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She added that Exeter University had opted out of the scheme because it had implemented an alternative, which offers a year’s free accommodation and a bursary of £10,000 to medical students who agree to defer their studies. Petty-Saphon said the “fewer than 10” oversubscribed medical schools were mostly located in larger cities, and not all were at selective Russell Group institutions. This may involve asking some students to defer their studies until next year, possibly using financial incentives.

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However, Katie Petty-Saphon, the MSC chief executive, said this would not cover all the students who had met their offer conditions.įor students who chose not to move to another institution, or who found that their preferred alternative was already full by the time they accepted, the university at which they held an offer would determine how to handle any overshoot on their courses, she said. The government has agreed to fund hundreds of extra medical placements this year to accommodate some of the overshoot.

The offer is available to all UK students holding an offer at an oversubscribed English medical school. The MSC said that some of the most popular schools were located in areas that did not have the facilities to offer any further placements.Īlthough final details on how the £10,000 payment scheme will work are yet to be determined, the MSC said the grant would be split between the government, which will provide £6,500, and the oversubscribed university, which will pay £3,500. Unlike most other courses, there is a cap on student recruitment at medical schools based on how many clinical placements local hospitals can offer. She expected many of these to be filled by the end of the day, with more than 1,100 students ringing to express an interest within two hours of phone lines opening. Mary Vincent, the deputy vice-president for education at Sheffield University, said there would be no vacancies on clinical healthcare courses, but that lots of humanities, social sciences, engineering and sciences courses at her institution had space. “Medical schools recognise the need to bolster the future NHS workforce and by supporting this brokerage programme have committed to ensuring that expansion considers the need to maintain high quality medical education and training for all future doctors,” he said.Ībout 80,000 students are expected to find their places at university in the clearing process, which begins today, according to Ucas estimates.Īdmissions experts have warned that fewer places are likely to be available on the most popular courses at the most competitive universities than in usual years due to a higher proportion of pupils achieving top grades. Prof Malcolm Reed, co-chair of the Medical Schools Council, which is handling the scheme, said that many more applicants this year had received the grades required to meet their offers than originally forecast. Universities made 21,577 offers, a reduction of 14.4% compared with 2019, representing a 41.2% rise in rejections. University and College Admissions Service (Ucas) figures show that 28,690 students applied to medicine in 2021, a rise of 21% on last year.

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