References / Suitability Statements

Types of Suitability Statements

You need two Suitability Statements:

• one academic and
• one relevant experience

Please nominate one person to write your Academic Suitability Statement and a different person to write your Experience Suitability Statement.

Each suitability statement can only be provided by one person.

Suitability Statements are submitted through this website and made available to the courses you are applying to.

Some course centres have specific requirements for the format of Suitability Statements and who can provide them.

• Please see the Courses section for the requirements of individual course centres

Guidance for Suitability Statements

We suggest that you send your nominees a copy of our Factsheet for Suitability Statements, which gives further information for anyone who may be less familiar with the process:

References required when a place is offered

If you are offered a place course centres may check your employment and training history and investigate any gaps.

They may collect references from current and previous employers/places of study, in addition to the Suitability Statements already provided.  These may be used e.g. to verify dates of employment/training, to check for any disciplinary actions or safeguarding issues, etc.

• Please see the Other Things to Consider section for information about checks required when a place is offered