Pearson BTEC Nationals in Music and Music Technology: April 2026 update

In this update

Standards Verification

UCAS admissions consultation

Key dates

Standards Verification

You should now be in the final stages of completing Standards Verification. Your SV should have agreed on a date with you for the submission of the sample. For some of you, this may have already happened and you have received your report through Edexcel Online.

UCAS admissions consultation

We know many of our centres and students use the UCAS application service, when applying to Higher Education in the UK. We wanted to let you know that UCAS are currently consulting on the operation of the UCAS undergraduate admissions cycle, including:

• the number of initial choices a student can make
• the firm and insurance choice
• application deadlines, including the early (October) deadline and January Equal Consideration Date.

This is an opportunity for you to have your say. You can find out further details about the consultation and respond on the UCAS website. The deadline to respond is 18:00 (UK time) on 22 April 2026. 

Contribute to the consultation

Key dates