UK residents: If your course includes a placement involving volunteering or working with vulnerable adults or children then you will be required to undergo an enhanced criminal disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
The Admissions Office will send you a link to apply for your DBS online from the April preceding your course start date. Please make sure that you complete your application well in advance of your course start date. Please read our DBS guidance before you start to complete your application
EU and overseas candidates will be asked to supply an original document from the police authority (or other relevant authority) in your country of residence detailing the status of your criminal record. In many countries, this document is called ‘A Certificate of No Criminal Conviction’, ‘A Certificate of Good Conduct’ or ‘A Police Clearance Certificate’
- Approach your local police station or your local authority
- Contact the embassy or the consulate general in your country of residence or in the United Kingdom. Details for embassies in the United Kingdom can be found on the Foreign and Commonwealth website
- Look on the internet, and use a word search such as ‘Criminal background check in country of residence’
