06 May 2025

What's new in Admissions?

The May 2025 (2025.05) release has the following updates:

Desks - Applications lists

Admissions officers can now view the CAS request status of an application in the applications list of a desk. If an application has multiple CAS request records, the status of the latest record is shown.

The video CAS request status shows the CAS request status in the application list.

CAS request status

Task email notifications

Applicants now receive email notifications for all types of tasks such as:

  • Document task. For example, uploading a copy of their passport.

  • External tasks. For example, paying a deposit on an external website.

  • Native forms. For example, providing referee details.

The new Applicant task email communication template includes all outstanding tasks. Applicants only receive a single email that lists all the tasks created within a 10-minute window.

The image Task email below shows an email with outstanding tasks for applicants to provide details of an academic referee and upload a copy of their passport.

Task email
Image showing a task notifcation email with two tasks.

API catalogue

The product categories and descriptions for Admissions in the API catalogue have been updated as shown in the image Admissions categories. The endpoints in the API catalogue are unchanged.

Admissions categories
Image showing the new categories for Admissions in the API catalogue.