Please read the following carefully:

Evidence Requirements for Entry with Advanced Standing:

You must upload evidence that will demonstrate how you have met your intended programme's Learning Outcomes for the Level/Stage for which you are seeking credit.

The evidence may be of certified and/or experiential prior learning. If certified, you will need to provide a transcript from your previous studies, together with the Programme Documentation which specifies the relevant Learning Outcomes. If experiential, you will need to provide details and documentation demonstrating how you have met the relevant Learning Outcomes.

For example, if you are applying to enter at Level 6, you must demonstrate how you have met your intended programme's Level 5 Learning Outcomes. If you are applying to enter at Level 7 Postgraduate Diploma Stage, you must demonstrate you you have met your intended programme's Postgraduate Certificate Learning Outcomes. This will typically mean providing a table of the intended programme’s learning outcomes and explaining how each one is demonstrated by your prior learning.

Documentation for your intended programme may be found on the College's website or by contacting the relevant Programme Leader.

Please read the following carefully:

Evidence Requirements for Credit for Modules:

For each module for which you are seeking credit, you must upload evidence that will demonstrate how you have met its Learning Outcomes.

The evidence may be of certified and/or experiential prior learning. If certified, you will need to provide a transcript from your previous studies, together with the Programme and Module Documentation which specifies the relevant Learning Outcomes. If experiential, you will need to provide details and documentation demonstrating how you have met the relevant Learning Outcomes.

Demonstrating Learning Outcomes will typically mean providing a table of module learning outcomes and explaining how each one is demonstrated by your prior learning.

Documentation for your intended programme may be found on the College's website or by contacting the relevant Programme Leader.

Please read the following carefully:

Evidence for non-standard entry:

You need to upload evidence to demonstrate how you have achieved learning outcomes equivalent to the standard entry criteria for you intended programme. 

If you are intending to apply for non-standard entry, you must speak to the relevant Programme Leader before applying, to discuss what evidence to provide. 

Certificated Evidence

If you are applying for RPL on the basis of certification you should read these notes carefully. Your application for RPL on the basis of certification will depend on the quality of the evidence you supply.

You should submit as evidence, scanned copies of as many of the following as are relevant and available to you:

• Certificate(s) (e.g., diploma or degree certificates) or a letter confirming your award
• Transcript(s) of grades
• Documents that define the programme, listing the intended outcomes and available modules (these are known as programme specifications and course maps in the UK Higher Education sector) — if these documents are available on the internet, please submit a website address; if you do not have access to official documents defining the programme, please describe the content of the programme in your own words, and if possible include a sample of your work from the programme
• A document where you list the start and end dates of the studies, and indicate whether you were studying full-time or part-time, and, if part-time, indicate what percentage of full-time this was
• Translations of relevant parts of these documents, if they are not in English

If you are still studying at the time of your application for RPL, and do not have the final result, please submit evidence of this.

Any offer of a place to study on the basis of certified RPL will normally be conditional on you presenting original copies of your certificates and/or transcripts before your studies start.

Experiential Evidence

If you are applying for RPL on the basis of experience you should read these notes carefully. Your application for RPL on the basis of experience will depend on the quality of the evidence you supply.

You should submit a portfolio of evidence. The College’s admissions team can give more specific advice to you, but, in principle, there are no absolute requirements for the portfolio. It could contain:

• Relating to any non-certificated courses that you have participated in
  • The curriculum
  • A certificate of attendance or a letter confirming your attendance
• Your CV (resumé), possibly with a commentary explaining your responsibilities and typical tasks in each job (emphasising those aspects which are relevant to the proposed programme of study)
• Character references, particularly from people qualified to estimate your academic capabilities
• Samples of work you have produced, particularly those that demonstrate your academic ability
• Translations of relevant parts of documents, if they are not in English
• An explanation of how the evidence you are supplying qualifies you for RPL (if you are applying for credit for modules, this should include explanation of how your evidence demonstrates that you have met the learning outcomes of the modules for which you are seeking credit)