University of Cumbria makes contextual offers for 2027 entry: lower-grade offers for applicants from backgrounds that are underrepresented at university. It looks at POLAR4, care experience, estrangement, caring responsibilities and more. A typical offer drops from BBB–BBD to BBD (up to two grades lower).
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Typically BBB–BBD → BBD (up to two grades lower).
Of the 39 University of Cumbria courses where we have both offers, 20 are up to two grades lower and 19 are up to one grade lower. University of Cumbria publishes its standard offers as a range, so these compare the contextual offer with the top of the range.
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Summarised from University of Cumbria's published contextual offer policy. Meeting the criteria means University of Cumbria may make you a contextual offer, not that it will, and some courses (often medicine, dentistry and other heavily oversubscribed courses) have their own rules. Always check the university's own policy before relying on it. Data updated .