Foundation year in one university and attending another one

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Will a foundation year in one university be useful for another one? And what is the application process?

Yes students often do a FY at one uni then move elsewhere. They have to apply through UCAS again and their offer would be something 'pass FY with average of 60%' or similar.

That’s great. Thank you.

Is this a good idea? Are they useful in getting to other universities? Will the school help with the second application form and include the foundation qualifications?

Useful - well if you don't get the grades for year 1 uni then yes useful. As a stand-alone course to aim for then not really. They're students who either missed their offer grades or who did the wrong A level subjects.

I wouldn't expect a school to help - the FY uni would be in a better position to provided the academic reference though I can appreciate it's a bit awkward asking them.

The school wouldn't know the FY quals or be able to say how well the applicant was doing.

what everyone else said..

Thank you

I mainly agree with @titchy I would just add that the subject matter of a good FY course should be broadly transferable, even though the best fit will be to the original uni.

Also individual academics don’t care so much about where a good candidate chooses to progress. If your DC excels in a first term course that academic could perhaps write a reference. DC could supply their background from high school.