On 18 March 2020, the government announced that schools, colleges and early years settings would close as part of a broader range of measures to reduce the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19).
Given the impact on teacher training providers, UCAS and the department agreed to extend all decline by default (DBD) and reject by default (RBD) decision dates for a period of 4 weeks, up until 20 April 2020 at the earliest.
This is the email UCAS sent to providers:
