Giles Ursell from UCAS answers your questions (August 13, 3pm)

Got a question for UCAS?

Giles Ursell, one of yougo's online UCAS experts, will be live in the forums to help take the sting out of the UCAS application and Clearing process at 3pm.

Leave your questions on his wall on the UCAS profile page, or email the editors@yougofurther.co.uk and we'll put them in front of him later on.

Come back at 3pm and find out what he has to say. Alternatively, you can make friends with him and chat directly via the UCAS profile wall.

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The chat with Giles will start in five minutes so stay put!

Hi all,

Thanks for joining us for today's web chat.

Giles, are you ready for the first question?

No probs Becky, shall we get cracking?

Ok, first up we have a question from JB:

I live in london but the exams I’ve taken are marked in the Caribbean. I understand that I have to send these results to kingston uni but they have been delayed for some unannounced reason. I’ve also heard rumors that the results will be cancelled for this period. I’m very anxious because my offer was conditional. what should I do?

Thanks Giles,

Next question:

I got my A levels this week. I took the CIE A-levels. Will my results be sent directly to my firm and insurance choices?

That's a useful phone number to have to hand over the next couple of days! Next up we have a question from a student looking to defer their application . . .

I want to defer my admission till 2009 for an important reason, how do I go about it?

Thanks Giles,

Can you help Adam his dilemma?

I’ve got hull as my insurance choice, but I’ve decided that if I don’t get accepted on results day by Sheffield I REALLY REALLY don’t want to go to hull.

Let's hope Adam get's accepted onto his first choice, we'll keep our fingers crossed.

Now one for international students who may go through Clearing (sent in by Jellybean):

I was told that my clearing passport has been sent but that it would take 2 weeks until I get it. How come? I’m a student from Germany, so I got my results earlier, but the post doesn't take longer than 1-2 days, is there another reason why it takes so long? I’m starting to panic that I won't get a place at an university in the UK, I don't know what clearing's like,are most of the university places gone fast?

If you have been advised that your clearing passport has been sent to you already then we would advise that it could take up to two weeks to reach you.

Don't worry about missing out on vacancies because as from tomorrow you will be able to start applying for clearing vacancies and you don't need the passport to do this. If you are in clearing log into track and you will see your application number. You can use this to call universities and enquire about a vacancy. They will use this number to view your application online and decide whether to make you an offer or not.

You need the physical passport when you decide to accept an offer as you will need to send them your clearing passport. You are free to call us anytime to discuss this. Our number is +44 871 468 0 468

Good luck Jelly Bean!