DBS Admissions Checks

Important note to all applicants

Detailed below are instructions and further information regarding the next steps that you will need to complete prior to starting your course. Please note that failure to meet your offer conditions prior to the course starting could lead to you losing your place or the release of financial support being delayed.

Please note we cannot start your DBS check until your right to study in the UK evidence have been cleared so please upload this to your Applicant Portal ASAP.

Proof of qualifications checks

If your qualifications are listed as an outstanding element on the email which directed you to this page, you will need to provide evidence. If you are starting an integrated foundation year (year 0) or year one of a degree you must provide copies of all your level 3 qualifications. If you're entering year two, three, a top up programme or a post graduate degree we must see the qualifications you have used to gain entry to the UoC programme (i.e. CertHE/DipHE/Fdeg/HND/Degree).

Copies of qualifications should be uploaded using your Applicant Portal, once you have uploaded the document, dont forget to click 'next' to complete the upload.

If you are due to take a GCSE equivalency test in summer 2023

If your course has GCSE entry requirements and you are due to sit a GCSE or equivalency exam this summer, please contact us as soon as you have your result and upload a copy of your certificate to your Applicant Portal, once you have uploaded the document, dont forget to click 'next' to complete the upload.

What will you accept as evidence of my qualifications?

Please note that we do not need to see copies of your GCSE's. However, if you have already completed your level 3 qualifications (or degree for postgraduate courses), we must see copies of those qualifications prior to the start of the course. We can accept certificates, candidate statements of results, official transcripts or a signed letter on headed paper from your school, college or University confirming the qualifications awarded to you. We can also accept an email from your school or college sent directly to the Admissions Office dealing with your application.

What if I have lost my qualifications?

Please see above for acceptable forms of evidence. It is vitally important that you obtain replacements of level 3 qualifications (or degree certificates for postgraduate courses) as soon as possible. If you are unable to provide evidence of level 3 qualifications (or degree certificates for postgraduate courses) which meet the entry requirements by 4 September 2024, you may not be permitted to start the course and you may lose your place.

Information on obtaining replacement certificates can be found on the GOV.UK website.

Here are links to some of the main examination boards:

AQA
EDEXCEL
OCR

What if I am still studying?

UCAS will automatically send us the results of Level 3 qualifications in summer (e.g. A-level, BTEC, Irish Leaving Certificate, Baccalaureates, Access to HE). If your offer requires GCSE results then you will need to notify us of these when you receive them in summer by contacting the Admissions Office dealing with your application. All results must be available by 4 September 2024.

For postgraduate, advanced entry or top-up applicants, the university does not automatically receive degree results; therefore all applicants will need to provide proof.

How can I provide documents?

I have already brought my certificates, do I need to bring them again?

Do you accept Level 2 Adult Literacy & Numeracy & Key Skills as GCSE equivalent?

What is the ‘Right to Study’ check?

Please Note: we will contact you about your Right to Work/ Right to Study check when we contact you about your DBS check at the end of June/ start of July.

The university has a responsibility to ensure that every student studying at the institution has the right to study in the UK. If your course requires a DBS check, we also need to check that you have the right to work in the UK.

Right to Work: If you are already resident in the UK, we will ask you to provide evidence of your right to work before you start your DBS application.

Right to Study: your right to work checkwill also cover your right to study check.

If you are not already resident in the UK and will be joining us on a student visa, ylou will not be able to complete the right to work or study check until you arrive in the UK.

Disclosure & barring service (DBS) clearance

If you have applied to a professional or vocational course that requires DBS clearance for you to work with vulnerable groups, please see our DBS information page for instructions on what you need to do now.

International students

We are pleased you have accepted your place at the University of Cumbria. We would like to make your transition as smooth as possible by helping with everything we can.

If you are required to apply for a Student Route visa, in order to progress further by obtaining your Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS) you will need to ensure that all offer conditions have been met. Once these have been completed we will then issue an Unconditional offer. You will also need to have paid your deposit as shown in your offer letter. Please advise international.admissions@cumbria.ac.uk as soon as you have done this, preferably by emailing a copy of your remittance slip. Please also ensure your student number is shown on the slip when transferring funds. Further information regarding your CAS will be sent by email.

The original copies of all qualifications you have used to gain entry to the UoC programme must be seen at Registration along with any English Language qualifications eg. (IELTS). For any queries regarding obtaining your CAS or Visa please contact international.admissions@cumbria.ac.uk

If your course requires Medical and Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) clearance then please go to our DBS Information page for further information.

Accommodation information

Further information about accommodation options in Lancaster, Carlisle and Ambleside is available on the webpages. A link to the accommodation application forms is sent automatically to applicants that accept UoC as their firm choice.

Finance information

Money Advisers from our Library and Student Services (LiSS) will be available to help with finance and funding enquiries. Further information about tuition fees for your course and funding support available is available on the.