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Am unsure if i have to tick the Criminal Convictions box.

In the UCAS Guide, it says tick this box if you have any 'Relevant Criminal Convictions' that is not spent.

Relevent criminal convictions being offences against the person, Violent or sexual nature and convictions concerning drug dealing.

I have a conviction from when i was a boy, but it had nothing to do with the above.

I am applying for physio, which is exempt from the 'Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974'.

So would i only tick this box if i had a 'Relevent' conviction?

I understand that a criminal check will be done on me anyway if i am applying.

I dont want to tick the box and then the uni thinking i have a violent, sex or drug conviction, Making my application to be rejected.

So must i tick this box?/

Hope this makes sense.
Is your conviction a violent, sexual or drug one?

If yes, tick the box. If no, don't.
Reply 2
NorthCountryBoy
Am unsure if i have to tick the Criminal Convictions box.

In the UCAS Guide, it says tick this box if you have any 'Relevant Criminal Convictions' that is not spent.

Relevent criminal convictions being offences against the person, Violent or sexual nature and convictions concerning drug dealing.

I have a conviction from when i was a boy, but it had nothing to do with the above.

I am applying for physio, which is exempt from the 'Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974'.

So would i only tick this box if i had a 'Relevent' conviction?

I understand that a criminal check will be done on me anyway if i am applying.

I dont want to tick the box and then the uni thinking i have a violent, sex or drug conviction, Making my application to be rejected.

So must i tick this box?/

Hope this makes sense.

check the faq section of the UCAS site. If in doubt, call the uni's without giving your name and ask them.....

Its probabl better to tick the box to sure.......................if you tick yes and they do the search and its nothing major then you'll be fine...............however, if you don't tick the box and they see you should have done when they get the check back they might wonder why you lied
Reply 3
were you convicted or just given a caution? if just a caution (like i have from years ago) then you dont need to tick it.
Reply 4
steviebee
were you convicted or just given a caution? if just a caution (like i have from years ago) then you dont need to tick it.


Phone UCAS and ask, if they say no, then ask them to send their reply to you in writing so you can prove you didn't have to tick the box if a Uni questions your choice later.
I have a caution, and I didn't declare it on my UCAS form. I've got two offers already, and an interview coming up. The interview requires a criminal records check as it's compulsory to have one done if you want to be a teacher, so if it does come up then at least I've got two offers already. But after a period of time the caution gets dropped from your records anyways, so it might be gone anyways!
Reply 6
NorthCountryBoy
Am unsure if i have to tick the Criminal Convictions box.

In the UCAS Guide, it says tick this box if you have any 'Relevant Criminal Convictions' that is not spent.

Relevent criminal convictions being offences against the person, Violent or sexual nature and convictions concerning drug dealing.

I have a conviction from when i was a boy, but it had nothing to do with the above.

I am applying for physio, which is exempt from the 'Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974'.

So would i only tick this box if i had a 'Relevent' conviction?

I understand that a criminal check will be done on me anyway if i am applying.

I dont want to tick the box and then the uni thinking i have a violent, sex or drug conviction, Making my application to be rejected.

So must i tick this box?/

Hope this makes sense.




God no, don't tick it! You'd be asking to get rejected if you did, especially since the offences included in the box are major ones. Never give out anything you don't have to!
Reply 7
Er, even if it includes lying on your UCAS form? Way to impress universities there.
It's not lying. If he hasn't got one of the convictions stated (which are SERIOUS OFFENCES!!!) then why should he tick it?
I'm bringing this back to life.

For courses such as dentistry, pharmacy, medicine etc what counts as a criminal conviction?
what about driving convictions and points eg speeding, does that count?
Reply 10
silent ninja
I'm bringing this back to life.

For courses such as dentistry, pharmacy, medicine etc what counts as a criminal conviction?
what about driving convictions and points eg speeding, does that count?

A criminal conviction means a conviction in the UK for a recordable offence that was unspent at the date of the announcement or a conviction abroad for an equivalent offence. It also includes a conviction for a recordable offence after the date of the announcement.

A recordable offence is an offence that may be recorded in national police records in accordance with regulations made under section 27(4) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984.

A criminal conviction in the UK becomes spent after a period of time following
conviction, depending on the length of the sentence.

A non-recordable offence is an offence which:

- Is not punishable by imprisonment (Note it does not matter whether the person concerned was sent to prison. The offence is only 'non-recordable' if prison is not even a possible punishment for anyone convicted of that offence.)

and

- Is not listed in the Schedule to the National Police Records (Recordable Offences) Regulations 2000 as amended by the National Police Records (Recordable Offences) Amendment Regulations 2003 and National Police Records (Recordable Offences) Amendment Regulations 2005. These Regulations are on thttp://www.opsi.gov.uk.

(ripped from various sites)

In short, speeding is not a criminal conviction.
oh good, because i'm kinda taking the blame for some else's speeding. long story, but i didnt want it affecting me (apart from paying higher insurance grrr).

thanks for that Knogle.