Advisers will have the following three structured questions for all undergraduate applications starting with the 2024 entry cycle:
- Enter a general statement about your school/college (mandatory for applications sent via a registered centre)
- Enter any information about extenuating circumstances which may affect this applicant’s performance in examinations or other assessments (optional)
- Use this section to outline any other circumstances specific to the applicant that you think universities/colleges should be aware of (optional)
Independent referees will be presented with the following three questions:
- Provide an overview of your relationship with the applicant *
- Enter any information about extenuating circumstances which may affect this applicant’s performance in examinations or other assessments
- Use this section to outline any other circumstances specific to the applicant that you think universities/colleges should be aware of
No technical changes will be required by you or your software vendors, and the reformed reference will feed through to web-link and xml-link via the existing reference field. The outputs will clearly display what answers refer to which questions under the following headings.
Adviser referee output:
- ESTABLISHMENT INFORMATION
- EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES
- OTHER
Independent referee output:
- RELATIONSHIP TO APPLICANT
- EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES
- OTHER INFORMATION
Over the next few days Advisers will have oversight of the new reference guidance for 2024, on ucas.com.