Our editorial code

The rules our editors work to. Not marketing copy: the standard every guide on this site is held to, and one you can hold us to as well.

UniSorted is an independent guide for UK students and graduates. Everything we publish is written and signed by a named editor and checked against a primary source. This page sets out how we decide what to recommend, how we keep the numbers right, and how the site pays for itself. If we ever fall short of what is written here, tell us at hello@unisorted.co.uk.

Independence

No company can pay to change a recommendation, a ranking or a rating on this site. We set our verdicts first, using the criteria on our how we rate page, and only then look at whether a product happens to have an affiliate link. A product with no affiliate programme still ranks first when it is the best choice. A product cannot buy a better slot in a comparison table, a higher star rating, or a mention it did not earn.

Honest verdicts

When a competitor's product is genuinely better for our readers, we say so and we point you to it. Our loyalty is to the reader making the decision, not to any brand and not to our own revenue. That includes telling you when the right answer is to do nothing, to stay with what you already have, or to use a free option instead of a paid one. A guide that only ever recommends the thing that pays us is an advert, and we do not publish adverts as guides.

Accuracy

Every figure we publish, every rate, threshold, deadline and price, is checked against the primary source on the day it is written. That means the official source itself, such as gov.uk, Student Finance England, HMRC, UCAS or the relevant regulator, rather than another website that quoted it. Each article carries a visible "last verified" line so you can see when its facts were last checked, and we re-check on a fixed schedule set by how fast the underlying numbers move. The full list of sources we use, and how often we return to them, is on our where we get our information page.

Disclosure

Where a link can earn us a commission, we mark it clearly. We put a small star next to the link and a plain line telling you the link may help pay for UniSorted, at no extra cost to you. There is no catch buried in the wording and no pretending the link is neutral. If a page carries affiliate links it says so; if it does not, it does not.

Bylines

Every article is written by a named individual editor, never a faceless "team" credit. Each editor owns one part of the beat: student money, graduate money, graduate careers, university applications, housing, student life, deals, and preparing for university. You can see who wrote a piece at the top of it, and reach the editors through our press page. A name on a piece means a person stands behind it.

How UniSorted is financed

We are funded by affiliate links. When you click certain links and go on to sign up for a product, the retailer or provider may pay us a commission, at no cost to you. We work with the Awin affiliate network and the Amazon Associates programme, and that is the whole model. We do not run sponsored editorial, we do not sell advertising space inside our guides, and we do not sell reader data. No advertiser sees a guide before it is published, and no advertiser can change what it says.

For the wider editorial process, including how our editors research and draft, see our methodology. To report a mistake, see our corrections page.