Qualification reform FAQs
In the run-up to Confirmation and Clearing, we’ve been receiving some queries about qualification reform.
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Qualification reform FAQs
In the run-up to Confirmation and Clearing, we’ve been receiving some queries about qualification reform.
Advisory Group minutes
The minutes and papers from the following meetings are now available on the Groups' web pages.
UCAS Correspondents’ bulletin is online
Your feedback told us you’d find it useful to be able to view the bulletin online.
Spot the star
Did you know? We use the star icon to denote new items in this bulletin, to make it easier for you to
Annual UCAS Update
We’re pleased to announce the date and venue for this year’s Annual UCAS Update (formerly UCAS Annual
Qualification reform – GCSE changes
This summer will see the first awarding of GCSEs graded 9 – 1 in England.
Reminder: Change freeze: 1 July – 31 August
To protect our systems ahead of the Confirmation and Clearing period, a freeze on making any changes
Reminder: Release into Clearing
The 'Release into Clearing' procedure can be used in exceptional cases.
UCAS Undergraduate capitation fee invoicing
In August, your nominated finance contact will be receiving the first instalment invoice for the UCAS
Changes to ucas.com over Confirmation & Clearing
To help users quickly navigate to relevant content, next week we’ll be making some changes to ucas.com,
Accepting and rejecting applicants in Clearing
Applicants who refer themselves to you in Clearing will appear in the 'Applicants – Outstanding Clearing
Adding keywords to courses
You can add keywords to 2017 courses in Course Collect, allowing your courses to be returned from a wider
Implementing additional security measures
Following yesterday’s global ransomware outbreak, we implemented an additional security measure on our
How are search results ordered in the new UCAS search tool?
We’ve been receiving queries about the ordering of search results in our 2018 search tool.
Notice of availability of International Baccalaureate summer results
The International Baccalaureate results will be available to you next week.
Reminder: Setting Clearing vacancies
Your Clearing vacancies will be displayed in our search tool from Wednesday 5 July, in line with the
Deferred applications in Clearing
Applicants will only be able to add the details of 2017 courses in Track.
odbc-link security project – old IP removal
We recently conducted a project to migrate all providers using odbc-link to a new version of the service.