About Fast Track Admissions
Fast Track Admissions is a service that the university offers to students who are currently studying at our Partner Colleges so that they can progress onto their next programme without the need to complete an application form.
Some programmes have a 'natural progression' from the programme currently being studied into another programme taught at this university. In some cases there may be a number of different programmes that may be progressed on to, for example students currently studying FdA Accounting and Finance at K College may progress onto year 3 of either BA Hons Accounting and Finance or BA Hons Business with Finance taught by the School of Business at the university.
Where there is a natural progression in study we offer a 'Fast Track' service which will give eligible students an offer of a university place in September 2012 without having to complete an application form.
The links at the bottom of the page will take you to a list of the programmes that eligible students may progress on to.
Eligible students will be sent a letter inviting them to use this service so please remember that only students who are currently studying on a Foundation Degree, HNC or HND at a university campus or Partner College, where the progression route is shown on the list may use the Fast Track Admissions service.
How to tell us that you want to use Fast Track
If you wish to accept an offer to progress using the Fast Track route, please use the link at the bottom of the page to identify the degree programme(s) that you are eligible to progress on to.
Please remember that you can only use Fast Track if you are progressing through a route shown on the list.
To tell us that you wish to use Fast Track you must e-mail us at fasttrack@gre.ac.uk
You must tell us:
- your Fast Track Reference number
- the Title and 'P' number of the programme, the mode (Full Time or Part Time)
Information about the programme you can progress onto is shown in the dark green columns of the progression lists.
The deadline for applying through Fast Track is Friday 23 March 2012.
If you do not wish to use Fast Track please notify us by sending an e-mail to the above address (quoting your Fast Track Reference number). This will ensure that you do not receive further communication on this subject.
Advice about programmes available at this university
For advice about the programmes that you are eligible to progress on to, university open days, and other programmes available at this university, please look on the university's website or phone the Enquiry Unit on 020 8331 9000.
Progression routes by current study location
Advice about fees
You will be aware that from 1 September 2012 students commencing programmes of study may be charged a higher rate of fee. Students that are currently on a programme of study that leads to entry to a degree programme at level 5 or 6, often referred to as ‘Top-up’ or ‘End on’ may not be effected by this increase but continue to receive the same student support package they received on the previous programme.
If you are currently studying on a HNC/D or a foundation degree and will be registering on a degree with honours in the same mode of study, immediately after successful completion of the previous programme you will be treated as ‘End on’. It is important to note that the mode of study must remain the same and so if you are currently studying full-time on a HNC/D or foundation degree, you must study full-time on the honours degree programme and similarly if you are part-time on the HNC/D or foundation degree, you must study part-time on the honours degree programme. If you change your mode of study you will treated as ‘New’ and will therefore be charged the increased fee and receive the new student support package.
As detailed above, you will be required to continue to the honours degree programme immediately after completion of the lower level programme. If you choose to take a year out of your study or defer your entry for any reason, you will be treated as a new entrant in 2013 or after.
Equivalent or Lower level Qualifications (ELQ)
Students studying in higher education are assessed to see whether they are looking to study at the same level to a qualification they already hold or at a lower level to a qualification they already hold when they enter university. If, for example, you already hold an honours degree and are entering university to study another honours degree, you will be assessed as having an ELQ which may mean you have to pay a higher rate of fee.
If you are currently studying on a foundation degree and hold a degree you would have been exempt from the ELQ assessment as foundation degrees are ELQ exempt, however, if you are intending to ‘Top-up’ your foundation degree to an honours degree, you will be classed as having an ELQ and therefore may be required to pay the ELQ rate tuition fee. Exemptions to the ELQ policy and further information can be found on our ELQ pages. The university has yet to publish the ELQ rate of fee for 2012–13 but will do so shortly. You will also not be entitled to receive student support.
If you are unclear about the student support you may be entitled to or the tuition fee you will have to pay in 2012, please contact us on 020 8331 9000.
