Today, the NCTL has published its recruitment methodology for 2017/18. As outlined in our email on 22 September, there are now some actions to take in the UCAS Teacher Training systems.
- Please set all available training programmes to ‘Running’ – step-by-step instructions are included further down this email.
We are planning on opening the UCAS Teacher Training search tool on 11 October. In order to ensure potential applicants have the widest range of programmes to research, we are asking all training providers to complete this action as soon as possible. We advise you to set your programmes to ‘Running’ before midday on Monday 3 October. This will allow us time to complete any additional quality checking, and will guarantee your training programmes are available to applicants when the search tool opens. Training programmes set to running after this time will be checked and published in the order they are received.
Please note:
- You should only set programmes to running where you have received approval to recruit from the NCTL (where applicable). Please do not set programmes to running unless you are certain you will be recruiting to them.
- You do not need to have completed your Entry Profile information to do this – you can continue to complete and update your Entry Profiles after this date.
- If you are a new training provider and you have not yet settled your joining fee invoice, please be aware that your training programmes will not appear on the search tool while your invoice is outstanding. Please contact our finance team if you have any queries: receivables@ucas.ac.uk.
- To ensure potential applicants have all the information they need about your training programmes, please complete your Entry Profiles. You do not need to have completed this by 3 October, but any additional information you can provide about your training programmes will support applicants researching programmes. For further information about completing and updating your Entry Profiles please see our Entry Profiles guide. You can also check out our video guide. For reference, you can access your Entry Profiles here.
Setting your programmes to 'Running'
Higher education providers and SCITTs
Once you’ve received confirmation of allocated places from the NCTL for your 2017 UCAS Teacher Training programmes, you must update the status of your programmes in web-link, by setting them to Running.
- Sign in to web-link and navigate to the 2017 training programme list.
- Click on the title of the programme you wish to update.
- Scroll to the end of the programme details.
- Under the blue bar that includes the publish/status options, change the programme status from New to Running, if you have been allocated places. If you have not been allocated any places, change the status from New, to either Suspended or Discontinued.
- Then change the publish flag to Yes for those that are Running.
- Click the Save button and wait for the green update confirmation message to appear at the top of the screen, before navigating away from the page.
Your programme will be visible on the search tool within 24 hours, or when the UCAS Teacher Training search tool goes live for 2017.
School Direct training providers
Once you’ve received confirmation of allocated places from the NCTL for your 2017 UCAS Teacher Training programmes, you must update the status of your programmes in web-link.
- Sign in to web-link and navigate to the 2017 training programme list.
- Click on the title of the programme you wish to update.
- Scroll to the bottom of the programme details.
- Under the blue bar that includes the publish/status options, change the programme status from New to Running, if you have been allocated places. If you have not been allocated any places, change the status from New, to either Suspended or Discontinued.
- Click the Save button and wait for the green update confirmation message to appear at the top of the screen, before navigating away from the page.