Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL)
A student may be permitted to receive an award of credits on the basis of demonstrated learning that has occurred at some point in the past. The award of credits can be based upon learning for which certification has been awarded by an educational institution or another education/training provider, or un-certificated learning gained from experience. Criteria include:
- The learning is demonstrably at PG level
- The learning does not exceed 60 credits for a Master’s degree or 30 credits for a Postgraduate Diploma
- The learning was achieved within 3 years prior to the request being made. The 3-year deadline for prior achievement of credits will be the norm, but individual programmes can recommend a period of up to 5 years if more appropriate to their requirements
- Accepted APL credits will not carry any grading from the previous institution, and therefore APL course unit marks should not be included when calculating average marks, so the course average will be calculated just from marks awarded from the MPH/MRes programmes
- The PG Cert and PPD Stand Alone Units scheme do not allow any APL credits
All requests from the student for consideration of APL must be made to the Programme Director (PD) no later than two weeks after commencement on the programme. You will be asked to apply in writing, to provide evidence of prior learning and to indicate the MPH course units for which your prior learning is to be accredited.
Students who have completed units on the PPD stand-alone units scheme who progress to the PG Cert, PG Diploma or MPH will have those units automatically accredited to their new programme.
