"we're not interested in whatever qualification you have, you need 320 UCAS points"
How very small-minded of them! Think of all the fantastic older graduates they are loosing out on.
This might be worth discretely raising with the individual Company's HR Dept as an equal opportunities issue. The degree qualification can be justified as an employment requirement, but not the UCAS requirement *as well*, especially since it inherently discriminates against anyone without a 'traditional' route to University. Several years ago, a good friend was told that a 'part-time degree' (a First!) wasnt 'worth' as much as a full-time one when applying to a BBC Training Scheme. She told the HR Dept and was immediately offered an interview.
We'll be back to the bad old days soon - when they only used to take graduates "from good addresses", ie Home Counties and private-school educated. Fgs etc.