APPLICATION for ACCREDITATION OF PRIOR LEARNING (CERTIFICATED)
GUIDANCE ON HOW TO COMPLETE THE APL FORM
This form should be completed by the APL Admissions Tutor or, if required, forwarded to the Faculty AP(E)L
Adviser for verification. If appropriate, the Faculty AP(E)L Adviser will refer the application to the APL Sub-panel.
Return form and ALL supporting documentation by email to the Admissions Officer and the Academic Office
(AcademicOffice-APL@anglia.ac.uk) for recording on the applicant’s SITS record.
SECTION 1: to be completed by the Admissions Officer
This Section MUST be completed by the Admissions Officer/APL Admission Tutor and must include the
applicant’s start date.
SECTION 2: to be completed by the APL Admission tutor or Faculty AP(E)L Advisor
This Section is used to record the decision made on the APL application.
SECTION 3: to be completed by the Admissions Officer AND moderated as appropriate by the APL
Admissions Tutor
NEW: APL Admissions Tutor to include source of curriculum documentation used to determine level and
volume of credit
SECTION 4: to be completed by the Faculty APL Admissions Tutor
 Please include a commentary outlining the analysis of the prior learning. This must include the reference
source used to determine the level and volume of the prior learning and an explanation of how the credits
to be claimed map against the module/learning outcomes of the receiving course. The course learning
outcomes to modules mapping document completed during the approval of a new course may be helpful
in determining which compulsory subject areas directly link to course learning outcomes.
 Please complete Section 4 when requesting credit that is NOT approved on a course tariff. For large
numbers of students claiming the same level and volume of credit, obtained from the same institution,
onto the same award please use Section 6.
 Accreditation check is only required for unfamiliar qualifications and institutions
SECTION 5: to be completed by the Admissions Officer AND moderated as appropriate by the APL
Admissions Tutor
 Please complete so Admissions Officers can identify for the offer letter the applicant’s mode of study,
specified new learning, number of remaining semesters, and agreed year of entry eg year 5 of a part time
6-year degree.
 Please ensure due consideration has been given to the progression regulations. Please also noted that
the appropriate Director of Studies may give permission for a full-time applicant, entering with APL, to
undertake an additional 15 credits of study per semester (ie 75 credits per semester). Permission from
the Director of Studies should accompany the completed APL form.
Checklist prior to submission of form
1. Has the start date been included?
2. Is the learning current (within 5 years); or evidence of updating provided (CV, reflective statement,
employer reference, any appropriate CPD certification included?
3. Is the amount of credit claimed 2/3rd or less than the full credit for the course applied for?
4. Have copies of all relevant transcripts/certificates been included and certified that the original has been
seen?
5. If required is there evidence of a name change?
6. Has the specified identified new learning (if any) for the applicant been included?
7. Has sufficient detail been provided concerning the year of entry and mode of study?
If documentary evidence is missing, the APL approval should be made conditional upon its receipt.
For
Admissions
Office use only
UK/EU Admissions Officer name:
International Admissions Officer name:
Date sent to Faculty:
Individual APL form, July 2015
SECTION 1 NB for multiple applicants with the same prior learning, please use section 6
Faculty:
Department:
Receiving ARU Award/Course:
Eg BSc (Hons) Business Management
Name of Student:
SID No (if known):
Expected start date:
Proposed year/stage of entry (see section 4
for more details):
Location of study or distance learning:
Mode of study: Full time or part-time:
SECTION 2: DECISION
To be completed by APL Admissions Tutor or Faculty AP(E)L Adviser only after consideration of all implications
of the application. Please tick one of the following boxes 
Unconditional approval
Conditional approval
nb form must be accompanied by
official award certificate and transcript
as a minimum
please note the reason for conditional
approval below
Rejected
please note the reason for
rejection
Person to action:
Conditional approval
Please tick 
Subject to provision of official transcript and/or certificate
Regarding evidence of updating (if prior learning is over 5 years old):

subject to provision of CV

subject to evidence of relevant current CPD (if applicable)

