Introducing Diggory - every teacher’s best tool

Helping students navigate university choices has never been more complex. With so many courses, options, and influences competing for attention, it’s easy for young people to feel overwhelmed before they even know where to start.

That’s where Diggory comes in.

Diggory is the UK’s first AI university coach built on real student voices - combining trusted data from UCAS, NSS, HESA, LEO, and Graduate Outcomes with insights from millions of conversations on The Student Room. It gives students personalised, data-grounded course and university suggestions in a friendly chat format, helping them move from “no idea” to a clear shortlist quickly and confidently.

Here’s how it works:

• Diggory starts by asking simple, focused questions about subjects they enjoy, predicted grades, and what kind of place they’d like to study in.

• It then creates a shortlist of around five courses - usually a mix of realistic, stretch, and insurance options - with direct links to The Uni Guide for official course information.

• Finally, it encourages students to post on The Student Room to get feedback from real university students.

For teachers, this means students arrive better prepared - clearer about what suits them and ready for richer, more meaningful conversations.

Diggory complements your guidance by handling the first stage of exploration, so your time together can focus on refining, challenging, and deepening their choices.

By recommending Diggory, you’re giving students a tool that saves time, builds confidence, and helps them make informed, realistic decisions - while lightening your workload and strengthening your impact.

We also have a Teacher Toolkit which includes:

• Student email templates and poster copy.
• A quick explainer of Diggory’s approach and data sources (UCAS, NSS, and more).
• A poster which can be used to explain what The Student Room, and Diggory, can do for your students.
• Pointers to our shareable video content.

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Try Diggory for yourself today, to see how he can help your students find universities and courses that suit them.

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Meet Diggory - The AI assistant supporting teachers and careers advisors/ landscape - Youtube

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