{"id":7279,"date":"2018-10-02T16:31:33","date_gmt":"2018-10-02T15:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sacu-student.com\/?p=7279"},"modified":"2018-10-08T09:39:53","modified_gmt":"2018-10-08T08:39:53","slug":"when-is-an-unconditional-offer-not-unconditional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sacu-student.com\/?p=7279","title":{"rendered":"When is an Unconditional offer not Unconditional?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"cs-content\" class=\"cs-content\"><div id=\"x-section-1\"  class=\"x-section cs-ta-left\"  style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px 0px 45px; background-color: transparent;\"   ><div  class=\"x-container max width\"  style=\"margin: 0x auto 0px;padding: 0px; background-color:hsl(0, 0%, 100%);\"   ><div  class=\"x-column x-sm x-1-1\" style=\"padding: 0px;\" ><div  class=\"x-text cs-ta-center h3\"    ><p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>At SACU we were curious to find out a little more about the recent increase in the number of Unconditional offers made to young people in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div  class=\"x-container max width\"  style=\"margin: 0x auto 0px;padding: 0px; background-color:hsl(0, 0%, 100%);\"   ><div  class=\"x-column x-sm x-1-1\" style=\"padding: 0px;\" ><blockquote  class=\"x-blockquote\" >UCAS recently released figures showing the number of unconditional offers made to 18 year old students from England, Northern Ireland, and Wales has risen over the past five years \u2013 from 2,985 in 2013, to 67,915 in 2018.<cite class=\"x-cite\">UCAS Thu 26 July 2018<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/div><\/div><div  class=\"x-container cs-ta-center max width\"  style=\"margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px 0px 30px;border-style: inset;border-width: 25px;border-color: hsl(230, 74%, 61%);\"   ><div  class=\"x-column x-sm cs-ta-left x-1-1\" style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px;\" ><h2  class=\"h-custom-headline cs-ta-center h2\" ><span>Are all Unconditional offers the same?<\/span><\/h2><h2  class=\"h-custom-headline cs-ta-center h2\" ><span>No, some Unconditional offers are in fact &#8220;Conditional&#8221;<\/span><\/h2><\/div><\/div><div  class=\"x-container max width\"  style=\"margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;\"   ><div  class=\"x-column x-sm x-1-1\" style=\"padding: 0px;\" ><div  class=\"x-text h3\"    ><p>SACU has been made aware of admission practices that involve the following:<\/p>\n<\/div><ul  class=\"x-feature-list\"  data-x-element=\"feature_list\" data-x-params=\"{&quot;animationOffset&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;animationDelayInitial&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;animationDelayBetween&quot;:&quot;300&quot;}\"><li  class=\"x-feature-box left-text top-text cf\" style=\" max-width: none;\" data-x-element=\"feature_box\" data-x-params=\"{&quot;child&quot;:true,&quot;graphicAnimation&quot;:&quot;swing&quot;,&quot;connectorAnimation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;alignH&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;alignV&quot;:&quot;top&quot;}\"><span class=\"x-feature-box-connector full\" style=\"font-size: 60px; left: 0; right: calc(100% - 60px); border-left: 1px dashed #272727;\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Connector.<\/span><\/span><div class=\"x-feature-box-graphic circle\" style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: top;\"><div class=\"x-feature-box-graphic-outer circle\" style=\" margin-right: 20px;\"><div class=\"x-feature-box-graphic-inner circle\" style=\"font-size: 60px;\"><i class=\"number w-h circle\" style=\"margin: 0 auto; color: #ffffff; background-color: #2ecc71;\"><\/i><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-feature-box-content\" style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: top;\"><h4 class=\"x-feature-box-title\">Student applies to UCAS<\/h4><p class=\"x-feature-box-text\">An 18 year old student applies to a university on-time, while still taking their A-Levels or equivalent<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  class=\"x-feature-box left-text top-text cf\" style=\" max-width: none;\" data-x-element=\"feature_box\" data-x-params=\"{&quot;child&quot;:true,&quot;graphicAnimation&quot;:&quot;swing&quot;,&quot;connectorAnimation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;alignH&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;alignV&quot;:&quot;top&quot;}\"><span class=\"x-feature-box-connector full\" style=\"font-size: 60px; left: 0; right: calc(100% - 60px); border-left: 1px dashed #272727;\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Connector.