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About you
Legal Sex
This must be your legal sex at birth.
Because you have not lived in the UK for last 3 years or more, we need to collect more information to determine your eligilbity for funding, please answer the questions below
If you aged over 19 at 31Aug you may not be eligible for funding. Please continue to complete your application where it will be assessed by the Admissions Team
Do you have any spent criminal convictions and/or any pending?
Are you in custody as a prisoner or on remand?
Your Health
Please provide any extra information that can help us to help you or add additional disabilities or learning difficulties if there are more than listed above.
Do you have or have you had a Local Authority Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP)?
Learner Support
Student wellbeing and safety is of the upmost importance to us here at Myerscough College, please take this opportunity to let us know about any learning difficulties, disabilities, and/or medical conditions that you may have. By doing so you will enable us to make sure we provide the correct information, advice, and guidance around your chosen study programme, whilst also allowing us to ensure your support needs can be met at your chosen campus and on your chosen study programme. If you feel you would like to discuss this further before completing your application form, please reach out to our Inclusive Learning Team.
Are you currently in care (e.g. in foster care, under a supervision order or in residence at a children's home)?
Please tick if you are in care (16-18), unaccompanied asylum seeker or previously care experienced (e.g. in foster care, supported lodgings, residential care, special guardianship, in receipt of leaving care services or adopted).
Are you a care leaver?
Please tick if you are a Recent Care Leaver (18-25), an unaccompanied asylum seeker or previously care experienced (e.g. in foster care, supported lodgings, residential care, special guardianship, in receipt of leaving care services or adopted).
Are you a carer (with responsibility to care for someone else)?
You're a young carer if you help to look after a relative with a disability, illness, mental health condition, or drug or alcohol problem
Are you a young parent (aged 18 and under)?
You're a young parent if you are under 18 and are the legal parent/guardian of a child.
Are you estranged from your Parents?
This may be where there is no contact or communication with your parents anymore
Do you have special educational needs?
Do you require Additional Learning Support?
For the questions below, please list any applicable conditions / medications you will need us to be aware of
Did you have exam access arrangements at school? (e.g Extra Time, Screen Reader, Scribe)
Accommodation & Transport
If yes - You will be sent an invite to apply by email once the application process opens
If yes - You will be sent an invite to apply by email once the application process opens
Your Contact Details
Address
Please enter your postcode or partial address below:
If you are outside the UK - please enter your address manually
Search:
Search Results - Double click the correct address
Emergency Contact Details
Next of Kin contact
Please provide the details of someone we can contact who is your Next of Kin. Where under 18 this must be a parent/legal guardian
Qualifications
Please tell us, in the boxes below, what exams you have taken and your grades. If you haven’t taken any exams yet, please list all the subjects you are studying and the Predicted Grades your teachers have given you.
You must tell us your English Language, Literature and Maths qualifications as these are mandatory. Please also give us your Grade/Predicted Grade for English Language Speaking and Listening if you know it. .
Don’t worry if you don’t know the exact Date Awarded for your qualification – please use 1 July of the year you took it or are taking it in.
What is the highest level of qualification you have already achieved? (select no qualifications if still studying at school)
Qualifications and Levels Explained
| Level |
Academic Qualification Equivalent |
| Entry Level |
First certificate GCSE - grades 3, 2, 1 or grades D, E, F, G, Level 1 Award, Level 1 Certificate, Level 1 Diploma, Level 1 ESOL, Level 1 Essential Skills, Level 1 Functional Skills, Level 1 National Vocational Qualification (NVQ), Music grades 1, 2 and 3 |
| Level 1 |
For example, GCSE grades 1-3/F-D, First certificate, Level 1 Award/Certificate/Diploma, Functional Skill Level 1
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| Full Level 2 |
GCSE/O Level (5 or more GCSEs grades A*-C),
GCSE (9-1) (5 or more GCSEs grade 4 or above),
2 or 3 AS Levels (for AS qualifications regulated before 1 September 2015),
CSE Grade 1 (5 or more),
1 A Level,
Higher 14-19 Diploma,
QCF Diploma level 2,
QCF Certificate level 2 at 13 or 14 credits undertaken before 2014 to 2015,
Level 2 Principal Learning,
NVQ level 2,
GNVQ Intermediate
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| Full Level 3 |
A Levels (2 or more advanced level passes),
4 or more AS Levels (for AS qualifications regulated before 1 September 2015),
QCF Diploma Level 3,
QAA Access to HE,
Advanced 14-19 Diploma,
GNVQ Advanced,
NVQ level 3,
AVCE double award,
Tech Levels which are in the 16-19 Performance Tables,
Applied Generals which are in the 16-19 Performance Tables (from 1 August
2015),
QCF Certificate at Level 3 which is 30 to 36 credits |
| Level 4 |
For example, Certificate of Higher Education, Higher Apprenticeship, HNC |
| Level 5 |
For example, Diploma of Higher Education, Foundation Degree, HND
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| Level 6
|
For example, Degree Apprenticeship, Honours Degree
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| Level 7
|
For example, Masters level degree, PgDip
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| Level 8
|
For example, Doctorate/PhD
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Declaration
By submitting this application form, you are agreeing to the following declaration
Surveys - I agree to be contacted directly by External Funding Bodies such as DFE, Liverpool Combined Authority, Lancashire Combined Authority and OfS on various items relating to your experience at Myerscough College and participate in providing feedback.
