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Hello. My UCI AND ULN numbers are different for my AS LEVELS AND GCSES are different. All my GCSEs and resits of GCSEs some in my school and some privately have same ULN and UCI but my AS level that I did in college don’t. I don’t know why my college completely made different numbers. I don’t want to change my GCSEs ULN and UCI number because I see that they said any amendment is a 500 pound fee after exams. I want to change the college UCI AND ULN numbers for my AS levels and how to do this and how this process works?

Read somewhere you merge but do I merge my AS levels to GCSEs or vice versa and who do I speak to??

Reply 1

Speak to your college.

They can just submit a data amendment to the Learner Records Service to merge the two records. They should have done this originally instead of creating a new ULN for you.

Reply 2

Speak to your college.
They can just submit a data amendment to the Learner Records Service to merge the two records. They should have done this originally instead of creating a new ULN for you.


But I still am confused. why do I speak with my college and why not my exam centre and school which said amendment fee is 500 pounds. And I have this upcoming resit which I put my UCI and ULN for my resit same as my original one which is gcse I got from school not my AS OCR A ones. I’m assuming when OCR says original UCI it is of course should be my GCSEs which are mixture of AQA AND EDEXCEL right in school. Some exam board says recent ones so assuming my GCSEs in 2024 or my AS results in 2024 I’m confused ? Also is it fine for my resit I stick with my original gcse certificate ULN? Saves money as majority of my exams do all have same ULN and is just OCR A in college and I know that private exam centre like mine said 500?
Also can any exam board merge it ?and any exam centre? or does it have to be my college ? and why?

Please answer my Qs!

Reply 3

Original post by Ariale
But I still am confused. why do I speak with my college and why not my exam centre and school which said amendment fee is 500 pounds. And I have this upcoming resit which I put my UCI and ULN for my resit same as my original one which is gcse I got from school not my AS OCR A ones. I’m assuming when OCR says original UCI it is of course should be my GCSEs which are mixture of AQA AND EDEXCEL right in school. Some exam board says recent ones so assuming my GCSEs in 2024 or my AS results in 2024 I’m confused ? Also is it fine for my resit I stick with my original gcse certificate ULN? Saves money as majority of my exams do all have same ULN and is just OCR A in college and I know that private exam centre like mine said 500?
Also can any exam board merge it ?and any exam centre? or does it have to be my college ? and why?

Please answer my Qs!

your college have incorrectly created a new ULN for you. It is their responsibility to fix that. It doesn't need to change your certificates just the PLR on the LRS

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/how-to-access-your-personal-learning-record#reporting-a-problem-with-your-plr

Reply 4

your college have incorrectly created a new ULN for you. It is their responsibility to fix that. It doesn't need to change your certificates just the PLR on the LRS
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/how-to-access-your-personal-learning-record#reporting-a-problem-with-your-plr


After carefully calling my college they had to use a new one because my school input my data birth wrong which they couldn’t match and use the same ULN. I asked if they could amend my right data birth for my previous ULN and do discard the new one that they made me do for AS levels. So they gonna using my gcse ULN and god knows when that is gonna be. Certificates won’t change though they also said UCI can’t change once the exam has been done.

So in summary college has the right date of birth but my school put the wrong date of birth so ULN couldn’t match.

I’m still confused and worried how I’m gonna be updated and it’s say in the OCR A website UCIS must be the same.

Reply 5

Original post by Ariale
After carefully calling my college they had to use a new one because my school input my data birth wrong which they couldn’t match and use the same ULN. I asked if they could amend my right data birth for my previous ULN and do discard the new one that they made me do for AS levels. So they gonna using my gcse ULN and god knows when that is gonna be. Certificates won’t change though they also said UCI can’t change once the exam has been done.
So in summary college has the right date of birth but my school put the wrong date of birth so ULN couldn’t match.
I’m still confused and worried how I’m gonna be updated and it’s say in the OCR A website UCIS must be the same.


Just to let you know what it says on the certificates date of birth for my certificate is right and my name and surname it says on it. Just on the gov website they input the wrong date something like that the school did? Not confident on this response too.

Reply 6

Original post by Ariale
After carefully calling my college they had to use a new one because my school input my data birth wrong which they couldn’t match and use the same ULN. I asked if they could amend my right data birth for my previous ULN and do discard the new one that they made me do for AS levels. So they gonna using my gcse ULN and god knows when that is gonna be. Certificates won’t change though they also said UCI can’t change once the exam has been done.

So in summary college has the right date of birth but my school put the wrong date of birth so ULN couldn’t match.

I’m still confused and worried how I’m gonna be updated and it’s say in the OCR A website UCIS must be the same.

What are you worried might be the result of the UCIs being different?

UCAS don't use ULNs or UCIs to match your results to your application

Reply 7

What are you worried might be the result of the UCIs being different?
UCAS don't use ULNs or UCIs to match your results to your application


Well I do have it cause I took exams in the uk. They might identify me based on two person under the same name which is weird. Calling ucas today said that it’s not mandatory to fill in however I will have a difficulty showing my results to unis as I have provisional slips and when the interview and time comes to show my gcse certificates and a level certificates it will be past then. This option however back up my proof of grades rather than provisional ?

Reply 8

Original post by Ariale
Well I do have it cause I took exams in the uk. They might identify me based on two person under the same name which is weird. Calling ucas today said that it’s not mandatory to fill in however I will have a difficulty showing my results to unis as I have provisional slips and when the interview and time comes to show my gcse certificates and a level certificates it will be past then. This option however back up my proof of grades rather than provisional ?

UCAS won't match your GCSE resits - they don't get GCSE results from the exam boards you have to send those to your university yourself. If a university requires more proof of results than your results slip then you can talk to them about acceptable alternatives.

You A level results will be matched to your application through your Exam Centre, Name and Date of Birth. Your UCI and ULN are not used to match your results to your application. This matching will mean you won't need to provide proof of results.

If your college corrects your data on your PLR then that will merge the information from both ULNs together if a university uses the Learner Records Service to verify your GCSE resits.

Reply 9

So is it fine I use my gcse ULN number for both as levels and gcse resit I’m gonna take? As that was my original ULN with the wrong date of birth hopefully they fix it in gov website?

When you say merge do you mean one ULN or two Different ULN that are identical an is it the GCSEs ULN changing or AL changing ?

Reply 10

UCAS won't match your GCSE resits - they don't get GCSE results from the exam boards you have to send those to your university yourself. If a university requires more proof of results than your results slip then you can talk to them about acceptable alternatives.
You A level results will be matched to your application through your Exam Centre, Name and Date of Birth. Your UCI and ULN are not used to match your results to your application. This matching will mean you won't need to provide proof of results.
If your college corrects your data on your PLR then that will merge the information from both ULNs together if a university uses the Learner Records Service to verify your GCSE resits.


Was what I said above right ?

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