Applied Learning and Skills Development – Certificate

Application Process

1. Applicants must complete and submit an application form outlining why they would like to enroll in the course, what they hope to gain from participation and information about previous experience or knowledge they believe would be of help to them in successfully completing the course.

2. Applicants must provide evidence of their diagnosed Intellectual Disability which can be represented by a letter or report from a GP or recognised allied clinician.

3. Applicants should provide any relevant supporting documentation which would assist with the identification of the applicant’s learning style, strengths and challenges and guidance on learning supports /accommodations required.

4. Shortlisted applicants must attend an online interview with 2 members of the programme team.

Data Protection Information

TUS wants to make sure that you are happy with the way we take care of the information you give us.  When you fill out your application form and send it to us, it is delivered in to an email account that is only used for this programme.

The only people that can see the information you give us are:

• The person whose job it is to make sure applications are checked and assessed.
• The experts who decide who will be called for interview
• The people who interview potential students
• The experts who are lecturers teaching on the programme

TUS keep your information safe by taking it out of the email as soon as it is received and putting it in to a safe folder on our protected computer systems.

The information belonging to people who apply for the programme but do not get in will be deleted and not kept on our systems anymore.  This is how we make sure that the information is safe.

The information belonging to people who do get in to the programme will be kept until the programme has been completed and will then be deleted. 

Some information from the application will be put on our student record system and kept.  This will be your name, address, date of birth, contact phone number, and PPs number.

We have a lot more information about how we use student’s personal data in our Privacy Notice here.