Fees – I agree to conform to the regulations and fee policy of the College and accept liability for payment of fees (as detailed below).
Further Education students aged 16-18 at the start of the course or 19-24 with an EHC Plan do not pay tuition fees (subject to meeting residency eligibility criteria).
You must make arrangements with Myerscough College for the payment of your fees, prior to or at the commencement of your course. Please inform Myerscough College Finance Office if you are receiving any of the following:
- Tuition fee Advanced Learner Loan via the Student Loans Company (SLC).
- Support from the Isle of Man Government or Channel Islands Government.
- Employer / Sponsor support; please supply an official letter indicating responsibility for the payment of your fees in full or in part. (Students are ultimately responsible for ensuring that their fees are paid even when a third party intends to pay fees on their behalf).
- An approved CPD application (Myerscough College staff only).
You will be invoiced by Myerscough College for the full amount or remaining portion of your fees for each year of the course. It is your responsibility to ensure that, where applicable, a copy of the appropriate funding documentation - as referred to above - is submitted to the College. Students should submit the appropriate documentation to; The Finance Office, Myerscough College, Bilsborrow, Preston, PR3 0RY or email salesledger@myerscough.ac.uk. Withdrawal from the course will be subject to the charges detailed in the Fees and Refunds Policy and Procedure available from the Finance Office or from the Finance and Fees page on the College website www.myerscough.ac.uk. Students who decide to permanently withdraw from their course or who are granted an authorised interruption of studies must follow the formal process to withdraw or interrupt from studies in order to curtail their continued accrual of fee liability for the relevant registration period. Failure to do so will mean that the student continues to accrue fee liability.
Cooling-off period - If you change your mind about coming to College, you have 42 days from the College start date of the course, to inform the College that you wish to cancel or change your study programme. Withdrawal after this date will incur full fees.
Unpaid fees may be referred to a third-party debt collection agency.
DFE ILR Privacy Notice 26/27
This privacy notice is issued on behalf of the Secretary of State for the Department of Education (DfE) to inform learners about the Individualised Learner Record (ILR) and how their personal information is used in the ILR. Your personal information is used by the DfE to exercise our functions under article 6(1)(e) of the UK GDPR and to meet our statutory responsibilities, including under the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009. Our lawful basis for using your special category personal data is covered under Substantial Public Interest based in law (Article 9(2)(g)) of UK GDPR legislation. This processing is under Section 54 of the Further and Higher Education Act (1992).
The ILR collects data about learners and learning undertaken. Publicly funded colleges, training organisations, local authorities, and employers (FE providers) must collect and return the data each year under the terms of a funding agreement, contract or grant agreement. It helps ensure that public money is being spent in line with government targets. It is also used for education, training, employment, and well-being purposes, including research.
We retain your ILR learner data for 20 years for operational purposes (e.g. to fund your learning and to publish official statistics). Your personal data is then retained in our research databases until you are aged 80 years so that it can be used for long-term research purposes. For more information about the ILR and the data collected, please see the ILR specification at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/individualised-learner-record-ilr
ILR data is shared with third parties where it complies with DfE data sharing procedures and where the law allows it. The DfE and the English European Social Fund (ESF) Managing Authority (or agents acting on their behalf) may contact learners to carry out research and evaluation to inform the effectiveness of training.
