Last updated: November 2026
There is no tracking for advertising, and no analytics at all unless you opt in. The site offers one third-party analytics service, PostHog, and it is only loaded if you press Accept on the banner. If you decline, or never answer, no analytics script runs and no analytics data is stored or sent. The only cookie we ever set is a strictly-necessary one that keeps you signed in, and only if you create an account.
PostHog is a product analytics service. We use it to see which pages and features get used, so we know what to improve.
It is opt-in and stays off until you accept. When it is on, requests go through /ingest on this site and are forwarded to PostHog's EU region, so your browser never talks to posthog.com directly. PostHog stores a random identifier in your browser's localStorage so repeat visits can be counted together.
We have deliberately turned off the two features that would collect the most: autocapture (which records clicks and form inputs) and session recording (which records what you see and do on the page). We never send your answers to the contextual offer questions, and we never link analytics data to your account.
You can change or withdraw your choice at any time:
Stored in your browser's own localStorage. It is never used to identify or track you across other sites.
| Key | Purpose | Expires | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
uniscout-analytics-consent | Records your analytics choice, when you made it, and which version of this policy it was made against, so we don't ask again and can show the choice was made | Until you clear your browser's site data | ||
uniscout-discover-feedback-asked | Set when you send or skip the "How was the swipe feed?" question on Discover, so we don't ask again | Until you clear your browser's site data | ||
ph_…_posthog (PostHog) | Only set if you accept analytics: a random identifier used to group your page views together | Until you clear your browser's site data | ||
uniscout-anon-id, uniscout-signup-ab, uniscout-signup-ab-stats | Only set if you accept analytics: a random identifier, which sign-up prompt wording you were shown, and local counts of it, so we can compare which wording works better | Until you clear your browser's site data | ||
uniscout.discover.v2 | Your Discover cards, long list (including courses added with | Your Discover cards, saved list and starting preferences, so they survive a page reload | ldquo;+ Long listYour Discover cards, saved list and starting preferences, so they survive a page reload | rdquo; while signed out) and starting preferences, so they survive a page reloadUntil you reset Discover or clear your browser's site data |
uniscout-pending-subjects, uniscout-pending-ib, uniscout-pending-scottish, uniscout-pending-btec, uniscout-pending-ap, uniscout-ctx-from-finder | Carries the grades you entered in the course finder over to the contextual offer check, so you don't type them twice | Cleared once the check has picked them up | ||
uniscout:ctxPostcode (session storage) | Carries the postcode you checked on the contextual offers page over to the full contextual offer check, so you don't type it twice. Kept in sessionStorage, which your browser clears when you close the tab | Removed as soon as the check has used it | ||
uniscout-onboarded- followed by your account ID | Set once you've finished setting up your account, so the site doesn't check with our server on every page whether to show the set-up questions | Until you clear your browser's site data | ||
uniscout-rankings-weights, uniscout-rankings-scope | Your chosen weightings and filter on the rankings page | Until you clear your browser's site data | ||
uniscout.ucasChoicesSnooze.… | Set if you choose “not now” on the offer tracker's UCAS choices prompt, so it isn't shown again for 7 days | 7 days |
Set only if you create an account and sign in. See the Privacy Policy for what an account involves. It's strictly necessary for that feature to work at all (keeping you signed in), so under UK cookie rules it doesn't need separate consent, but we're telling you about it anyway.
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
better-auth.session_token (named __Secure-better-auth.session_token on the live site) | Identifies your signed-in session so you don't have to log in on every page. Not readable by page scripts, and never used for tracking or advertising. | 7 days after you last used the site, or immediately on sign-out |
Like any website, your browser may cache the pages and data files this site loads so it opens faster next time. That's standard browser behaviour, not something this site controls or reads from.