Will I be treated differently if I come through Clearing?
No. Many students in the past have gained places through Clearing and go on to successfully complete their chosen course. As far as lecturers are concerned you are just one of the students – they will not know that you have come through Clearing.
What is Adjustment?
The Adjustment period allows applicants who have met and exceeded the terms of their conditional firm offer and have been accepted on that course, to be eligible to enter an ‘Adjustment period’ allowing them to find a course at a different institution whilst still holding their confirmed place.
The process is available from A level results day until 31 August. Your individual Adjustment period starts on A level results day or when your conditional firm (CF) choice changes to unconditional firm (UF), whichever is later. From this time you have a maximum of five calendar days (five 24 hour periods, including Saturdays and Sundays) to register and secure an alternative course, if you decide this is what you want to do.
Applicants are advised to contact the institution they wish to adjust into to ensure there are vacancies on the course of their choice. Applicants should then refer to UCAS Track should they wish to make an adjustment to their choice. If you do not take up an Adjustment place at an alternative university you will automatically revert to your original university place.
What happens if I don’t have a course space or I don’t meet the criteria for Adjustment?
If you don’t meet the criteria for adjusting, you can:
- Remain with your UF institution
- Contact another institution to see if they have a course place available to you
- Decline your first choice university and request to be released into Clearing
If there are no course places available you can:
- Remain with your UF institution.
- Decline your first choice university and request to be released into Clearing
Please check our course vacancies list carefully for available course choices open to you
I’d like to find another course somewhere else. What should I do now?
Consider carefully if you really want to make this change:
- Have you already visited the institution?
- Have you already made accommodation arrangements?
- There is a tight timescale in which to make your decision
- There are no guarantees that an institution will have course vacancies
If you wish to proceed:
- Register on UCAS Track to use Adjustment
- Contact another institution for an alternative course choice
- If another institution is satisfied that you are eligible for Adjustment, and a course space exists, they may offer you a place
Email the following details to clearing@plymouth.ac.uk:
- Your name
- Your UCAS ID number or University of Plymouth student reference number
- University of Plymouth course
- Contact number
- Mark your email as urgent and subject 'withdrawal'
You must return to UCAS Track to accept your new offer. UCAS will send you confirmation details of your change of course.