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Can a university revoke an unconditional offer

Can UCL or any other university revoke an unconditional offer? They seem to think my time at Bangor spanned three years and completed the degree. I have told them that the details were pretty explicit within the UCAS application and I only spent one year there. I am awaiting their reply and hopefully their mistake is their problem and not mine.

(edited 9 months ago)

Reply 1

PS Reviewer

If the mistake was on their part then they can only revoke the offer with your agreement.

If you don’t agree then they have to honour it although they may well warn you that they don’t consider you to be qualified for the course and that you would be proceeding against their recommendation.

They may also refuse to sponsor a visa or to APEL/RPEL credits towards an award without your agreement.

Reply 2

random_matt

Original post by DataVenia

They can revoke an offer if the information upon which the offer was based is false - for example if the applicant has misrepresented themselves in their UCAS application. They can also revoke an offer if they get such little interest in a course that they decide they can't run it. There are probably other scenarios too - but those are the main ones.
Have they explicitly stated that the reason for them revoking your offer is due to the apparent discrepancy in the number of years you were at Bangor? Do you have any evidence that you left (or were asked to leave) Bangor after a year? Have you provided them with that evidence? Have they provided any explanation as to why they believe you were actually there for three years?

They have not revoked the offer yet, I just wondered if they could. I looked through my UCAS application and my probable mistake was not using the certificate of higher education qualification. I merely put it under BSc degree and put the exact dates when I started and left.

Reply 3

random_matt

Original post by PQ

If the mistake was on their part then they can only revoke the offer with your agreement.
If you don’t agree then they have to honour it although they may well warn you that they don’t consider you to be qualified for the course and that you would be proceeding against their recommendation.
They may also refuse to sponsor a visa or to APEL/RPEL credits towards an award without your agreement.

I guess I will find out in a few days and I am probably worrying for no reason.

Reply 4

random_matt

UCAS altered the qualification for me and I told UCL. They have now verified my qualifications, but could not be bothered to acknowledge the change or and tell me it was all OK.