For more information about how your personal data is used and your individual rights, please see the DfE Personal Information Charter (https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education/about/personal-information-charter) and the DfE Privacy Notice (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/privacy-notice-for-key-stage-5-and-adult-education)
If you would like to get in touch with us or request a copy of the personal information DfE holds about you, you can contact the DfE in the following ways:
If you are unhappy with how we have used your personal data, you can complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at: Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. You can also call their helpline on 0303 123 1113 or visit https://www.ico.org.uk
Learning records service
Privacy notice for pupils, students, learners, and trainees
The information you supply is used by the Learning Records Service (LRS). The LRS issues Unique Learner Numbers (ULN) and creates Personal Learning Records across England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, and is operated by the Department for Education (DfE) in England. This privacy notice explains how we use your personal information. For the purposes of relevant data protection legislation, the DfE is the data controller for personal information processed.
Who we are?
The LRS supports the DfE by collecting learner information from training providers and awarding organisations. For the purposes of relevant data protection legislations, the DfE is the data controller for personal information we process.
How we will use your information
We receive your personal data from:
- schools, colleges, local authorities, and training/learning providers
- accredited achievement data supplied by awarding organisations
The aims of LRS are to:
- create a trusted and verified record of learning for citizen across England, Wales, and Northern Ireland
- enable education organisations to access these records when required to support individuals with enrolment to education and careers advice, ensuring they get access to the correct education and government funding
- issue you with a Unique Learner Number (ULN)
- create your Personal Learning Record (PLR)
- collect entries and results data that is used to create national statistical publications
The nature of your personal data that LRS will process
The categories of personal data that can be processed in LRS includes:
- personal contact details
- data related to an individual's learning
- data and information about your learning, including courses and qualifications you are taking or have taken
To ensure that our records are accurate, it may be necessary for training providers to collect further personal information from you. This information will be used to identify the correct learner where their personal information is similar to other learners (e.g. name(s) and date of birth):
- where further information is required to distinguish between learners, the following personal information is deemed as mandatory:
- last known post code
- date of birth
- gender
Why our use of your personal data is lawful
For our use of your personal data to be lawful, we need to meet one (or more) conditions in the data protection legislation. For LRS, the relevant conditions are:
- Article 6(1)(e) UK General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR), to perform a public task as part of our function as a department
We also rely on legitimate interests, where we may need to collect additional personal information, to distinguish you from another individual. This is:
- Article 6(1)(f) of the UK General Data Protection Regulations
Who we will make your personal data available to
We sometimes need to make personal data available to other organisations. These might include contracted partners (who we have employed to process your personal data on our behalf) and/or other organisations (with whom we need to share your personal data for specific purposes).
Where we need to share your personal data with others, we ensure that this data sharing complies with data protection legislation. For LRS we share your personal data with the following:
- schools, colleges, local authorities, and training/learning providers when you enrol onto a course
- awarding bodies to record achievement/attainment information such as exam or course grades
- permitted organisations such as Federation for Industry Skills & Standards (FISSS) and Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) to record or verify individual's qualifications
- A third-party debt collection agency, in the event of outstanding unpaid fees (see Fees section).
How long we will keep your personal data
The PLR is a lifetime record of achievement for all learners.
All data in LRS will be retained until a learner is 80 years old and has not engaged with a learning provider for 7 years.
Your data protection rights
You have specific rights under data protection law. You can:
Request a copy of all information relating to you held by the DfE. You can do this by making a Subject Access Request using the DfE Contact Form.
DfE processes your personal information on LRS in the exercise of its official authority under the Education Act 2011 and the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children & Learning Act 2009. This allows us to ensure that training providers are claiming for the correct government funding, safeguard public money and prevent fraud.
More information about how the DfE handles personal information is published in the DfE Personal Information Charter. If you need to contact us regarding any of the above, please do so via the DfE site at DfE - Contact Us. If you are unable to use the online contact form, you can write to us at the address provided under Contact Information below.
Further information about your data protection rights appears on the Information Commissioner's website at Information Commissioners Office - Individual Rights
We may need to update this privacy notice periodically.
