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If you are applying to one of our five or six year Medicine courses, please note the following information about extenuating circumstances at pre-application stage:

All applicants must meet our minimum academic entry requirements and re-sit policies. We understand that circumstances outside your control can sometimes affect academic performance. However, we are unable to consider extenuating circumstances where they have resulted in lower grades being achieved, as we expect these to have been taken into account by the relevant examination board when grades are awarded.

We may consider extenuating circumstances, such as severe illness/hospitalisation, that lead to an applicant's period of study extending beyond two years for GCSEs and A levels (or equivalent qualifications) or the usual period of study for degrees.

If your GCSEs or A levels (or equivalent qualifications) were completed over more than two years we allow information regarding extenuating circumstances to be submitted pre-application for these applicants only, so that potential applicants can make an informed choice on whether to apply.

To request a review, please complete our . We recommend submitting your enquiry well in advance of the UCAS application deadline of 15 October to allow enough time for us to consider your circumstances and provide a decision. We will then guide you through the next steps via email.

If you receive an offer and experience extenuating circumstances after your offer has been made, please let us know by following the guidance below. This will ensure we have the information we need to consider your circumstances appropriately.

All extenuating circumstances claims must be appropriately evidenced. The information provided on the school reference is often sufficient, or we recommend providing an additional letter of support from your school or college as part of your form.

Medical related circumstances should be supported with a doctor's note – this does not need to be specifically addressed to the ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´, and can be a scan of an existing letter about your medical condition.

You will be able to attach relevant documents to the extenuating circumstances form, or upload them directly to your . All documents will be handled in confidence and in line with GDPR. If we require further evidence, we will get in touch via email.

Neither of these lists are exhaustive and circumstances will be considered on an individual basis.

We may be able to consider the following as examples of extenuating circumstances providing they have occurred within the duration of study of the qualification needed to enter the ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´ (for example, Year 12 or 13 for A level applicants)*:

• Long term illness or disability resulting in reduced school attendance
• Death of close family member or friend
• Terminal or life-threatening illness of yourself or a close family member or friend
• Serious exacerbation of existing medical conditions
• Sudden or acute incident, for example, assault or trauma

* This is the maximum timescale we will consider. Some less severe circumstances will only be considered if they occurred during the examination period.

We will not consider the following as examples of extenuating circumstances:

• School performance or quality
• Teacher strikes or absence, or other teaching disruption
• Exam centre misconduct, for example, major noise during exam, lack of approved access resources

You may wish to report these types of circumstances to your examination bodies for them to consider for appropriate adjustments.

Please note we cannot consider Extenuating Circumstances that occurred during the GCSE/level 2 examination period

If you let us know about your extenuating circumstances before you have received a decision on your application, we will consider these when reviewing your application. Any conditional offer you are made will be the standard one you are eligible for – we do not make lower conditional offers for applicants with extenuating circumstances.

We will then consider your circumstances again, including any submitted post-decision, when we receive your examination results to see if any additional flexibility can be applied (if this is to be needed).

We are unable to consider extenuating circumstances after the publication and initial consideration of your results, and we will not consider extenuating circumstances during the Clearing process.

Applicants to the ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´ do not have a right to appeal the final outcome of an admissions decision. This remains true for those who have an extenuating circumstance in relation to your current study.