<\/span><\/span><div class=\"x-feature-box-graphic circle\" style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: top;\"><div class=\"x-feature-box-graphic-outer circle\" style=\" margin-right: 20px;\"><div class=\"x-feature-box-graphic-inner circle\" style=\"font-size: 60px;\"><i class=\"number w-h circle\" style=\"margin: 0 auto; color: #ffffff; background-color: #2ecc71;\"><\/i><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-feature-box-content\" style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: top;\"><h4 class=\"x-feature-box-title\">University makes a \"Conditional\" offer<\/h4><p class=\"x-feature-box-text\">The University makes a conditional offer to the student based on their pending qualifications<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  class=\"x-feature-box left-text top-text cf\" style=\" max-width: none;\" data-x-element=\"feature_box\" data-x-params=\"{&quot;child&quot;:true,&quot;graphicAnimation&quot;:&quot;swing&quot;,&quot;connectorAnimation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;alignH&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;alignV&quot;:&quot;top&quot;}\"><span class=\"x-feature-box-connector full\" style=\"font-size: 60px; left: 0; right: calc(100% - 60px); border-left: 1px dashed #272727;\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Connector.<\/span><\/span><div class=\"x-feature-box-graphic circle\" style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: top;\"><div class=\"x-feature-box-graphic-outer circle\" style=\" margin-right: 20px;\"><div class=\"x-feature-box-graphic-inner circle\" style=\"font-size: 60px;\"><i class=\"number w-h circle\" style=\"margin: 0 auto; color: #ffffff; background-color: #2ecc71;\"><\/i><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-feature-box-content\" style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: top;\"><h4 class=\"x-feature-box-title\">University gives the student the option to upgrade their \"Conditional\" offer to \"Unconditional\", but only if they...<\/h4><p class=\"x-feature-box-text\">The University contacts the applicant, either via UCAS or directly, with the opportunity to convert the Conditional offer to an Unconditional offer &#8211; if, and only if, the student makes this their firm choice within 14 days&#8230;<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  class=\"x-feature-box left-text top-text cf\" style=\" max-width: none;\" data-x-element=\"feature_box\" data-x-params=\"{&quot;child&quot;:true,&quot;graphicAnimation&quot;:&quot;swing&quot;,&quot;connectorAnimation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;alignH&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;alignV&quot;:&quot;top&quot;}\"><span class=\"x-feature-box-connector full\" style=\"font-size: 60px; left: 0; right: calc(100% - 60px); border-left: 1px dashed #272727;\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Connector.<\/span><\/span><div class=\"x-feature-box-graphic circle\" style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: top;\"><div class=\"x-feature-box-graphic-outer circle\" style=\" margin-right: 20px;\"><div class=\"x-feature-box-graphic-inner circle\" style=\"font-size: 60px;\"><i class=\"number w-h circle\" style=\"margin: 0 auto; color: #ffffff; background-color: #2ecc71;\"><\/i><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-feature-box-content\" style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: top;\"><h4 class=\"x-feature-box-title\">Student makes this choice Firm within 14 days<\/h4><p class=\"x-feature-box-text\">The student accepts this offer within 14 days, and in doing so may have to decline choices where no offers have yet been received \ud83d\ude41<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  class=\"x-feature-box left-text top-text cf\" style=\" max-width: none;\" data-x-element=\"feature_box\" data-x-params=\"{&quot;child&quot;:true,&quot;graphicAnimation&quot;:&quot;swing&quot;,&quot;connectorAnimation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;alignH&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;alignV&quot;:&quot;top&quot;}\"><span class=\"x-feature-box-connector full\" style=\"font-size: 60px; left: 0; right: calc(100% - 60px); border-left: 1px dashed #272727;\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Connector.