Advice for 2020 Undergraduate Offer Holders
We’re here to help you with advice and guidance following this year’s A Level / IB and BTEC grading process.
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What you need to know
Read our quick summary and use the FAQs for answers to your specific questions:
If your Centre Assessed Grades are lower than your Ofqual grades and you have a place with us, your offer is still valid, and we look forward to welcoming you in September. You do not need to contact us.
If you’ve been accepted at Newcastle University through Clearing, your Clearing offer still stands regardless of your Centre Assessed Grades. You do not need to contact us.
If your Centre Assessed Grades mean you now meet the conditions of your original offer we will honour your place. Where this is not possible for 2020, we will guarantee a deferred place for next year. You will need to contact us and we will take you through what you need to do next.
If you are appealing your Centre Assessed Grades your school will advise you on the process and you will need to let us know the outcome of your appeal. Please complete this form to let us know that you are appealing. Please do complete this form even if you have already emailed us about an appeal in order to confirm that it is an appeal against your Centre Assessed Grades that you are making.
We have prepared detailed FAQs to help you to access the advice that applies to your situation. Please do take the time to have a careful read through these as they contain a lot of information which could be relevant to you.
Getting in touch
Although our Helpline is now closed, we’re still here to support you.
If you have any further enquiries about admissions, you can contact us by email at ug-admissions@newcastle.ac.uk
Please also check out our FAQs below for the most up-to-date information and read our latest statement.
Accommodation
If you need any help or guidance about accommodation, you can speak to our Accommodation Team on +44 (0)191 222 5102. Lines are open Monday to Friday, 10am to 4pm.
You can also check out our Accommodation FAQs for further information
UCAS sent us the A-level Centre Assessed Grades on the afternoon of Thursday 20 August and we have been processing this information.
Although our Helpline is now closed, we’re still here to help and support you.
If you have any further enquiries about admissions, please get in touch by emailing us at ug-admissions@newcastle.ac.uk
We are working hard to accept students who meet the terms of their original offer from us.
We recognise, however, that some programmes have an externally-determined cap where numbers are tightly restricted because of space or specialist facilities. This is particularly the case for clinical subjects such as medicine and dentistry.
We will ensure as many students as possible can be accepted for 2020. Where this is not possible, we will guarantee a deferred place for next year.
We would encourage you not to decline your place with us until you know when your original firm choice university will be confirming places for students. You should therefore check the guidance from your firm university and call them.
If you have met the grades of your original offer we will honour your place.
We recognise, however, that some programmes have an externally-determined cap where numbers are tightly restricted because of space or specialist facilities. This is particularly the case for clinical subjects such as medicine and dentistry.
We will ensure as many students as possible can be accepted for 2020. Where this is not possible, we will guarantee a deferred place for next year.
Although our Helpline is now closed, we’re still here to help and support you.
If you have any further enquiries about admissions, please get in touch by emailing us at ug-admissions@newcastle.ac.uk
We are working hard to accept students who meet the terms of their original offer from us. We recognise, however, that some programmes have an externally-determined cap where numbers are tightly restricted because of space or specialist facilities. This is particularly the case for clinical subjects such as medicine and dentistry.
We are therefore seeking clarity from the Government and relevant agencies about ensuring as many students as possible can be accepted to their first choice University. Where this is not possible, we will guarantee a deferred place for next year.
We would encourage you not to decline your insurance place until you have spoken to an adviser at Newcastle about your offer.
Although our Helpline is now closed, we’re still here to help and support you.
If you have any further enquiries about admissions, please get in touch by emailing us at ug-admissions@newcastle.ac.uk
UCAS sent us the A-level Centre Assessed Grades on the afternoon of Thursday 20 August and we have been processing this information.
Although our Helpline is now closed, we’re still here to help and support you.
If you have any further enquiries about admissions, please get in touch by emailing us at ug-admissions@newcastle.ac.uk
Yes, if you want it to be, as we’re working hard to accept all students who now meet the terms of their original offer from us.
We recognise, however, that some programmes have an externally-determined cap where numbers are tightly restricted because of space or specialist facilities. This is particularly the case for clinical subjects such as medicine and dentistry.
We will ensure as many students as possible can be accepted for 2020. Where this is not possible, we will guarantee a deferred place for next year.
If your Clearing place is with Newcastle University it will be honoured too, but you should check with other institutions about Clearing offers you hold with them.
