Appendix 2

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RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING - APPLICATION
If you wish to apply for recognition of prior certificated or experiential learning, please contact the School where
the course is delivered for further information, the nature and currency of evidence required to support your
application and how to submit this form. It is your responsibility to provide all the information necessary to
support your application.

Section A: Personal details

Name:

Student number:

Contact address:

Email:

Contact telephone no.:

Academic course/programme (against which the claim is
to be made)
School/Partner Institution:

Course/programme Leader:

Year of entry:

Date of application:

Please give details of the prior learning for which you are claiming credit. The Universitys Policy on
Managing the Recognition of Prior Learning lists the criteria for assessing claims which include: validity,
sufficiency, currency, relevance and authenticity.
Section B - complete this section if you are claiming credit for certificated learning. You will need to
provide copies of all relevant certificates/academic transcripts, module handbooks and learning outcomes as
supporting documentation with this form.

Section B: Details of claim

List award/qualification or module(s) used as
supporting evidence (All claims must be
supported by appropriate and relevant evidence)

Level

Credit
rating

Date
awarded

Awarding institution

Total volume and level of credit claimed

List module(s) or level(s) of study against which the claim is to be made (i.e.
you wish to obtain credit for exemption from specific module(s) or level(s) on a
course at the University of Brighton)

University of Brighton Policy for managing the recognition of prior learning (May 2014)

Module
code

Level

Credit
rating

Section C complete this section if you are claiming credit for experiential learning. Following an initial
enquiry and advice, you will be given information about:

the supporting documentation that you will need to provide this may include a learning agreement;
how your application will be assessed;
any administration fee payable.

Section C: Details of claim

Nature of evidence to be provided All claims must be supported by appropriate and relevant evidence
E.g. portfolio, written assignment, interview

Deadline for submission

Outline of nature of prior learning and how this relates to your proposed course/module(s). This should
include where and when the experiential learning took place

Total volume and level of credit

claimed

List module(s) or level(s) of study against which the claim is to be made (i.e.
you wish to obtain credit for exemption from specific module(s) or levels on a course
at the University of Brighton)

Module
code

Level

Section D: Declaration
Documents provided:

I confirm that the information given on this form and attached documents are correct to the best of my
knowledge
Applicants signature:
Date:
University of Brighton Policy for managing the recognition of prior learning (May 2014)

Credit
rating