UKFP 2021 High-Level Timeline (Excluding F2 and IFST)

Key Dates for Eligibility, FP, AFP and FPP

Key
Eligibility
Academic Foundation Programme (AFP)
Foundation Programme (FP)
Educational Achievements (EA)
Special Circumstances
Foundation Priority Programmes (FPP)
Reserve List Dates (subject to change depending on oversubscription plan)

All application and appeals deadlines close at 12:00 (noon, BST) on the date specified.

Date(s) Recruitment Activity

20th July – 2nd September 2020 Eligibility Application Window

10th August 2020 AUoA vacancies to be set up on Oriel. Deadline for AUoAs to upload
details of AFP programmes to Oriel

21st September 2020 Eligibility Outcomes Confirmed to Applicants

AUoA vacancies to be published on Oriel. Academic programme details

available to view on Oriel

21st – 28th September 2020 First Stage Appeals for Eligibility

5th – 8th October 2020 Second Stage Appeals for Eligibility

8th October 2020 Nomination data to be uploaded to Oriel

12th October 2020 Registration opens on Oriel. All indicative programmes available to view
on Oriel. EPM decile scores available

19th October – 4th November 2020 National Application Window for AFP, FP, and FPP (downtime / Oriel
system not available on 22nd and 23rd October 2020)

4th November 2020 Deadline for Special Circumstances Applications

4th November 2020 – 8th January Local AFP selection processes (e.g. long-listing, short-listing and
2021 interviews, etc.)

11th – 12th November 2020 National Special Circumstances Review Panel

12th November 2020 Verified Educational Achievements Scores Available on Oriel

12th – 19th November 2020 First Stage Appeals for Educational Achievements

16th November 2020 Special Circumstances Applications Outcomes

16th – 23rd November 2020 First Stage Appeals for Special Circumstances

9th – 23rd November 2020 SJT Online Booking Window

17th – 19th November 2020 Clinical Assessment

26th November – 1st December 2020 Second Stage Appeals for Educational Achievements

30th November – 3rd December 2020 Second Stage Appeals for Special Circumstances

7th – 19th December 2020 Situational Judgement Test (SJT) – Test Window 1

14th December 2020 Deadline to amend EPM decile scores on Oriel

13th – 15th January 2021 Initial AFP Offers

18th – 23rd January 2021 Situational Judgement Test (SJT) – Test Window 2

20th – 22nd January 2021 AFP Offers – Cascade 1

27th – 29th January 2021 AFP Offers – Cascade 2

3rd – 5th February 2021 AFP Offers – Cascade 3

17th – 19th February 2021 FPP Offers 1

18th February 2021 Deadline for applicants to amend FP preference on Oriel

24th – 26th February 2021 FPP Offers 2

3rd – 5th March 2021 FPP Offers 3

11th March 2021 FP Allocation Results

SJT scores viewable to applicants on Oriel

11th (12:00) – 17th March 2021 Group Preferencing Window (Two-Stage Process) – deadline at 12:00

11th (12:00) – 30th March 2021 Programme Preferencing Window (One-Stage Process)

15th March – 15th April 2021 Online References Collated – Oriel

22nd March 2021 Group Match Results

22nd – 30th March 2021 (12:00) Programme Preferencing Window (Stage-Two Process)

8th April 2021 Match to Programme Results Released

From April 2021 Information Released to Employers

May / June Reserve List Allocations / Overbooking Process