Cambridge International and International Baccalaureate have made announcements about changes to 2020 awarded grades. In the coming days we will be notified via UCAS of any changes to offer holder’s grades, this will include those offer holders who because they did not meet the original terms of their offer no longer hold a place with us.
If you have met the grades of your original offer we will honour your place.
We recognise, however, that some programmes have an externally-determined cap where numbers are tightly restricted because of space or specialist facilities. This is particularly the case for clinical subjects such as medicine and dentistry.
We will ensure as many students as possible can be accepted for 2020. Where this is not possible, we will guarantee a deferred place for next year.
Although our Helpline is now closed, we’re still here to help and support you.
If you have any further enquiries about admissions, please get in touch by emailing us at ug-admissions@newcastle.ac.uk
Your original grades based on Ofqual’s algorithm will still stand. Your grades will not be lowered to the Centre Assessed Grades. If you already have a place with us, your offer is still valid and we look forward to welcoming you in September.
We are working hard to accept students who meet the terms of their original offer from us. We recognise, however, that some programmes have an externally-determined cap where numbers are tightly restricted because of space or specialist facilities. This is particularly the case for clinical subjects such as medicine and dentistry.
We will ensure as many students as possible can be accepted for 2020. Where this is not possible, we will guarantee a deferred place for next year.
Although our Helpline is now closed, we’re still here to help and support you.
If you have any further enquiries about admissions, please get in touch by emailing us at ug-admissions@newcastle.ac.uk
No, you will need to contact the University to discuss your offer.
Although our Helpline is now closed, we’re still here to help and support you.
If you have any further enquiries about admissions, please get in touch by emailing us at ug-admissions@newcastle.ac.uk
If you have any further enquiries about admissions, please get in touch by emailing us at ug-admissions@newcastle.ac.uk
Yes, of course and we look forward to welcoming you to Newcastle University in September.
When your original first choice university announces their process for confirming places after considering Centre Assessed Grades, we would encourage you contact them to let them know your plans.
At the moment, we are awaiting further clarity from UCAS and government on this issue.
For now, if you need to request an extension, please email ug-admissions@ncl.ac.uk or call the hotline on 0800 2073 5050.
No. Don’t worry, if you would like to keep your Clearing offer at Newcastle University, you will still be able to do this.
We would encourage you not to decline your place with us until you know when your original firm choice university will be confirming places for students.
Although our Helpline is now closed, we’re still here to help and support you.
If you have any further enquiries about admissions, please get in touch by emailing us at ug-admissions@newcastle.ac.uk
UCAS sent us the A-level Centre Assessed Grades on the afternoon of Thursday 20 August and we have been processing this information.
If you have already had your place confirmed, or were made an offer in Clearing, this will not change regardless of changes to your Centre Assessed Grades (CAGs).
Although our Helpline is now closed, we’re still here to help and support you.
If you have any further enquiries about admissions, please get in touch by emailing us at ug-admissions@newcastle.ac.uk
If you have met the grades of your original offer we will honour your place.
We recognise, however, that some programmes have an externally-determined cap where numbers are tightly restricted because of space or specialist facilities. This is particularly the case for clinical subjects such as medicine and dentistry.
We will ensure as many students as possible can be accepted for 2020. Where this is not possible, we will guarantee a deferred place for next year.
Although our Helpline is now closed, we’re still here to help and support you.
If you have any further enquiries about admissions, please get in touch by emailing us at ug-admissions@newcastle.ac.uk
The University was not informed of the change in advance and found out at the same time as students and schools.
Yes you will be able to appeal your Centre Assessed Grades.
If you have concerns about how your grades were arrived at you should talk to your school or college about your options.
All appeals must be made by the school or college. This summer, your grade is protected, meaning that it will not go down to a lower grade as a result of an appeal.
The deadline for appeals is 17 September 2020.
You will need to let us know the outcome of your appeal by 7 September (or 31 August for Medicine and Dentistry).
Yes, if your Centre Assessed Grades mean you now meet the terms of your original offer at Newcastle and there are no spaces this year, you will be given a place for 2021
We are working hard to accept students who meet the terms of their original offer from us for September 2020. We recognise, however, that some programmes have an externally-determined cap where numbers are tightly restricted because of space or specialist facilities. This is particularly the case for clinical subjects such as medicine and dentistry.
Our courses will not be oversubscribed in 2021 and we would welcome an application from you in the coming cycle. If you didn’t meet the grades of your offer at Newcastle, and plan to resit your exams this autumn and have not been made an unconditional offer, we will offer you a deferred place for 2021 entry if you meet the conditions of your original offer in your autumn exams.
