THESE INSTRUCTIONS SHOULD BE READ BY ALL APPLICANTS.
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Thank you for your interest in Northumbria University . These notes are designed to help you complete your application for admission to the University. PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOU READ THESE NOTES CAREFULLY . Overseas applicants should also read the section entitled ‘NOTES FOR APPLICANTS FROM OVERSEAS' .

It is important to include all relevant details. This will help us to process your application without any unnecessary delay. If you fail to provide the information required by the University, or provide false or misleading information, the University reserves the right to reject or withdraw your application, revise your fees status or cancel your registration.

SECTION 2 PERSONAL DETAILS

Give your title (for example Mr or Miss), your surname or family name and your first or given names. It is important that the names you give are the same as on official documents such as your passport and qualifications certificates. If you receive an offer, the University will send you a letter addressing you by the names you provide on your form. Overseas applicants may find their visa application is delayed if the name on their offer letter does not match the name on their passport.

Give your sex ( Male or Female) and your date of birth.

Please give your home address. If your home address is not the address where you wish the University to write to you, please also give a postal address. If you provide a postal address, the University will send any correspondence to this address. Overseas applicants should note that, for visa purposes, the University will always use your home address in any offer letter.

SECTION 3 FURTHER DETAILS

The information you provide in this section will be used by the University to determine your fee status. You must complete this section in full. Failure to complete this section in full may result in you being assessed as an overseas student for fees purposes.

Area of Permanent Residence: If you live in the UK state your area of permanent residence.

For example, Tyne and Wear, London , Devon

If you live outside the UK state the country (eg Italy ) where you are living.

Country of Birth: Must be entered by all applicants

Nationality: Must be entered by all applicants

SECTION 4 CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS

The University has a duty of care to its students and staff, and to help reduce the risk of harm or injury to them caused by the criminal behaviour of other students, the University must know about any relevant criminal convictions that an applicant may have.

Relevant criminal convictions are only those convictions for offences against the person, whether of a violent or sexual nature, and convictions for offences involving unlawfully supplying controlled drugs or substances where the conviction concerns commercial drug dealing or trafficking. Convictions that are spent (as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974) are not considered to be relevant and you should not reveal them (but see the next paragraph below).

If you are applying for courses in teaching, health, social work and courses involving work with children or vulnerable adults, you MUST tell us about any criminal convictions, including spent sentences and cautions (including verbal cautions) and bind over orders. For these courses, you may need an ‘enhanced disclosure document' from the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) and the University will send you the appropriate documentation to complete. Further details about the CRB and its work can be found at www.crb.gov.uk .

Applicants who enter X in the box will not be automatically excluded from the application process. However the university may want to consider your application further or ask for more information before making a decision.

If you are convicted of a relevant criminal offence after you have applied, you must inform the university immediately by contacting Admissions in writing. Your letter should be marked private and confidential for the attention of the Admissions Officer. Do not send details of the offence; simply inform the university that you have a relevant criminal conviction. You may then be asked to supply more details.

Applications are welcome from students with disabilities. If you have a disability, special need (including dyslexia or other specific learning difficulty) or a medical condition, please select the most appropriate response from the list. If you do not have a disability, special need or medical condition, then please select None. If you would like to speak to a member of staff in confidence about your disability, then please contact the Disability Adviser on 0191 227 3385.

SECTION 6 SCHOOL/COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY EDUCATION

Give the names and brief addresses of the three most recent educational establishments you have attended, including the current one if appropriate. List the most recent one first.

SECTION 7 QUALIFICATIONS COMPLETED 

It is important that the details in this section are completed correctly. You should include all qualifications for which you have received an award. If you do not have enough space, then please continue on a separate sheet clearly marked with your full name, date of birth and the course for which you are making application.

SECTION 8 QUALIFICATIONS NOT YET COMPLETED 

You should list all of the qualifications you are studying for now and all those for which you are awaiting results.

