Contents
- Dates that affect Find
- Upcoming deadlines warning
- The deadline to apply for the first time has passed
- The deadline to apply again has passed
- Find is closed
- Find reopens
- Applications reopen
Dates that affect Find
7 September 2021 at 6pm
Candidates applying for the first time in the 2020 to 2021 recruitment cycle can no longer submit an application for courses starting in the 2021 to 2022 academic year.
21 September 2021 at 6pm
Candidates applying again in the 2020 to 2021 recruitment cycle can no longer submit an application for courses starting in the 2021 to 2022 academic year.
4 October 2021 at midnight
The recruitment cycle ends (candidates can no longer be placed on courses starting in the 2021 to 2022 academic year). We stop showing course listings on Find.
5 October 2021 at 9am
The recruitment cycle begins. Find shows courses starting in the 2022 to 2023 academic year.
12 October 2021 at 9am
Candidates can submit applications for courses starting in the 2022 to 2023 academic year.
Upcoming deadlines warning
A banner starts showing across Find approximately 2 months before the deadline to apply for the first time:
Deadlines are also communicated through Apply.
The deadline to apply for the first time has passed
After the deadline to apply for the first time, a new banner replaces the previous banner:
It aims to discourage candidates applying for the first time from searching for courses because there’s no guarantee that the courses shown (those starting in the 2021 to 2022 academic year) will be available the following year.
If a candidate applying for the first time tries to select a course after the deadline
Even after the deadline to apply for the first time has passed, it’s still possible for a candidate applying for the first time to click on the ‘Apply for this course’ button on course pages (the banner message may not result in the intended behaviour):
The button will not be disabled because candidates applying again are still eligible to choose and apply to the courses shown on Find until 21 September 2021 at 6pm.
To prevent candidates applying for the first time from adding courses starting in the 2021 to 2022 academic year (which they’re no longer eligible to apply to) we will not take them through the usual “You selected a course” journey:
The candidate is instead sent straight to their task list where they’re informed that courses are closed and that they cannot submit yet.
Candidates applying again after the deadline to apply for the first time will go through the course selection journey as normal.
The deadline to apply again has passed
Although candidates cannot submit an application after the deadline to apply again has passed, we continue to show course listings so that providers and candidates who’ve already applied can finalise any post-submission activity (such as making and accepting offers).
A banner lets candidates know that courses are closed but that they can start or continue applying for the next cycle anyway:
We also remove the ‘Apply for this course’ button after the deadline to apply again because it implies that you’re applying for a particular course, when in fact there’s no guarantee that the 2021 to 2022 course listings will be available the following cycle.
The following message replaces the button, enabling candidates to start or continue an application despite courses being closed:
As before, candidates do not go through the ‘you selected a course’ journey.
Find is closed
When the recruitment cycle ends candidates can no longer be placed on courses starting in the 2021 to 2022 academic year, so we stop showing the 2021 to 2022 courses.
Anyone trying to visit Find will be informed that courses are closed, but we enable them to start or continue an application anyway:
Find reopens
When the recruitment cycle begins candidates can view courses starting in the 2022 to 2023 academic year.
The ‘Apply for this course’ button is reinstated on course pages.
Candidates can add courses to their application but they cannot submit it until applications open.
Applications reopen
Candidates can submit applications for courses starting in the 2022 to 2023 academic year when applications open.
Find out how the end of the recruitment cycle affects Apply.