Question reference: S3W-11367
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 27 March 2008
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Current status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 17 April 2008
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what safeguards are being put in place to ensure that university applicants from Scottish schools, who have been given unconditional offers, will not in any way be disadvantaged by new UCAS regulations, which take effect in academic session 2009-10, allowing pupils holding conditional offers the automatic right to upgrade to universities not listed on their UCAS application forms if their exam results exceed the conditions asked for.
Answer
No safeguards are required because applicants who hold an unconditional offer will not be affected by the proposed new arrangements. Anyone holding an unconditional offer will have that offer honoured by the higher education institution concerned.