SECTION 9 ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY 
(THIS SECTION SHOULD BE COMPLETED ONLY BY THOSE APPLICANTS WHOSE FIRST LANGUAGE IS NOT ENGLISH)

If English was the language of instruction in any of your academic studies, please give full details of the number of years you have studied in English and at which institution(s). If you have already sat an English test, such as IELTS or TOEFL, then you should indicate your score in the box provided. If you have yet to sit a test, you should indicate when you will sit the test and when you expect to receive your results.

SECTION 10 ADDITIONAL TRAINING

Please include details of any additional training you may have undertaken. This can include work based training.

SECTION 11 EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Please give the names and addresses of your most recent employers (if any) and briefly describe your work. If you wish, you may attach a CV/resume or summary describing in more detail the nature of the work undertaken, positions held and responsibilities.

SECTION 12 PERSONAL STATEMENT

This section is for any other information you would like to be taken into account in support of your application. This could include your reasons for your choice of course; career aspirations and any achievements/experiences you feel would be relevant. Include social, sporting and other interests. If you lack relevant formal qualifications, use this space to outline any relevant experiences that may be taken into account. Also, if you are applying for deferred entry, please state your reasons.

This section also contains space for you to include the names and contact details for up to two referees. Unless the course details state that two references are required, most programmes only require one. Referees should be someone who has taught you or knows you in a professional capacity. Friends, family members, or representatives (agents) cannot be given as referees.

If you include an email address for your referee, Northumbria will automatically send a reference request as soon as you submit your application, so we advise that you ensure your referees are aware of your intention to apply to Northumbria before completing this online form. However, if you are unable to supply an electronic address, it is your responsibility to obtain a reference and forward it to the Admissions Office, Northumbria University, Trinity Building, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8ST, UK.  Ask your referee to include your full name and course applied for so that we can match the reference to your application.

SECTION 14 DECLARATION

Clicking the submit button means you agree to the declaration. Any offer of a place you may receive is made on the understanding that in accepting it you agree to abide by the rules and regulations of the University and by submitting this application you are confirming your agreement to this.

IMPORTANT NOTE

The University undertakes to take all reasonable steps to provide educational services in the manner set out in the prospectus and in other documents. Should industrial action or other circumstances beyond the control of the University interfere with its ability to provide such services, the University undertakes to use all reasonable steps to minimise the resultant disruption to educational services. The University does not undertake any absolute obligation whatsoever to provide educational services in the manner specified in the prospectus or in any other document, nor does it undertake any other obligation in respect of the provision of educational services which is more onerous than the obligations set out herein.

Should you become a student of the University, this notice shall be a term of any contract between you and the University. Any offer of a place made to you by the University is made on the basis that in accepting such an offer you signify your consent to the incorporation of this notice as a term of any such contract.

THE DATA PROTECTION ACT 1998

The information that you give on your application form will be used for the following purposes only:

1. To enable your application for admission to be considered.

2. To enable the University to compile statistics, or to assist other organisations or individual research workers to do so, provided that no statistical information which would identify you as a person will be published.

3. To enable the University to initiate your student record.

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT

The University will send you an email to tell you that your application has been received and will provide you with an application reference number. Please make a note of this number. You should quote this number in all your dealings with the University. Good luck with your application.

NOTES FOR APPLICANTS FROM OVERSEAS

You should read the instructions above carefully. In addition, you should also note the following important points:

•  You must complete the application form yourself and in English. You should complete all sections as fully as possible. If you miss out any important information, the University may not be able to process your form and your application will be delayed.

•  You should upload copies of your academic qualifications/transcripts with your application form. These MUST be in ENGLISH. If the originals of these documents are in your own language, then you must include a certified translation.

•  You should apply for your course in good time. You will need to apply for a visa and make all of the necessary preparations to study in the UK . The University reserves the right to refuse to process application forms from those applicants who wish to begin a course in September whose form is received after the end of July of the year of application. In these circumstances, your application will be considered for the next available intake. Applicants who wish to apply for a course that begins in January/February should aim to send their application form so it arrives at the University before the end of November.

•  You should also remember to tell us if you have a relevant criminal conviction (see section 5 above).

•  If you have any disabilities, special needs or medical condition please tell us about these by completing the relevant box. This will help us to determine if you will need any special facilities or support. If you do not have a special need, then please select 'None'