<\/span><\/span><div class=\"x-feature-box-graphic circle\" style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: top;\"><div class=\"x-feature-box-graphic-outer circle\" style=\" margin-right: 20px;\"><div class=\"x-feature-box-graphic-inner circle\" style=\"font-size: 60px;\"><i class=\"number w-h circle\" style=\"margin: 0 auto; color: #ffffff; background-color: #2ecc71;\"><\/i><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-feature-box-content\" style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: top;\"><h4 class=\"x-feature-box-title\">University changes offer to Unconditional<\/h4><p class=\"x-feature-box-text\">The University changes the previous Conditional offer to an Unconditional offer<\/p><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div  class=\"x-container cs-ta-center max width\"  style=\"margin: 20px auto 0px;padding: 0px 0px 30px;border-style: inset;border-width: 25px;border-color: hsl(230, 74%, 61%);\"   ><div  class=\"x-column x-sm cs-ta-center x-1-1\" style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px;\" ><h2  class=\"h-custom-headline cs-ta-center h2\" ><span>These are &#8220;Conditional&#8221; Unconditional offers !?!<\/span><\/h2><\/div><\/div><div  class=\"x-container max width\"  style=\"margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;\"   ><div  class=\"x-column x-sm x-1-1\" style=\"padding: 0px;\" ><div  class=\"x-text h3\"    ><p>Why are <strong>&#8220;Conditional&#8221; UC offers<\/strong> so bad for students?<\/p>\n<\/div><ul  class=\"x-feature-list\"  data-x-element=\"feature_list\" data-x-params=\"{&quot;animationOffset&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;animationDelayInitial&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;animationDelayBetween&quot;:&quot;300&quot;}\"><li  class=\"x-feature-box left-text top-text cf\" style=\" max-width: none;\" data-x-element=\"feature_box\" data-x-params=\"{&quot;child&quot;:true,&quot;graphicAnimation&quot;:&quot;swing&quot;,&quot;connectorAnimation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;alignH&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;alignV&quot;:&quot;top&quot;}\"><span class=\"x-feature-box-connector full\" style=\"font-size: 60px; left: 0; right: calc(100% - 60px); border-left: 1px dashed #272727;\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Connector.<\/span><\/span><div class=\"x-feature-box-graphic circle\" style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: top;\"><div class=\"x-feature-box-graphic-outer circle\" style=\" margin-right: 20px;\"><div class=\"x-feature-box-graphic-inner circle\" style=\"font-size: 60px;\"><i class=\"x-icon-frown-o circle\" data-x-icon=\"&#xf119;\" style=\"margin: 0 auto; color: #ffffff; background-color: hsl(0, 90%, 50%);\"><\/i><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-feature-box-content\" style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: top;\"><h4 class=\"x-feature-box-title\">Students are forced to Reject other choices before receiving their offer<\/h4><p class=\"x-feature-box-text\">The 14 day stipulation can force applicants to abandon other choices before they&#8217;ve even received offers from all their university choices<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  class=\"x-feature-box left-text top-text cf\" style=\" max-width: none;\" data-x-element=\"feature_box\" data-x-params=\"{&quot;child&quot;:true,&quot;graphicAnimation&quot;:&quot;swing&quot;,&quot;connectorAnimation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;alignH&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;alignV&quot;:&quot;top&quot;}\"><span class=\"x-feature-box-connector full\" style=\"font-size: 60px; left: 0; right: calc(100% - 60px); border-left: 1px dashed #272727;\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Connector.<\/span><\/span><div class=\"x-feature-box-graphic circle\" style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: top;\"><div class=\"x-feature-box-graphic-outer circle\" style=\" margin-right: 20px;\"><div class=\"x-feature-box-graphic-inner circle\" style=\"font-size: 60px;\"><i class=\"x-icon-frown-o circle\" data-x-icon=\"&#xf119;\" style=\"margin: 0 auto; color: #ffffff; background-color: hsl(0, 90%, 50%);\"><\/i><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-feature-box-content\" style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: top;\"><h4 class=\"x-feature-box-title\">Students are forced to make rushed decisions if they wish to accept this offer<\/h4><p class=\"x-feature-box-text\">The 14 day time frame for considering this option goes against all UCAS normal decision-making deadlines and puts undue pressure on the applicant to have to abandon other university choices<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  class=\"x-feature-box left-text top-text cf\" style=\" max-width: none;\" data-x-element=\"feature_box\" data-x-params=\"{&quot;child&quot;:true,&quot;graphicAnimation&quot;:&quot;swing&quot;,&quot;connectorAnimation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;alignH&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;alignV&quot;:&quot;top&quot;}\"><span class=\"x-feature-box-connector full\" style=\"font-size: 60px; left: 0; right: calc(100% - 60px); border-left: 1px dashed #272727;\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Connector.