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Application to the TLHP programme

In order to complete the PG Cert / PG Dip or MSc you need to apply for a place on the programme. There are normally three entry points each year in September, January and April/May. 

We have produced an Application Flow Chart (pdf, 434kb) to help you follow the process required to apply to the programme. 

Application update

Deadline for application to the April 2012 intake is Friday 16th March 2012 . 

There is continued strong demand for places on the programme with application entry points becoming quickly oversubscribed. Please be aware that you may be asked to defer your place by one or more terms if the term for which you have applied is already full. In reality this only means a relatively short delay of about 3-4 months (instead of a year as with many programmes with perhaps only one intake a year!).

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Application process and forms for download

The online application provides the basis of your application but there are some other documents to submit and two references are required. Please follow the instrtuctions in the online application carefully and complete and upload the forms it asks for.  Accepting your offer letter secures the offer of a place, but please note that the TLHP office may need to defer or even cancel a place if the required documentation is not submitted on time so that someone else can benefit from a place in that intake.

Students/sponsors are liable for fees at the time of booking and attending each module. Re-sitting modules incurs additional fees. Students withdrawing from the programme or cancelling a module are still liable for fees as indicated on a sliding scale of payments sent out with offer letters.

  1. Apply Online - Essential
  2. TLHP enrolment form - Essential
  3. 2 x supporting Referees - Essential
  4. Sponsorship Authorisation Form - Required if sponsored by an organisation for the cost of all or part of the fees
  5. Accreditation of Prior Credentialed Learning (APCL) - Required if you are intending to import external credits from another institution.

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1) Apply Online for the TLHP Programme.

IMPORTANT: You need to apply online, also completing all the other essential and relevant forms on this page and submitting these via the online application form. Please start the online form first and try to upload all additional documentation into this. In all correspondence with the TLHP Office, Faculty Office or University of Bristol, please quote the unique APPLICANT NUMBER given you by the online system and/or the email address you gave in your application.

a) Evidence of qualifications - we need to see the ORIGINAL certificates but these should NOT be sent through the post. Please do one of the following

  1. bring the original and two photocopies to the office where we can sign the copies to verify they are true copies and use these in your application.
  2. send two photocopies of each original that have been verified by a solicitor or the issuing institution with the words "I, [name], certify that this is a true copy of the original", signed and dated

This verification can, if necessary, be done at a later date but MUST be done before the application deadline. You need to send at least the photocopies initially.

b) CV or details of recent principal appointments, teaching responsibilities/interests, etc.

Please note that WE DO NOT ACCEPT PAPER APPLICATIONS.  Forms must be completed and uploaded into the online application form as instructed by the software.  

2) TLHP enrolment form - Essential

You can find this within the online application system - it is for information specific to TLHP applicants.  .

3) 2 x supporting Referees - Essential

The online system can contact your referees for you after you provide an email address for them.  Make sure your referees are happy to complete an online reference! 

Guidance on choice of referees: Referees need to be someone of a more senior grade than yourself who has known you for at least 4 months and can comment on your academic ability, teaching role and/or aspirations and your suitability for the TLHP Programme. If English is not your first language, they need to comment on the standard of your written and spoken English. They may be someone already on the TLHP Programme but should not be someone who is concurrently applying for a place on the Programme.

It is the applicant's responsibility to ensure that their referees upload their references into the online application system or send these to the TLHP Office

4) Sponsorship Authorisation Form - Required if sponsored by an organisation for the cost of all or part of the fees

Where you are arranging payment of your tuition fees by a sponsoring organisation, there is a: "Sponsorship Authorisation form". Please get this completed and send with your application if you have a sponsor willing to fund part or all of your tuition fees.

Upload into Online Application or arrange for Sponsor to send to the TLHP Office

5) Accreditation of Prior Credentialed Learning (APCL) - Required if you are intending to import external credits from another institution.

If you wish to apply for exemption from part of the TLHP Programme on the basis of credits awarded from other institutions, you must refer to the University's Guidelines on the Accreditation of Prior Learning and use the form provided. Only a certain amount of credit from other institutions is permitted and it must be in a relevant topic area and obtained within the last 5 years. Please let us know your intentions beforehand and submit the form provided in these Guidelines on APLwith your application. If you have a specific query about this matter please contact the Programme Director.

If you wish to make an Application for Exemption from specific Units, please download, complete and submit this form (Word) to the Programme Director at the TLHP Office [guidance on APCL can be found here].

The "Programme applied for" is "Teaching and Learning for Health Professionals (PGCert/PGDip/MSc)".

Upload into Online Application (or email to tlhp-enquire@bristol.ac.uk with signed copy by post).

Please use the ONLINE form for all details and documents relating to your application. Paper applications and applications made solely by other routes will not be accepted.

There is likely to be a certain amount of competition for the NHS funded places so please do not be too disappointed if you are not accepted at your first application. We will offer you the chance to either (a) let us keep you on record for up to a year or (b) pay for the course yourself.

NB: When completing the forms, the Faculty is "Medicine and Dentistry", and the Department is "Centre for Medical Education"

Entry requirements

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IT skills required

It is a PREREQUISITE for applicants to TLHP that they own or have regular access to a personal computer (PC) and they are reasonably confident in using this to access the Internet, send and receive emails (incluing emails with attatchments), and word processing.  Full details can be found in the "ICT Guide for the TLHP Programme", but the following should provide most of the important points.  Essentially it should not be necessary to have much greater working knowledge of PC use than would be normal for most jobs nowadays. Nonetheless we should stress that use of IT is a key support mode for the Programme.  To give you an idea of the minimum standards required, see the syllabus for the European / International Computer Driving Licence (ECDL/ICDL).  For the Certificate you will need to be reasonably confident in the majority of elements of Modules 1,2, 3, 6 and 7.  For the Diploma/MSc you will may additionally require competences in Modules 4 and 5.

Please note the following requirements for applicants to TLHP:

  1. Applicants to TLHP should be aware that the regular use of computers and the Internet is now essential to the successful completion of all modules and to maintaining contact with tutors, fellow students and the TLHP office.
  2. It is a PREREQUISITE for applicants to TLHP that they are reasonably confident in using a computer to access the Internet and the World Wide Web, send and receive emails (including emails with file 'attachments'), and at least basic word processing.
  3. It is a PREREQUISITE for applicants to TLHP that they own or have regular access to a personal computer (PC) capable of connection to the Internet for email and Web browsing and of running 'office' type software.
  4. It is a PREREQUISITE for applicants to TLHP that they have regular access to 'office' and email software to enable them to complete well-presented assignments and to submit them electronically as well as on paper.

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