Gateway Year to Medicine

Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) / Disclosure Scotland Check

The University of Leeds is obliged to refuse admission to applicants for certain courses, which are regulated by national or statutory bodies, where an Enhanced DBS certificate or International Criminality check reveals prior criminal behaviour giving rise to concern for the protection of the public. Clinical placements cannot be attended by those who fail to comply with the clearance processes.  As part of your application to study you are required to declare any criminal convictions in order that certain checks with the DBS can be undertaken. The University will send further instructions as part of the admissions process where such checks are required.

Health Checks

Any offer of a place to study on this course is conditional upon a satisfactory confidential occupational health assessment. All students will complete a pre-registration screening questionnaire which allows our occupational health team at the University support you to meet your true potential on the programme despite any pre-existing health concerns you may have. The process also allows our occupational health team to check your immunity requirements so we can ensure that both patients and you are protected and kept safe. This will involve understanding your immunisation record to date. Additionally, for Medicine, Gateway to Medicine, Physician Associates, Midwifery Programmes, Dentistry (undergraduate and postgraduate) and Dental Hygiene and Dental Therapy, where you will be undertaking Exposure Prone Procedure (EPP) work during your training we will be screening for HIV, Hepatitis C and Hepatitis B surface antigen, in accordance with Department of Health regulations. For students and applicants to the Faculty of Medicine and Health, please see our dedicated webpage for more information about Occupational Health. HEOPS offers guidance on occupational health resources and health surveillance.

Interview

The top-ranked applicants are invited to a multiple mini interview which will take place online. At interview we will further assess applicants’ non academic qualities. Scores are awarded to candidates across a number of stations and this score is used to rank candidates. The decision to make an offer after interview depends entirely on your performance at interview, not on your predicted or achieved performance, or other scores.

Other

To be eligible you must be living permanently in the UK, hold or be taking the required level 3 qualifications (A-levels, BTECs, IB or equivalent) for the course you've applied to, have the potential to succeed at the University of Leeds and meet two or more of the following criteria: • be from a household with an annual income of £25,000 or below or in receipt of 16-19 Bursary Fund or Discretionary Learner Support with an income threshold of £25,000, or in receipt of free school meals during your GCSE studies • be in the first generation of your immediate family to go to university • attend a school achieving below the national average at GCSE (Attainment 8 score) • your studies have been disrupted by circumstances in your personal, social or domestic life • you live in a geographical area with low progression to higher education (see our online postcode checker) • you live or grew up in public care

Restricted Eligibility

Are you eligible for Access to Leeds? For further information: www.leeds.ac.uk/projectleeds/info/128005/applying/33/alternative_admissions/2

University Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT)

We assess your application form against academic criteria, considering your past and predicted grades, and your UCAT score. We take into account any issues regarding mitigating circumstances raised in your personal statements and academic reference.

If the most common grade accepted is higher than our entry requirements, this is due to the attainment of our applicants. If you have been made an offer and you meet or exceed the grades of your offer, you will be accepted.

If grades lower than our entry requirements have been accepted, in most cases this is because we operate contextual admissions as part of our decision making, which considers factors beyond grades. For more information about contextual admissions, please visit our website.