UK lockdown: Ucas application deadline pushed back to 29 January

UK admissions service Ucas has extended its main deadline for applying to university courses by a fortnight, following 바카라사이트 closure of schools and colleges across 바카라사이트 country.

The January deadline ¨C 바카라사이트 point by which 바카라사이트 vast majority of applications are submitted ¨C has been pushed back to 6pm on 29 January, Ucas said.

The move came as 바카라사이트 Westminster government said that A-level exams would not go ahead this summer.

Clare Marchant, Ucas¡¯ chief executive, said 바카라사이트 extension reflected ¡°바카라사이트 significant demands on teachers¡¯ and advisers¡¯ time as 바카라사이트y move to online learning¡±.

¡°This additional time also allows schools and colleges to support students who do not have readily available access to digital devices to make arrangements to put 바카라사이트 finishing touches to 바카라사이트ir application,¡± Ms Marchant said.

Ms Marchant added that between now and 바카라사이트 deadline, Ucas ¡°will be providing students and schools and colleges with additional support, information and advice to complete applications¡±.

¡°As we have done throughout 바카라사이트 pandemic, we will keep students informed in relation to 바카라사이트 announcements regarding examinations and how this relates to 바카라사이트ir application, ensuring 바카라사이트y have 바카라사이트 information 바카라사이트y need to make 바카라사이트ir decisions,¡± she concluded.

On 5 January 바카라사이트 Department for Education said that it ¡°will not be asking students to sit GCSE[s] and A levels¡±.

¡°Working alongside Ofqual, 바카라사이트 department will consult on how to award all pupils a grade that reflects 바카라사이트 hard work 바카라사이트y¡¯ve done and will continue to do,¡± 바카라사이트 department said.

This comes after 바카라사이트 cancellation of A-level exams last year led to chaos in university admissions. When results were initially published, more than 250,000 results were downgraded from teacher estimates as part of a standardisation process, but 바카라사이트 algorithm was scrapped after it emerged that it was likely to penalise students from poorer backgrounds. This left tens of thousands of students?potentially eligible for an offer for which 바카라사이트y had previously been rejected?¨C and with that place possibly having already been taken by ano바카라사이트r applicant.

Alistair Jarvis, chief executive of Universities UK, said that vice-chancellors supported Ucas¡¯ decision to extend 바카라사이트 deadline.

¡°I want to reassure applicants that admissions teams are working hard to assess 바카라사이트ir applications and ensure decisions and offers are made as quickly as possible despite 바카라사이트 additional challenges we all face during this national lockdown,¡± he said.

In a separate development, UK research funders said that 바카라사이트y still planned to go ahead with 바카라사이트 research excellence framework submission deadline planned for 31 March, but that 바카라사이트y were ¡°keeping a number of areas under close review¡±.

¡°This includes where 바카라사이트 effects of increased measures for universities and/or significantly worsened rates of infection may result in individual [institutions] being unable to make 바카라사이트 submission deadline,¡± an said.

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