Entry Requirements
All applicants will be selected for the programme individually based on the articulated entry requirements in line with the University policy and the WBDL focused requirements.
WBDL Entry Requirements
• Be employed within an payroll role to apply WBDL
• Have experience of Management Functions, i.e. Managing Resources
• Hold membership with Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals
APEL
It is expected that some students will join the programme with RPL at level 5. Although RPL students will be armed with the skills they need to study provision is made, through open access materials, to offer additional support in the realms of study skills. The APEL process is listed below.
The University's policy relating to the APEL will be followed which permits applicants to gain exemption from specific modules within a level of a programme where the learning has previously been gained either through achievement of:
• Certificated learning such as professional award for which they have evidence of the learning outcomes, or through
Experiential learning which may include uncertificated learning, and/or learning gained from undertaking their work, including unpaid work. As the student may not have gained a formal qualification in respect of this learning, they will required to produce appropriate evidence demonstrating achievement of learning which will be mapped against learning outcomes.