<\/span><\/span><div class=\"x-feature-box-graphic circle\" style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: top;\"><div class=\"x-feature-box-graphic-outer circle\" style=\" margin-right: 20px;\"><div class=\"x-feature-box-graphic-inner circle\" style=\"font-size: 60px;\"><i class=\"x-icon-frown-o circle\" data-x-icon=\"&#xf119;\" style=\"margin: 0 auto; color: #ffffff; background-color: hsl(0, 90%, 50%);\"><\/i><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-feature-box-content\" style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: top;\"><h4 class=\"x-feature-box-title\">Students are encouraged to ignore UCAS guidance<\/h4><p class=\"x-feature-box-text\">UCAS guidance to students is to wait until they have received all their offers before confirming their Firm and Insurance choices. This encourages students  to take their time and make informed decisions.<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  class=\"x-feature-box left-text top-text cf\" style=\" max-width: none;\" data-x-element=\"feature_box\" data-x-params=\"{&quot;child&quot;:true,&quot;graphicAnimation&quot;:&quot;swing&quot;,&quot;connectorAnimation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;alignH&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;alignV&quot;:&quot;top&quot;}\"><span class=\"x-feature-box-connector full\" style=\"font-size: 60px; left: 0; right: calc(100% - 60px); border-left: 1px dashed #272727;\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Connector.<\/span><\/span><div class=\"x-feature-box-graphic circle\" style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: top;\"><div class=\"x-feature-box-graphic-outer circle\" style=\" margin-right: 20px;\"><div class=\"x-feature-box-graphic-inner circle\" style=\"font-size: 60px;\"><i class=\"x-icon-frown-o circle\" data-x-icon=\"&#xf119;\" style=\"margin: 0 auto; color: #ffffff; background-color: hsl(0, 90%, 50%);\"><\/i><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-feature-box-content\" style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: top;\"><h4 class=\"x-feature-box-title\">Students do not have the option of making this Unconditional offer their insurance choice<\/h4><p class=\"x-feature-box-text\">By forcing the applicant to make this choice Firm they remove the option of making the Unconditional offer their insurance choice<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  class=\"x-feature-box left-text top-text cf\" style=\" max-width: none;\" data-x-element=\"feature_box\" data-x-params=\"{&quot;child&quot;:true,&quot;graphicAnimation&quot;:&quot;swing&quot;,&quot;connectorAnimation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;alignH&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;alignV&quot;:&quot;top&quot;}\"><span class=\"x-feature-box-connector full\" style=\"font-size: 60px; left: 0; right: calc(100% - 60px); border-left: 1px dashed #272727;\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Connector.<\/span><\/span><div class=\"x-feature-box-graphic circle\" style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: top;\"><div class=\"x-feature-box-graphic-outer circle\" style=\" margin-right: 20px;\"><div class=\"x-feature-box-graphic-inner circle\" style=\"font-size: 60px;\"><i class=\"x-icon-frown-o circle\" data-x-icon=\"&#xf119;\" style=\"margin: 0 auto; color: #ffffff; background-color: hsl(0, 90%, 50%);\"><\/i><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-feature-box-content\" style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: top;\"><h4 class=\"x-feature-box-title\">Students are prevented from holding an aspirational conditional Firm offer<\/h4><p class=\"x-feature-box-text\">By forcing the applicant to make this choice Firm they prevent the student  placing an aspirational offer as their Firm choice<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  class=\"x-feature-box left-text top-text cf\" style=\" max-width: none;\" data-x-element=\"feature_box\" data-x-params=\"{&quot;child&quot;:true,&quot;graphicAnimation&quot;:&quot;swing&quot;,&quot;connectorAnimation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;alignH&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;alignV&quot;:&quot;top&quot;}\"><span class=\"x-feature-box-connector full\" style=\"font-size: 60px; left: 0; right: calc(100% - 60px); border-left: 1px dashed #272727;\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Connector.