York St John University offers accommodation guarantee to ease the stress on A level Results Day

University shares Clearing support for 2024 applicants.  

Thursday 15 August is a huge day for thousands of teenagers across the country as they find out if their A level results have secured them a place at university. For those who don’t get the grades they need, want to swap courses, or just make a last-minute decision to do a degree, Clearing is open to match them with available university places.

To help to ease the pressure for prospective students, York St John University has announced that applicants who apply through Clearing on results day and accept their offer within 24 hours will be guaranteed University accommodation.

Matthew Taylor, Director of Marketing, Student Recruitment and Admissions at York St John University said: “With York consistently named one of the best cities to live in in the UK, it’s understandable that there is a lot of demand for places. Choosing your university course is hard enough without worrying that you’ve left it too late to get accommodation sorted.

“I’m delighted that we can announce our 24 hour accommodation offer to hopefully take some of the worry out of the process.

“We work closely with partner providers to plan ahead for expected numbers and for 2024 we’ve been able to offer an accommodation place to all our applicants so far. On top of this, we can guarantee accommodation to those who apply to us on results day and accept their offers within 24 hours.”

To further support applicants, the University has also put together a series of dos and don’ts to demystify the Clearing process.

Clearing Dos and Don’ts:

• Do your research before results day if you think that you’ll be looking for a place.

•  Do research the course that you are looking at. Some courses may need you to be interviewed before you are offered a place, for example Nursing or Occupational Therapy.

•  Do make sure that you have your full results from your school or college – make sure you know how to get them on results day.

• Do look at the full picture before committing to a university – location, course, student support, accommodation if you need it, and any other information that will be important to you.

• Do read any information that universities send you after you have got an offer. It will tell you what to do next and in some cases put a time limit on replying to your offer.

• Do take your time. If you have received an offer from one university, you can still call others and potentially get more offers to consider.

•  Don’t panic – it’s easier said than done but there will be quite a lot of places in clearing this year, hopefully including the perfect one for you.

•  Don’t try and get someone else to make calls to universities for you. Universities won’t deal with anyone but the applicant. If you are making calls, find a quiet place and have your phone number, a reliable emails address, your UCAS number and results ready.

• Don’t put off making those calls. Although there will be lots of places available, universities will shut courses once they are full.

York St John will be opening its dedicated Clearing Call Centre at 8.00am on Thursday 15 August with specially trained advisors available until 7pm to offer support and advice. You can contact the team via clearing@yorksj.ac.uk or via the Clearing Hotline 01904 809700.

The University is holding an applicant Open Day on Saturday 17 August for 2024 Clearing applicants and 2025 applicants. More information on the University website