1.4.
Whilst the University has no minimum or upper age limits on entry,
those who will be under 18 years of age will be required to comply
with University child protection procedures. Offers of admission
will only be made to those applicants who will be
under 18 years of age on entry who undertake to comply with
the University’s child protection procedures.
1.5.
A person who, after his/her acceptance for admission as a student, has
been convicted of a criminal offence in a court of law or has been
formally cautioned by a police officer, is required to notify the Head
of Admissions immediately. Such cases will be
referred to the Academic Registrar for consideration under the
appropriate University procedures and
the student concerned may be required to withdraw from or be refused admission to
the University.
1.6.
The Head of a department shall be responsible for
determining the entry requirements for individual programmes of
study annually. Programme-specific entry requirements shall normally
be published at least twelve months before the date of commencement
of the relevant programme of study.
1.7.
The Head of a department or his/her nominee shall
be responsible for determining an applicant's suitability for
admission to an undergraduate or postgraduate taught programme of
study in accordance with University admissions policy and published
entry requirements for the relevant programme of study.
1.8.
An Executive Dean
or his/her deputy may declare applicants who do not satisfy
the general entrance requirements and/or the published entry
requirements for the relevant undergraduate or postgraduate taught
programme of study suitable for admission, subject to their
submitting satisfactory evidence of previous study and/or employment
which demonstrates their capacity to pursue the relevant programme
of study. The Executive Dean or his/her deputy may delegate this responsibility to a nominee.
1.9.
The Head of a department or his/her nominee shall
be responsible for assessing the suitability for admission of an
applicant for a research degree programme and for recommending the
applicant's admission to the Executive Dean or his/her deputy of the Graduate School for
approval, in accordance with University admissions policy and
published entry requirements for the relevant research degree
programme.
1.10.
A Head of Department or his/her nominee may declare applicants eligible for
selection for admission to a programme of study leading to the grant of
credits, which may be accumulated towards an award of the University,
if they submit satisfactory evidence of the capacity and attainments
requisite to enable them to pursue the programme of study for which they
are applying.
1.11
Applicants for a programme of study not leading to a degree or other qualification awarded by the University (eg Exchange
Students) must satisfy the relevant University officer of their
fitness to enter upon the programme of study which they intend to undertake.
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1.12
Applicants who have evidence of previous relevant learning may be
permitted to import credit towards a named University award, within
the University’s policy for the Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL)
or Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning (APEL).
1.13.
Applicants who are not
native English speakers must meet the
University's published entry requirements in respect of English
language competence.
They
may
also be required to
undertake an assessment of proficiency in written and spoken English
conducted at the University. On the basis
of this assessment, students and their Departments will:
-
be advised that they should take English language
support classes and that failure to do so could be detrimental to
their studies and, in the event of failure, would be part of the
evidence available to Examination Boards; or
-
be advised that attendance at
English language support classes is not considered necessary.
