"Undergraduate numbers cap ‘to be abolished’"

coolguy12345

So, has it happened yet? I just got off the phone with someone from UCAS Admissions, and they had no idea about it?!

Reply 1

Jai Sandhu

Original post by coolguy12345

So, has it happened yet? I just got off the phone with someone from UCAS Admissions, and they had no idea about it?!

I am pretty sure its happened.

Reply 2

localblackguy

Not that I know of, everything I saw when I was looking it up talked about Osborne's speech in December 2013 but nothing after..

Reply 3

Clearing and Applications Advisor

Original post by coolguy12345

So, has it happened yet? I just got off the phone with someone from UCAS Admissions, and they had no idea about it?!

It is happening for 2015 entry.

Reply 4

PenguinEmperor

Yep this year there will be no cap, so expect a lack of accommodation at Universities that decide they are going to fill up places to make more money.

Reply 5

coolguy12345

Original post by Penguinfarts

Yep this year there will be no cap, so expect a lack of accommodation at Universities that decide they are going to fill up places to make more money.

Yikes...

So, any predictions on the clearing situation this year?

Reply 6

username1226161

does this mean that more people will get into universities if they miss their grades?

Reply 7

Clearing and Applications Advisor

Original post by lightningdoritos

does this mean that more people will get into universities if they miss their grades?

Only those who get BBB for an ABB offer. Anyone with an offer well above ABB or At BBB or lower wouldn't have been affected by the cap.

Reply 8

localblackguy

Original post by PQ

Only those who get BBB for an ABB offer. Anyone with an offer well above ABB or At BBB or lower wouldn't have been affected by the cap.

Can you please explain this further?

Reply 9

Clearing and Applications Advisor

Original post by localblackguy

Can you please explain this further?

Last year universities had limited spaces for students with BBB and below. If an applicant got BBB for an ABB offer they were more likely to be rejected. Other offer levels were unaffected.

This year there is no cap.

Reply 10

Gnomes&Knights

Original post by Jai Sandhu

I am pretty sure its happened.

Any evidence?

Reply 11

Clearing and Applications Advisor

Original post by Raymat

Any evidence?

http://www.hefce.ac.uk/reg/studentgrades/

Reply 12

nulli tertius

Original post by coolguy12345

Yikes...

So, any predictions on the clearing situation this year?

Unless you are wishing to read medicine, vet med, dentistry, nursing, midwifery or possibly primary education, you should be able to get a place somewhere with almost any grades (though possibly with a foundation year).

However think very carefully whether a classics degree from Skelmersdale Institute of Mechanical Engineering is worth doing.