Additional documents and interview information

For us to process your application further you are required to complete the WBL Agreement Form. Your management must sign the form, which is listed on this webpage. You are also required to present your Manager with the WBL Manager letter. We are unable to proceed with your application until the WBL Agreement Form is completed fully and returned to the Admissions Office via the application portal. For queries or further information regarding the work-based learning for this module, please contact Jon Mounsey either via email at Jonathan.mounsey@northampton.ac.uk or by phone on 01604 892781.

• Agreement Form (Word, 62KB)
• Manager Letter (PDF, 43KB)

To facilitate your application, we require you to complete the following Admissions task for your chosen programme. Please submit your essay within 21 days from the date you received your Admissions task request email via the application portal. The maximum file size is 5MB. We also recommend using either a pdf or word document or similar file type. We will be unable to proceed any further with your application until your application task has been received by Admissions Office.

Essay Task Questions and Information

As part of our admissions process, we ask that applicants complete a written essay. Therefore, please can you write a maximum of 1,500 words, answering one of the following questions:

Question 1

• Are antidepressants overprescribed among the adolescence in your country, what are the solutions?

OR

Question 2

• Does social media impact on our body satisfactions? Can we utilise it positively?

Useful FAQs about what to include in your essay and what happens next:

1) Do I need to support my answer with research?
Yes, as part of this response, you need to conduct some research and support your argument with references.

2) How many articles/books do I need to include?
There is not a minimum, or a maximum – this is down to your personal judgement.

3) Where can I access research?
Google Scholar is a useful resource to find articles.

4) Do I need to include a reference list?
Yes, please include your references at the end of your submission.

5) What happens next?
Once your essay task has been received by Admissions office via the online portal, it will be sent onto the Admissions tutor for their consideration along with your completed application.

Zhimin He
Zhimin.He@northampton.ac.uk
Programme Lead for MSc Child and Adolescent Mental Health

If you are attending a Face-to- face Interview you are required to complete the following:

Preparation for group task for your Interview

Please write a brief statement (5 minutes maximum) on your personal life so far (including your childhood, relationships with family past and present, and any significant experiences in your life) and how this has influenced you in your desire to be a counsellor. You will be asked to share this with a group including other applicants for the course and a member of staff, so please only include what you are comfortable sharing.

or

If you are attending a Virtual interview you are required to complete the following:

Written Task MSc Counselling for your Interview

To facilitate your application, we require you to complete the following interview Task for your chosen programme. Please submit your Interview Task within 7 days via the application portal as a PDF or word document. We must receive your interview task a week prior to your Interview date. The Admissions Tutor will then review your Task alongside your completed application and Interview. We will be unable to proceed any further with your application until your Interview Task has been received to the Admissions Office.

Reflective essay

Please complete a) and b) below (up to 1000 words total)

• a) Please reflect on your personal life so far (including your childhood, relationships with family past and present, and any significant experiences in your life) and how this has influenced you in your desire to be a counsellor.
• b) Given what you know about counselling and what you have been told about this course, what do you think are the unique challenges that you might face on a counselling course compared to a straight academic course?

To facilitate your application, we require you to complete the following interview Task for your chosen programme. Please submit your interview task within seven days from the date you received your Interview task request email via the application portal as a PDF or word document. We must receive your interview task a week prior to your interview date. The Admissions Tutor will then review your Task alongside your completed application and Interview. We will be unable to proceed any further with your application until your Interview Task has been received to the Admissions Office.

• Counselling Children and Young People Task (Word, 26KB)

Stage one: Portfolio

• To facilitate your application, we require you to provide us with a portfolio of your current personal design/creative work or practice, and/or work you have created through your industry experiences.
• The portfolio should be an A3 landscape PDF or it could be a link to your online portfolio site if appropriate. If you have moving image files please include links to the host sites [YouTube, Vimeo etc] – ensuring the links are accessible and live for us to view them.  If you have online work, please provide web links in your PDF Portfolio.
• Any questions about providing work and how best to do this please, email the MA Design, Communication and Experiences programme leader – trevor.brown@northampton.ac.uk
• Your portfolio of work should include around 7-10 pieces of work and should cover a range of media and outcomes. This could be moving image work, animation, AR, VR, immersive, 3D, product, spatial, environmental, fine art, visual/graphic arts, UI/UX, photography, typography, advertising, branding, editorial, publishing, web, app or illustration.
• Please could you ensure that all images are clearly labelled with any relevant information, e.g. the date the work was made, the client [if appropriate] and a short caption about the project [i.e. its purpose or impact or audience]
• Please submit your portfolio within 21 days via the application portal as a PDF document, with subject title ‘MA Design, Communication and Experiences Portfolio and your Student ID number’. The Admissions Tutor will then be able to review your portfolio alongside your completed application.
• We will be unable to proceed any further with your application until your portfolio has been received the Admissions Office.

