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The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (Ucas) runs a clearing process matching students with university and college courses which still have spaces., external<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Students can use it if they:<\/p>\n Fail to achieve the grades for their conditional offer<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Fail to receive any offers they want to accept<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Decide after 30 June to apply for university<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Achieve better grades than expected and want to change universities<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n Clearing opened on 2 July and closes on 19 October.<\/p>\n Universities make an offer to a student to join a course based on qualifications and grades or the Ucas tariff points system., external<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Each A-level grade is worth a certain number of Ucas points. For example, an A* at A-level is worth 56 points and a D is worth 24 points.<\/p>\n BTecs, T-levels and other qualifications are worth Ucas points too – you can work out how many points your results are worth using the calculator tool on their website, external<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n Many students may decide not to go to university and start an apprenticeship or go straight into work.<\/p>\n Others take a gap year, external<\/span><\/a> so they have more time to decide what to do next.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n