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"nd Chance?Student Number controls

[h="2"]What does this information mean for students who apply and have already had an offer:

Quote from the UCAS site:

Student Number Controls: scenarios and questions and answers for applicants[/h]Last updated on 17 December 2012
Please note: The following scenarios will only apply if you are applying to an English university or college.
In summary, for 2012 entry, the Government changed the way student number controls operate in England. Previously there was a set number of funded places available for learners and this would be split between universities and colleges in England. The Government allowed for the open recruitment of learners with AAB+ or equivalent.
Changes for 2013 entry mean that universities and colleges can openly recruit learners with ABB+ or equivalent as these learners do not count towards the total number places given to them by the Government. The qualifications included within the ABB+ or equivalent list has also increased to include the Cambridge Pre-U, Access to HE Diploma, Advanced Diploma, Edexcel BTEC National Diploma in Early Years Education (NQF and QCF) and CACHE Level 3 Extended Diploma for the Children and Young People's Workforce (QCF).
Universities and colleges will also be given a set number of places for students who are not ABB+ or equivalent, which reflects the number of students they have recruited in the past. It is down to the individual university or college to decide how these are distributed across their courses.
Below are a number of scenarios and questions that may apply to you. Please note that the use of A levels is purely for example purposes and the scenarios and questions listed apply to all qualifications that the Government deem ABB+ or equivalent.
HEFCE has also provided information in relation to student number controls on its website.
Reply 1
Original post by CRIKEY12
What does this information mean for students who apply and have already had an offer:


It means that if you have an AAB offer and get ABB they may be more inclined to take you than previously

It means that if you have an offer below ABB and you get ABB+ then there may be more courses available in adjustment
Reply 2
Yes, I understood that. I suppose what i really meant was in the light of depressed application figures, how will the universities adjust their requirements.
They must meet the normal Govt figures first in order to qualify for the HEFCE funding? and these extra allowable exceptional ABB and above students may be in excess of that number.
However, what effect might that have on conditional offers made for AAA or AAB where the student does not meet the condition. Is there a chance that because of this relaxation those same students may be accepted by the universities offering a higher condition?
Or do you think that in order to keep the status of the courses high, they will still require the AAA condition to be met, even though this may jeaopardise the filling up of course numbers,
Why has the Grade for EXTRA students been dropped from AAB to ABB?
(edited 11 years ago)

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