<\/span><\/span><div class=\"x-feature-box-graphic circle\" style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: top;\"><div class=\"x-feature-box-graphic-outer circle\" style=\" margin-right: 20px;\"><div class=\"x-feature-box-graphic-inner circle\" style=\"font-size: 60px;\"><i class=\"x-icon-frown-o circle\" data-x-icon=\"&#xf119;\" style=\"margin: 0 auto; color: #ffffff; background-color: hsl(0, 90%, 50%);\"><\/i><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-feature-box-content\" style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: top;\"><h4 class=\"x-feature-box-title\">Students support network, Careers advisers \/ teachers \/ parents, are just not prepared for this new \"Conditional\" UC offer<\/h4><p class=\"x-feature-box-text\">How can the student&#8217;s support network be expected to help\/advise the students when these new &#8220;Conditional&#8221; Unconditional offers have been sneaked in without any notice \/ publicity?<\/p><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div  class=\"x-container cs-ta-center max width\"  style=\"margin: 30px auto 0px;padding: 0px 0px 30px;border-style: inset;border-width: 25px;border-color: hsl(230, 74%, 61%);\"   ><div  class=\"x-column x-sm cs-ta-left x-1-1\" style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px;\" ><h2  class=\"h-custom-headline cs-ta-center h2\" ><span>How many universities are doing this?<\/span><\/h2><\/div><\/div><div  class=\"x-container max width\"  style=\"margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;\"   ><div  class=\"x-column x-sm x-1-1\" style=\"padding: 0px;\" ><div  class=\"x-text cs-ta-center h3\"    ><p>SACU submitted a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatdotheyknow.com\/request\/admission_statistics_uncondition#outgoing-812884\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FOIA request to UCAS<\/a> find out.<br \/>\nWe asked UCAS to supply the number of &#8220;Conditional&#8221; UC offers:<\/p>\n<\/div><div  class=\"x-text cs-ta-right\"    ><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatdotheyknow.com\/request\/admission_statistics_uncondition#outgoing-812884\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.whatdotheyknow.com\/request\/admission_statistics_uncondition#outgoing-812884<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div  class=\"x-container max width\"  style=\"margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px; background-color:hsla(0, 0%, 90%, 0.24);\"   ><div  class=\"x-column x-sm x-1-1\" style=\"padding: 0px;border-style: dashed;border-width: 1px;\" ><div  class=\"x-text\"    ><p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">We are trying to identify the number of applicants who received conditional offers with the promise of these being made unconditional if they accept them as their firm choice. As shown in a typical real-life offer example below:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;I am delighted to inform you that we would like to make you a Conditional offer of a place on the above programme. Your formal offer will be displayed on your personalised UCAS Track page and there are instructions on how to accept your offer here. Furthermore, if you choose to make us your Firm choice, we will convert this offer to unconditional 14 days after you have chosen us as your Firm choice on UCAS Track. You can then concentrate on your remaining studies in the sure knowledge of where you will be studying next year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestudentroom.co.uk\/showthread.php?t=5160190\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.thestudentroom.co.uk\/showthr&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">With this in mind, using the same criteria used in your press release on 26th July 2018 &#8216;Increase in unconditional offers made to young people in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland&#8217;:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucas.com\/file\/178626\/download?token=RAF1To81\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.ucas.com\/file\/178626\/downloa&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucas.com\/corporate\/news-and-key-documents\/news\/increase-unconditional-offers-made-young-people-england-wales-and-northern-ireland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.ucas.com\/corporate\/news-and-&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Please provide us with the number of 18-year-old applicants from England, Northern Ireland, and Wales for the 2018 application cycle, that held at least one offer that:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">1) started as a conditional offer (C)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">2) then transitioned to the applicants Firm Choice (CF) &#8211; by being confirmed by the applicant as their first choice<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">3) then transitioning to unconditional (UF) prior to the 30th June 2018 &#8211; before exam results were received<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div  class=\"x-container max width\"  style=\"margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;\"   ><div  class=\"x-column x-sm