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 completed on this website and made available to all the courses you are applying to.

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

• Please see the Courses section for the requirements of individual courses

Guidance for Suitability Statements

We suggest that you send your nominees our Factsheet for Suitability Statements, which is helpful for anyone less familiar with the process.

References required when a place is offered

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

They may collect additional references from current and previous employers/places of study 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 the checks required when a place is offered

Accessing Suitability Statements

You have a right to access the data we have about you, but we have a duty of confidentiality to third parties which includes the people you nominate to write your Suitability Statements.

• Please see our Data Protection page for our process for accessing Suitability Statements