Checklist for postgraduates
June
- Make sure you have your funding, for example, Career Development Loan, in order.
- Apply for help with finding accommodation if you haven’t already done so. Please take a look at the Student Housing Service website.
- Keep checking your email account (including junk mail) for updates from us.
- If you are an overseas applicant and require a visa to study in the UK, you should make your Tier 4 visa application following receipt of a Certificate of Acceptance for Studies (CAS) number from Bath Spa University. Your offer letter will have contained information on this.
- If you have applied for PGCE for teacher training, you must complete and return CRB, medical and GTC suitability declaration paperwork to us urgently.
July
- You may, by now, have received your degree or other qualification results. If these were part of a conditional offer, please send your original documents to us. Please send these by special delivery, clearly stating your name and the course for which you have applied, to: The Admissions Service, Bath Spa University, Newton Park, Bath, BA2 9BN. We will then return them to you by special delivery.
- If you are considering looking for a part-time jobs during term time, remember to contact the Job Shop when you start the course.
- Keep checking your email account (including junk mail) for updates from us.
August
- Keep checking your email account (including junk mail) for updates from us.
- Finance information and instructions for paying fees will be made available on the website.
- Details of Joining Instructions will be sent to you by email, so please check your account (including junk mail!).
September/October
- Start online registration, following receipt of Joining Instructions (which will tell you how to do this) and prior to attending your enrolment session.
- Don’t forget to send your qualification certificates to us if you haven’t already done so.
- Arrange for a TV Licence and insurance for personal possessions.
- Start the course (see course dates - please note that start dates vary and your enrolment date will therefore be confirmed to you closer to the time).
- Apply for your Bath Spa University parking permit online if you will be living in independent housing.