Queen's - Woodbrooke Application Form - For September 2026 Entry

If you are unsure about which course of study you wish to take, please fill out this Prospective Student Enquiry form instead.

This application form is specifically for admission to the Postgraduate Certificate in Theology and Transformative Practice, as part of the Queen's partnership with Woodbrooke's Centre for Research in Quaker Studies. The programme is part time and taught in online gathered distance learning mode.

Further information about the Postgraduate Certificate programme, can be found here: Postgraduate Certificate in Theology and Transformative Practice

In preparing you for a balanced academic and professional life, we encourage propsective students to discuss their study intentions with their employers. We recognise, however, that this is not possible in all situations. If guidance is needed, to either better prepare you in achieving this balance or on how to structure conversations with employers, please let us know.

 Academic History

Please provide details of all qualifications achieved at A Level, International Baccalaureate or an equivalent Level 3 qualification. Also, please provide proof of any subsequent technical, professional, college, or university education.

Evidence of these qualifications will be required for review by the Admissions Board, before final acceptance on any University validated programme. Please have these available at interview stage. Please detail all of your qualifications in this section, regardless of if you have original certificates or not. If you have lost original certificates, we will discuss with you how they might be obtained.

 

Employment History

For many of our students, employment history provides a more recent insight into learning and experience that supports study applications.Therefore, please detail in this section the most recent and/or relevant roles and responsibilities you have held.

Details of your employment during the last five years are sufficient but more information may be supplied, if relevant to your application.

For you to succeed in your studies, it is important that your oral and written English meet a certain level. If you went to school in the UK, or in any other recognised English-speaking country, sufficient proof of proficiency would be the completion of any subject at CSE/O/GCSE Level (or higher), in the English language. If English is not your first language and you have not completed such a qualification, then the University will require evidence of your English language via an IELTS score. We can provide more details of IELTS if you require it. If you have completed an IELTS, please bring your results with you to your interview.

 

See here for a list of the recognised English-speaking countries, that do not require you to prove your knowledge of English.

For information on course fees, please see here.

As part of the entry requirements, you are asked to provide details of two references. You will be responsible for sending your referees the Reference Request form provided here: Reference Request. These references are used to support and reinforce your study application.

 

Throughout your lifetime you will have formed many connections with individuals who could provide a reference. It is recommended that you seek references from individuals that represent different areas of your life (but not a relative or spouse). For example, a reference from your professional life and church life, or voluntary life and church life. It may be that your life does not have differing groups (work and church etc) to source a reference from. In this case, it would be acceptable to source two references from the same groups, e.g. two references from church, or two references from work. Guidance can be given on whom to obtain references from if needed. 

 

The purpose of the references is for your referees to testify your suitability for taking this course of study. Please send them the online form, which includes notes that will explain this in full. 

If you are made a firm placement offer, a confidential DBS declaration will be sent to you to complete and return.  During this process, and if applicable, you will be given the opportunity to put your offence(s) into context, to explain the circumstances and, most importantly, to provide Queen's with reassurances of how your circumstances and attitudes towards your offence(s) have changed.

 

Please be assured that if you do have convictions, your criminal record will not, in isolation, exclude you from being offered a place.  Any information given will be treated in the strictest confidence.  Suitable applicants will not be refused placement because of offences which are not relevant to the area of study and which do not make them a risk in the environment for which they are applying to study in.  All cases will be examined on an individual basis.

 

I consent to the Queen’s Foundation’s use of my personal data, including sensitive data, to allow the Foundation to fulfill its administrative obligations and to process my application. The Foundation shall duly observe its obligations under the General Data Protection Regulations and any resulting legislation which arise from this application. (Specific policies for The Queen's Foundation can be found at: www.queens.ac.uk)

 

The information I provide on the application form will be used for the following purposes, to:

• determine my eligibility for entry to the Queen’s Foundation.
• provide me with relevant information to assist me in joining the Foundation (including information about Open Days, fees, enrollment and induction, my course, the Foundation's facilities, visa and travel advice
• enable the Foundation to compile statistical reports
• enable the Foundation to initiate my student record

 

I consent to the Foundation sharing relevant parts of this information to:

• the relevant government departments. This includes: Higher Education Statistical Agency, UK Visas and Immigration, Office for Fair Access and the Office for Students, Student Loan Company, Department for Education
• bodies which are responsible for professional accreditation of my course, if applicable the Police or other authority in relation to crime prevention or investigation, or in association with the Government's Prevent agenda
• ENIC (in order to establish the equivalent level and verify a qualification if applicable)
• validating Universities (if applicable)
• my sponsor (if any) in order to confirm sponsorship and invoice for payment of fees
• my referees as listed in Section 9 of this application form if necessary

 

If I do not register as a student of the Queen’s Foundation, the Foundation will retain my personal information for the rest of the academic year for which I have applied plus one further academic year.  Anonymised data about my application will be retained for at least 7 years as required for audit purposes by the Office for Students.

 

If I do register, my data will be managed as per the student agreement which I will sign upon registration.

 

I declare that, if admitted, I shall conform to all the Rules and Regulations of the Foundation. I understand that the submission of any misleading information during the admissions process could lead to the immediate cancellation of my application and the withdrawal of any offer made. If I register as a student of the Queen’s Foundation, I hereby undertake to pay, as and when due, all Foundation fees. I grant permission to the Foundation to request information pertaining to my current or previous visa status (if applicable) in the UK from the Home Office.

 

I hereby certify that the above information is correct and complete, and I wish to apply for admission as a student of the Foundation.