Your Confirmation ODL lists applicants who accepted your conditional offer and for whom we are still awaiting a Confirmation decision. Please check the ODL and send us these decisions as soon as possible.
You can find details about making Confirmation decisions in section 13 of the UCAS Admissions Guide 2015.
Reject by default (RBD)
If we don’t receive your decision by 18:00 on 10 September 2015, we’ll record an RBD decision, and will inform the applicant of this.
Stopping the RBD
If you want to delay making a decision against a conditional firm (CF) or conditional insurance (CI) applicant whose results you don't yet have, but expect to receive between 10 September RBD and 21 October RBD, you must record an RBD Stop by 18:00 on 10 September to prevent them being rejected by default.
Only use an RBD Stop if you expect to receive results before the end of the cycle and need more time to decide whether or not to accept the applicant. The RBD Stop facility will be available from 2 September until 18:00 on 10 September 2015.
The facility is available through web-link ONLY. To put an RBD Stop on an applicant choice:
- select the decision box against the choice
- select RBD Stop in the drop-down menu and click Save
The decision displayed against the applicant choice will be C STP.
These applicants will be rejected by default on 21 October 2015 if you don’t make a Confirmation decision by this date. A management information list is available to view these applicants.
Viewing outstanding decisions
We recommend that you view your ODL in web-link, as this provides a 'real-time' version which automatically updates as you enter applicant decisions:
- click Application data from the 'log in to web-link' page
- click UCAS
- click Outstanding Decisions List
- click All applicants 2015 with outstanding decisions
Alternatively, you can download your list from our File Transfer Protocol server (also referred to as the 'firewall') if you have requested this through institution requirements in web-link:
- The file prefix will be X99(your institution code)_ucas_odllist. followed by your provider's security key. For example, X99_ucas_odllist.a1b2c3.
If you have any problems viewing your ODL, please contact the HEP Team on 01242 545 734 or at hepservicedesk@ucas.ac.uk.
Delayed Confirmation decision (DCF)
Results for some applicants are published after the end of cycle, e.g. Access courses or English language proficiency tests. In such cases, you can use the DCF to delay confirming their place until after the end of the 2015 cycle. This decision can be made through all link products, but is only available for CF choices.
The facility to enter a DCF will be available from 2 September to 21 October 2015. Once the relevant results are received, please enter a Confirmation acceptance or rejection for the applicant. All outstanding DCFs will be rejected by default on 3 December 2015.
To enter a DCF against an applicant choice in web-link:
- select the decision box against the choice
- select RD Confirmation delay option
- submit the changes