x-1-1\" style=\"padding: 0px;\" ><div  class=\"x-text cs-ta-center h3\"    ><p>UCAS rejected our FOIA but did confirm the practices of<br \/>\n &#8220;Conditional&#8221; UC offers and will be publishing figures in Nov 2018:<\/p>\n<\/div><div  class=\"x-text cs-ta-right\"    ><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatdotheyknow.com\/request\/admission_statistics_uncondition#incoming-1241972\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.whatdotheyknow.com\/request\/admission_statistics_uncondition#incoming-1241972<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div  class=\"x-container max width\"  style=\"margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px; background-color:hsla(0, 0%, 90%, 0.24);\"   ><div  class=\"x-column x-sm x-1-1\" style=\"padding: 0px;border-style: dashed;border-width: 1px;\" ><div  class=\"x-text\"    ><p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">As part of our 2018 End of Cycle reporting we are intending to update previous reporting on UC offer making to English, Welsh, and NI 18 year olds and to extend this to look at how UC offer making supports WP and, report for the first time, on the practice of making&#8230;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>\u201cconditional UC offers\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">It is intended that this will be <strong>published on 29 November<\/strong> as the first wave of the End of Cycle Report, and that we will collaborate with the OfS so that the publication of the two reports is aligned. We will share draft reports and press releases. The scope of the UCAS report will cover:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Explanation of different types of offer making and examples of the use of UC offers for specific subjects and to support specific students (to be developed with HEP input)<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Methodology for distinguishing between \u201cstandard\u201d UC offers and \u201cconditional\u201d UC offers<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Headline figures for trends in UC offer making to English, Welsh and NI 18 year olds by domicile of applicant and country of provider<\/li>\n<li>UC offers by qualification type and the impact of UC offers on A level attainment<\/li>\n<li>UC offer making by Tariff group and subject group and trends over time<\/li>\n<li>UC offer making to students by POLAR4 and the UCAS Multiple Equality Measure (MEM)<\/li>\n<li>Applicants\u2019 views and attitudes to UC offers and reported impact on application choices and decision making from UCAS survey work<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div  class=\"x-container cs-ta-center max width\"  style=\"margin: 30px auto 0px;padding: 0px 0px 30px;border-style: inset;border-width: 25px;border-color: hsl(230, 74%, 61%);\"   ><div  class=\"x-column x-sm cs-ta-left x-1-1\" style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px;\" ><h2  class=\"h-custom-headline cs-ta-center h2 accent\" ><span>We watch with interest for UCAS&#8217; end of cycle report on 29th November!<\/span><\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At SACU we were curious to find out a little more about the recent increase in the number of Unconditional offers made to young people in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. SACU has been made aware of admission practices that involve the following: An 18 year old student applies to a university on-time, while still taking their A-Levels or equivalent &#8230; <\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/sacu-student.com\/?p=7279\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[795,789,821,810,808,809,817,807,820,824,395,812,788,822,811,814,806,787,796,813],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sacu-student.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7279"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sacu-student.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sacu-student.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sacu-student.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7279"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sacu-student.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7311,"href":"https:\/\/sacu-student.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7279\/revisions\/7311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sacu-student.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sacu-student.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sacu-student.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7279"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sacu-student.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fyst_prominent_words&post=7279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}