Guidance on Question Relating to Criminal Convictions

To help Loughborough University reduce the risk of harm or injury to our students caused by the criminal behaviour of other students, we need to know about any relevant criminal convictions that an applicant may have. If you have a relevant criminal conviction, please tick the box.

Relevant criminal convictions are only those convictions for offences against the person, whether of a violent or sexual nature, and convictions for offences involving unlawfully supplying controlled drugs or substances where the conviction concerns commercial drug dealing or trafficking. Convictions that are spent (as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974) are not considered to be relevant and need not be disclosed except in the circumstances set out below.

You must tick the box if either of the following statements applies to you:

• You have a relevant criminal conviction that is not spent.
• You are serving a prison sentence for a relevant criminal conviction.
  

If you enter a tick in the box you will not be automatically excluded from the application process. However we may want to consider the application further or ask for more information before making a decision.

You should be aware that for courses in teaching, health, social work, veterinary medicine, veterinary science or courses involving work with children or vulnerable adults, any criminal convictions, cautions (including verbal cautions), reprimands, final warnings and bind-over orders are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. If you are applying for these courses, the universities and colleges will ask you to agree to have a criminal record check. You may also need an enhanced disclosure document from the Criminal Records Bureau or the Scottish Criminal Record Office Disclosure Service. This means that if the criminal record check identifies that you have had a conviction, caution, reprimand, final warning or bind-over, this information will be made available to Loughborough University.

Loughborough University will send you the appropriate documents to fill in which will then be sent to the Criminal Records Bureau.If you are convicted of a relevant criminal offence after you have applied, you must inform us during the application cycle. Do not send details of the offence; simply tell us that you have a relevant criminal conviction. We may then ask you for more details.