How do UCAS/universities verify UCAS references?
Suppose someone was applying independently on a gap year, would they contact the person who wrote the reference?
I ask because I asked a couple of universities, including Oxbridge and they said they don’t check. I phoned UCAS and they said it’s up to the universities to verify not them. So, could someone on a gap year technically get away with faking a reference if they made it sound legitimate?
Surely, there must be a mechanism in place to prevent that like how you can’t fake grades as you need to provide legal certificates?