Social work Application: wrong course

Hi my friend has applied for Social Work at Nottingham Trent however she's received an offer for health and social care instead. It's got a different UCAS code and the university have not said she's been rejected from the course she applied to. I was under the impression the university had to reject your application to the course and then offer you the alternative so could this be a mistake? Has anyone else experienced this?

I haven't had this but these problems are usually fixed very easily by both calling and emailing admissions. In the email quote your UCAS number and usually you get an applicant ID or student number of some sort when you get an offer from a uni, quote this too. Also quote the name and course code of the subject you applied to and the one they gave you. This should speed the process up. It was probably an administrative error. All the best !

Thank you I'll tell her now! I just didn't know if this was something easily messed up by unis or whether it meant something else for her

A lot of admissions departments are working from home to efficient admin is compromised, probably just a human error!

Hi my friend has applied for Social Work at Nottingham Trent however she's received an offer for health and social care instead. It's got a different UCAS code and the university have not said she's been rejected from the course she applied to. I was under the impression the university had to reject your application to the course and then offer you the alternative so could this be a mistake? Has anyone else experienced this?

This happened to my friend at another uni she applied for paramedic science and they rejected her but said they will find a suitable course for her and her track updated with an offer for biology. Chances are it’s not a mistake it’s just she didn’t get onto the course and they’re deciding not to outright reject her but offer her an alternative. As others said you can call be make sure she is prepared for the probable answer

That's been my concern. My only reservation is that she says the university have not rejected her from the course she applied to. She's been given this offer without clarification as to the course she applied to as it doesn't say she's been rejected

Hi my friend has applied for Social Work at Nottingham Trent however she's received an offer for health and social care instead. It's got a different UCAS code and the university have not said she's been rejected from the course she applied to. I was under the impression the university had to reject your application to the course and then offer you the alternative so could this be a mistake? Has anyone else experienced this?

I would just email the university for clarification as to if they are no longer being considered for the original course or not.

Also I'll move this post to the Trent uni forum in case anyone else has had a similar experience.