subject to provision of Reflective Statement

subject to provision of Employer Reference
Subject to evidence of applicant’s name change (if transcript/certificate
is awarded in another name)
Other conditions (please specify)
Confirmation of currency of prior learning:
(If prior learning is over 5 years old, please confirm how the applicant has evidenced the maintenance of skills and knowledge in the subject
area)
APL Admissions Tutor/AP(E)L Adviser approval
Signed:
Name:
Date:
ARU Username: (eg abc1):
Director of Study approval (only required for applications seeking permission to study 75 credits in one semester/trimester):
Signed:
Name:
Date:
For Academic Office use only
Central approvals list (CAL) updated
(initials/date):
SECTION 3: DETAIL OF THE PRIOR LEARNING
NB for multiple applicants with the same prior learning, please use section 6
Awarding body for the qualification:
Institution which delivered the qualification:
Title of prior learning award :
Date award or credit achieved:
APL Admissions Tutor to specify volume &
level of general credit achieved:
APL Admissions Tutor to specify volume &
level(s) of specific credit to be awarded in
respect of the ARU course:
Source of the curriculum documentation
used to determine volume/level of credit:
NARIC guidance on equivalence of
qualification (for qualifications achieved
overseas):
Accreditation of qualification/institution
checked:
Yes or no; if yes, state source
SECTION 4: MAPPING OF CREDIT (APL Admissions Tutor to complete Section 4a or 4b, as appropriate)
4a: Mapping of Prior Learning to ARU modules
Commentary outlining the analysis of the prior learning and how it maps against the ARU curriculum:
Please include a commentary outlining the analysis of the prior learning. This must include the reference source
used to determine the level and volume of the prior learning and an explanation of how the credits to be claimed
map against the module/learning outcomes of the receiving course. The course learning outcomes to modules
mapping document completed during the approval of a new course may be helpful in determining which
compulsory subject areas directly link to course learning outcomes.
Confirmation of how the units of prior learning map against the module(s) of the Anglia Ruskin award
ARU modules on course applied for
Prior learning award/credit
Level
Title of Unit(s) where ARU module
learning met, including credit volume &
level
Credit
Volume
Module
Code:
Module Title:
4b: Mapping of Prior Learning to ARU learning outcomes
If it is not possible to map prior learning units of study to ARU modules, please explain how you have assured yourself that
semesters or years of study map against the course level learning outcomes of the ARU receiving award with particular
reference to the combination of skills, subject knowledge and understanding gained by the applicant. To demonstrate how
decisions were reached in the mapping of course learning outcomes, please use the following table, marking ‘X’ where mapping
occurs
Commentary outlining the analysis of the prior learning and how it maps against the ARU course level learning
outcomes:
Please include a commentary outlining the analysis of the prior learning. This must include the reference source
used to determine the level and volume of the prior learning and an explanation of how the credits to be claimed
map against the learning outcomes of the receiving course. The course learning outcomes to modules mapping
document completed during the approval of a new course may be helpful in determining which compulsory subject
areas directly link to course learning outcomes.
External Award Title:
Please complete, [indicating (C)ompulsory or (O)ptional modules, as appropriate]
Level 4 Outcomes
Knowledge & Understanding:
Unit 7
Unit 6
Unit 5
Unit 4
Unit 3
Unit 2
Unit 1
ARU Award Title:
LO1 …......…
LO2 ……….. etc
Intellectual (thinking), Practical, Affective
& Transferable Skills
LO1 ………..
LO2 ……….. etc
TOTAL Credits
SECTION 5: Entry point and new learning
Criteria for consideration to ensure the proposed new learning can practicably be studied:
i) Mix of levels/credits in the specific new learning - please identify the specific timing of when deficit level credits
will be studied, and year/semester of registration; considering ii – iv below;
ii) 90 credit Progression Rule – FT students must pass a minimum of 90 L4 credits in order to be allowed to
progress to Level 5 study. For progression to L6 study, students must have been awarded 210 credits or
more (including 90 credits at L5), and have successfully attained all L4 credit as prescribed in the CSF. PT
equivalents apply – please see Academic Regulations Section 8;
iii) Director of Studies permission must be obtained and submitted with this application to authorise FT applicants
to undertake more than 60 credits per semester, totalling 75 credits per semester maximum;
iv) Tier 4 International Students – UKVI requires a student to undertake a minimum 45 credits study per
semester/trimester.
MODE OF STUDY: Full-time or Part-time (please delete one)
START DATE: eg Sept 2016 and point of entry to course (eg Year 2, start of Level 5)
NEW LEARNING
Please use the table below to give details of modules to be undertaken as new learning if only partial credits
from any level are to be completed, eg the applicant is required to undertake 60 credits at Level 5 and 105
credits at Level 6. If the applicant is joining at the beginning of a level and completing the remainder of the
course in full, this section does not need to be completed.
Level
Credit
Volume
Module Code:
Module Title:
Academic Year and SEM/TRI
Module to be taken
Total number of years and semesters/trimesters required to complete new
learning:
Date of final assessment deadline:
SECTION 6
This section should only be used if you have multiple students applying for the same level and volume of credit,
obtained from the same institution, into the same Anglia Ruskin Award
Faculty:
Department:
Receiving ARU Course:
Expected start date:
Proposed year/stage of entry
Location of study or distance learning
Mode of study: Full time or part-time
Awarding body for the qualification:
Institution which delivered the qualification:
Title of prior learning award :
Volume & level of general credit achieved:
Volume & level(s) of specific credit to be awarded
in respect of the ARU course:
Source of the curriculum documentation used to
determine volume/level of credit:
NARIC guidance on equivalence of qualification (for
qualifications achieved overseas):
Accreditation of qualification/institution checked:
Yes or no; if yes, state source
Student surname
Student first name
SID no (if known):
Date of External Award