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      <description><![CDATA[New Best For pages, the ability to save a university, alumni you can link to directly, and a faster site overall.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[QS, THE, Guardian, Complete University Guide, and the Times Good University Guide now sit in one database, with per-source pages. Course pages also gained graduate outcomes.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Smaller, less visible changes that should move the needle on search visibility.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Optional account that syncs your shortlist and saved universities across devices, with a protected API sub-navigation.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Toggle in the navbar, no flash on first load. Developers can also resolve UK education entities (UCAS, HESA, UKPRN, OpenAlex) through a new API.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Rankings, dark mode, a command palette, skeleton loaders, and the start of a proper directory.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Filtering courses by entry qualification used to be a wall of duplicates. Now it is grouped, with extras like duration and sandwich year.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[PostHog event tracking so we can see where the quiz drops people, what people actually search for, and which links go nowhere.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Universities and courses now have structured data, a generated sitemap, and aggregated subject pages.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Five short questions surface UK courses that match your priorities, qualifications, and study mode.]]></description>
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