on UCAS. Search for universities or courses you're interested in and add it to UCAS Track. If you are waiting until results day, you can call SOWAS on the 10th of August when the clearing lands will be open. You'll be able to find out what courses are in clearing and whether you've got the grades to be accepted or to the programme that you want. I'd always hear the phrase rejection as redirection yet never quite believe it and that's until Audible results day arrived. On results day, I didn't quite receive the grades I was anticipating for but after some research, I very quickly set my eyes on SOWAS. Thanks to clearing, I now study an enriching course in Development Studies which allows me to critically analyse contemporary world issues in Africa, Asia and the Middle East. Before coming to SOWAS, I lived in Canada and I was extremely frustrated by the Canadian University system. It was a constant pressure of achieving high grades to study what I wanted for these very few spots. After my first year of university, I decided to switch universities and come to the UK. The clearing process really helped me find a programme which I was competing for, the city that I love with peers that were supporting me. SOWAS has a uniquely supportive community and I can confidently say that being in SOWAS has been a blessing. Initially, I gave up on getting into SOWAS the year after my graduation because a lot of things seemed to go wrong. However, when I saw that the course I wanted had spaces in clearing I felt I just had to try one last time and to my surprise, I got in and I couldn't be more grateful that I took the chance. So I'm from South Africa but I actually grew up in the UK and over my time being here, I kind of developed a nagging curiosity about the histories of Southern Africa and its connections to the wider world. SOWAS was the best place I could satisfy the statistics and knowledge that I have and it's a place that I can immerse myself in the histories, philosophies and stories that are rarely encountered in the mainstream. If it wasn't for clearing, I wouldn't be here. After I received my government grades in August, both my places at university were pulled. I was left being completely lost but luckily through the clearing website I discovered a course at SOWAS that was perfect for me. Once my grades were then reverted back to my teacher assessment grades my place for September was confirmed. I now receive high quality lectures from world-class academics who advise major organisations such as the International Monetary Fund. Their contemporary specialisms such as reliability and environmental economics I believe will set me apart in the workplace. There's courses in everything from anthropology to law, economics, finance and management all taught by world-class experts. Learn languages like Yoruba, Swahili, Japanese or Korean and tailor your degree with modules from across SOWAS. We all study different things. I study history and world philosophies and I study Mandarin Chinese, economics and politics. I study management and I study global development. But we all have one thing in common. We are SOWAS. We are SOWAS. We are SOWAS. We are SOWAS. We are SOWAS.