Clearing is run by UCAS and enables universities to fill spaces on courses that aren’t yet full for the next academic year, while students without offers are given another chance to pursue their higher education aspirations. Read our guide to Clearing<\/a>.<\/p>\n When does Clearing 2023 open?<\/strong><\/p>\n The service is available from July to October each year. If you already have your grades and aren’t holding an offer from a university, you can use the Clearing service from Wednesday 5 July 2023. However, we are open from Tuesday 4 July 2023. Find out more<\/a>.<\/p>\n If you have a conditional offer and things don’t quite go to plan when you get your results, you can enter Clearing. A-level Results Day is<\/strong> Thursday 17 August 2023<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Applications will be accepted until Wednesday 18 October 2023, with this being the last date to add your choices, and for universities to make their final decisions.<\/p>\n Clearing is for students who:<\/p>\n Can I use UCAS Clearing?<\/strong><\/p>\n Your eligibility for Clearing will show up on your UCA<\/a>S<\/a> Hub<\/a>\u00a0page \u2013 your status says\u00a0\u2018You are in Clearing\u2019\u00a0or\u00a0\u2018Clearing has started\u2019. This will also be where you will find your Clearing Number (universities will need this so that they can access your application) and the\u00a0\u2018Add a Clearing choice<\/a>\u2019\u200b button.<\/p>\n Trained advisers are on hand, manning university hotlines to guide you through the process.<\/p>\n Once you’ve received a Clearing offer you need to\u00a0go to the \u2018Your choices\u2019 section of your application and click ‘Add Clearing choice’. Then enter the details of the course.<\/p>\n How do I apply to BU through Clearing?<\/strong><\/p>\n We are now open for Clearing 2023. Make us your uni and discover your degree of difference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" BU is now open for Clearing 2023. Find your place at BU this September. What is Clearing? Clearing is run by UCAS and enables universities to fill spaces on courses that aren’t yet full for the next academic year, while students without offers are given another chance to pursue their higher education aspirations. Read our… Read more » about Clearing 2023 is now open – Make us your uni this September<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1268,"featured_media":24109,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,411,12,1638],"tags":[3454,214,1223,760,3455,3024],"class_list":["post-24105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-applying","category-clearing","category-student-blogs","category-undergraduate","tag-apply-for-september-2023","tag-clearing","tag-late-application","tag-results-day","tag-ucas-apply","tag-waiting-for-results"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1268"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24105"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24111,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24105\/revisions\/24111"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Students](\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/files\/2023\/06\/DotDigital-image-Clubs-and-Societies-1.jpg\")
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<\/a>From 5 July, if you are holding a firm unconditional place, you can release yourself into Clearing<\/strong>,\u00a0by using the ‘Decline your place’ <\/b>button in your application.<\/p>\n<\/a>How does Clearing work?<\/strong><\/p>\n