Fitness to Practise and Criminal Convictions
All applicants to our programmes are asked to declare whether or not they have a relevant criminal conviction that is not 'spent' (for full details please see our policy for Applicants declaring a criminal conviction).
In addition, applicants to programmes that include 'Fitness to Practise' considerations will need to undertake additional checks and may be required to declare criminal convictions that are 'spent' (for further details please see our policy regarding Fitness to Practise - admissions stage).
Please note that the declaration of a criminal conviction does not mean an applicant is ineligible for a programme.
For further information about consideration of applicants declaring criminal convictions or 'Fitness to Practise' considerations please email admissions@exeter.ac.uk.
Police Checks
Programmes that include 'Fitness to Practise' considerations may require applicants to undertake police checks prior to admission to the programme.
Completing an Enhanced Disclosure form
In some cases, including for all of our PGCE programmes and some of our Undergraduate and Postgraduate programmes, applicants need to apply (via the University of Exeter) for an Enhanced Disclosure from the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB).
Please note that we cannot accept CRB Enhanced Disclosures you may have already received.
Due to the need to arrange placements in advance for students on the BSc Medical Imaging (Diagnostic Radiography) programme, applicants are required to have submitted a completed CRB Enhanced Disclosure application to the University by 31 May in the year of entry, in order to ensure that the disclosure is completed prior to the allocation of placements.
Please note that undergraduate applicants who have applied through UCAS must satisfy all conditions including non-academic conditions by 31 August of the year of entry.
Please refer to our guide on how to complete the CRB form. If there is an error within your form you will be required to complete another, which may delay your entrance to the University.
Please note the government has suspended plans to introduce ISA registration so you do not need to fill in the parts of the application regarding ISA registration. Further information is provided in our guide below.
Guide to completing the CRB Enhanced Disclosure application form
Police checks for periods lived outside the UK
If you have never lived in the United Kingdom (UK) or have spent more than 6 months living outside the UK in the last 5 years, please read these additional notes.
Obtaining police checks for periods lived outside the UK
Self disclosure from
As part of our procedures all students undertaking police checks are also asked to complete a self disclosure form. The form will be emailed to you if you accept an offer from us. A signed and completed copy of this form should then be returned to us via the post, or by emailing a scanned copy to us. If you are applying to a PGCE programme this form will also be used to provisionally register you with the General Teaching Council for England.
Photographic identification
As part of our CRB Enhanced Disclosure application process, all students must provide photographic evidence as part of the visual identity process. All applicants must provide a recent photograph along with a completed CRB Photograph Identification Form. Applicants can download the relevant form for their programme below. A copy of the photograph is held in the Admissions Office and checked against official documentation on receipt of the completed CRB application form.
CRB Photograph Identification Form (PGCE)
CRB Photograph Identification Form (Radiography/Medical Imaging)
CRB Photograph Identification Form (all other programmes)
CRB Photograph Identification Form (Student Associate Scheme - SAS)
Processing fee
We currently charge a £48 fee to process an Enhanced CRB Disclosure application (this covers the fee charged by the Criminal Records Bureau and a small administration fee). Cheques should be made payable to the ‘University of Exeter’. Payment can also be made by postal order or cash (in person via the Admissions Office). Please note this fee includes the increase in charges announced by the CRB in March 2011.
Contact us
If you need to contact us regarding a CRB Enhanced Disclosure application please use the following details:
Email: admissionsCRB@exeter.ac.uk.
Telephone: +44 (0)1392 723031
Address: CRB Admissions Office
University of Exeter
Laver Building (8th Floor)
North Park Road
Exeter
Devon
EX4 4QE
Further information
For further information about the CRB and the disclosure process, please visit the Criminal Records Bureau website.