Please email ug-admissions@ncl.ac.uk so that we can record that you would be interested in a deferred 2021 offer. Please include in the email, your:
- full name
- UCAS number
- date of birth
Until we have worked through the Centre Assessed Grades from UCAS we will not know the impact on our student numbers. Please be assured that the safety of our students on campus and in our accommodation sites is our priority.
You can read more about how we are keeping our students safe at https://belong.ncl.ac.uk/blog/2020-student-experience or View our Covid-19 FAQs for the latest information for prospective students on our response to the pandemic.
Please don’t worry. We will consider your new Centre Assessed Grades against the terms of your original PARTNERS offer, but if your original grades based on Ofqual's algorithm are higher, your grades will not be lowered.
If you have any questions about PARTNERS, please email the PARTNERS team at partners@ncl.ac.uk or call 0191 208 6094 and leave a voicemail.
The team will get back to you as soon as they can to discuss your offer.
We have been looking carefully at all the Centre Assessed Grades we received and have taken a range of factors into account, as we would with any confirmation process.
If you have any enquiries about your offer please get in touch by emailing us at ug-admissions@newcastle.ac.uk
Medicine and Dentistry
Students hoping to study medicine this year are in a uniquely difficult situation. Unlike the majority of university courses, medicine has tightly restricted entry numbers which are determined by Government.
We are awaiting guidance from government on what to do next and are very sorry for the uncertainty for students who are in this situation. We will update our FAQs as soon as we find out more.
We welcome the announcement that the cap on medical student numbers, and those on other programmes, has now been lifted.
When we have received and reviewed the Centre Assessed Grade data we will have a better understanding of how this has impacted students who applied to our programme.
The University has given an undertaking that a place will be offered to any student who has now met our entry requirements either to start in 2020 or 2021.
We hope to be able to provide a further update soon.
Numbers are tightly restricted as we are capped by the government on the number of students we can take. We are now seeking clarity from the Government and relevant agencies about ensuring as many students as possible can be accepted to their first choice University.
Where this is not possible, we will guarantee a deferred place for next year.
Yes, but we cannot guarantee you 2020 entry, your place may be deferred to 2021.
Numbers are tightly restricted as we are capped by the government on the number of students we can take. We are now seeking clarity from the Government and relevant agencies about ensuring as many students as possible can be accepted to their first choice University. Where this is not possible, we will guarantee a deferred place for next year.
We are not increasing the number of students on each course currently.
Yes, there will still be places available, and we are still encouraging future students to apply to join us in 2021.
UCAT scores vary each year depending on scores achieved by students. There is no indication that this will be vastly different from usual.
Placements and teaching will not be affected by this. All students who enrol in 2020 or 2021 will receive the planned approach to teaching and student experience.
It is not possible to say right now. This will depend on how many students defer entry.
We will be classing this as the first time you sit an exam and not a resit.
We recommend you accept the offer in the interim. If post-review you are not joining us to study in 2020, please contact the accommodation team urgently on +44 (0)191 222 5102 who will update your record accordingly and cancel any contractual liability.
If you have paid a deposit for a Managed Partnership room, this will be refunded to you.
If you defer your studies to next year, you can cancel your accommodation contract at any time before your official contract start date.
We recommend you accept the offer in the interim to ensure you have a room in case you are unable to defer. Once your deferral has been approved, contact the accommodation team urgently on +44 (0)191 222 5102 who will update your record accordingly and cancel any contractual liability.
If you have paid a deposit for a Managed Partnership room, this will be refunded to you. For entry in 2021 you will need to make a new application and we will contact you by email when the online application is available.
If you will not be joining us to study in 2020, please contact the accommodation team urgently on +44 (0)191 222 5102 who will update your record accordingly and cancel any contractual liability.
If you have paid a deposit for a Managed Partnership room, this will be refunded to you.
Working with local accommodation providers, we will be able to provide new students joining us for full year undergraduate and postgraduate taught courses with a purpose-built bedroom.
Where possible, the Accommodation Team will take into account your preferences for location and room type. However, it is important to note they are not always able to allocate you to your choice.
Accommodation applications have to be complete by 7 September* and the Accommodation Team will aim to have rooms allocated by 14 September*.
(*Due to the technical difficulties that the University is experiencing, we will extend the dates noted above.)