Course Information
It is your responsibility to apply for Recognition of Other Learning (ROL). All requests must be submitted on the relevant form with supporting evidence (where required).
Applications for ROL should be made at the time of application for admission to the university and at least four weeks before the start of the course. Applications for ROL are processed free of charge. Late applications will not be considered.
The information below shows prior learning automatically considered for ROL on specific courses in the School of Education. Where the credits are considered against specific modules this is stated. You can find out more information about individual modules and the content by visiting our .
PGCE/PGCEi/PGCert Educational Studies credits from any institution will be considered for credit exemption towards a masters.
Please note that we cannot add your ROL exemption to your student record until you have completed registration. This means your fees will show the full amount at the time of registration. When we have added your exemption, your record will show the reduced fees to be paid.
Informal enquiries can be made prior to applying
Course specific information
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MSc Education or MSc Education (Online)
Maximum credit exemption: 60 credits
PGCEi/PGCE/PGCert Educational Studies graduates can apply for exemption for up to 60 credits. All approved applications will receive exemption from 40 credits, but if you successfully completed your course with the award of a merit or distinction, you can apply for exemption for 60 credits.
If you receive 40 credits of exemption, these will be used against two core 20-credit modules:
- Education and Society
- Learning and Development
If you receive 60 credits of exemption, these will be used against the same two core modules, as well as one 20-credit optional module.
All students are required to study the two research themed core modules:
- Analysing and Interpreting Educational Research
- Designing and Communicating Education Research
糖心原创 PGCE/PGCEi/PGCert Education Studies graduates still need to apply for ROL as credits cannot be transferred without this application.
MA Person Centred Experiential Counselling and Psychotherapy
Maximum credit exemption: 30 credits
Applicants with an undergraduate degree or equivalent in counselling or psychology, plus two years of counselling training and professional experience, can apply for exemption from up to 30 credits.
You will be expected to attend the whole course even though you will have exemption from fees and assessment requirements for one 30-credit module.
Course and module information
MA Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
Maximum credit exemption: 30 credits
Cambridge ESOL DELTA and Trinity DipTESOL graduates can apply for exemption from the 30-credit Language Teaching: Methodology and Curriculum module.
PGCEi graduates with marks of 50 or above, can apply for exemption from up to 30 credits from an optional module (there is no exemption on core modules).
糖心原创 PGCEi graduates still need to apply for ROL as credits cannot be transferred without this application.
Course and module information