Stage two: Interview

• The interview will be a chance for you and the tutor to discuss the course, your creative work, your expectations, and your personal goals and aims. Additionally, you may have a creative focus or skillset that you wish to explore and develop further through the MA, or a desire to investigate a particular theme, issue, or debate – if so, please feel free to bring any initial thoughts or research to the interview to discuss with the tutor – this could be a short slide deck, printed document, or file we can access
• The interviews will last 30- 45 minutes.
• Interviews will either be face-to-face or virtual.  If you attend a face-to-face interview, then the tutor or a student ambassador will give a short tour of the campus (lasting around 15 minutes).

How do I prepare my portfolio for Design, Communication and Experiences MA?

Watch Subject Leader for Art and Design, Alexis Taylor, provide advice and guidance on how to prepare a portfolio as part of your masters application.

Portfolio guidance

To facilitate your application, we require you to provide us with a digital portfolio of your current studio practice. This should include documentation of any artworks that you have completed, together with images of studies, tests and supporting work, the latter of which might be scans from sketchbooks or digital experiments. Whilst the digital portfolio should primarily focus upon the work that you have made during your final year of undergraduate study, you are welcome to include images derived from earlier in your studies on your BA (Hons). Please could you ensure that all images are clearly labelled with any relevant information, e.g. the date the work was made, its dimensions and its media.

Please submit your portfolio within 21 days via the application portal as a PDF document, with subject title ‘MA Fine Art Portfolio and your Student ID number’. The Admissions Tutor will then be able to review your portfolio alongside your completed application.

We will be unable to proceed any further with your application until your portfolio has been received the Admissions Office.

How do I prepare my portfolio for Fine Art MA?

Watch Subject Leader for Art and Design, Alexis Taylor, provide advice and guidance on how to prepare a portfolio as part of your masters application.

Portfolio guidance

Stage one: Portfolio

• To facilitate your application, we require you to provide us with a portfolio of your current personal design/creative work or practice, and/or work you have created through your industry experiences.
• The portfolio should be a composite PDF, or it could be a link to your online portfolio site if appropriate. If you have moving image files, please include links to the host sites [YouTube, Vimeo etc] – ensuring the links are accessible and live for us to view them.  If you have online work, please provide web links in your PDF Portfolio.
• Any questions about providing work and how best to do this please, email the Interior Architecture MA programme leader – graham.stretton@northampton.ac.uk
• Your portfolio of work should include around 7-10 pieces of work and should cover a range of media and outcomes. This could be moving image work, animation, AR, VR, immersive, 3D, product, spatial, environmental, fine art, visual/graphic arts, UI/UX, photography, typography, advertising, branding, editorial, publishing, web, app, or illustration.
• Please could you ensure that all images are clearly labelled with any relevant information, e.g., the date the work was made, the client [if appropriate] and a short caption about the project [i.e., its purpose, impact, or audience]
• Please submit your portfolio within 14 days via the application portal as a PDF document, with subject title ‘MA Interior Architecture Portfolio and your Student Name and ID number’. The Admissions Tutor will then be able to review your portfolio alongside your completed application.
• We will be unable to proceed any further with your application until your portfolio has been received the Admissions Office.

How do I prepare my portfolio for Interior Architecture MA and Interior Architecture MA?

Watch Subject Leader for Art and Design, Alexis Taylor, provide advice and guidance on how to prepare a portfolio as part of your masters application.

Portfolio guidance

Stage two: Interview

The interview will be a chance for you and the tutor to discuss the course, your creative work, your expectations, and your personal goals and aims. Additionally, you may have a creative focus or skillset that you wish to explore and develop further through the MA, or a desire to investigate a particular theme, issue, or debate – if so, please feel free to bring any initial thoughts or research to the interview to discuss with the tutor – this could be a short slide deck, printed document, or file we can access.

Please read this carefully as it contains important information.

Location and Format

We are carrying out our Interviews virtually for this programme.

Instructions on how to use Blackboard Collaborate

For the interview, we will be using a video platform called Blackboard Collaborate. Watch the Blackboard Collaborate User Interface Tour.

Interview Link

The link you will need for the initial briefing is: https://eu.bbcollab.com/guest/dc977a5ac15344788073113aafd1823e

The Interview

• The interview will generally take place on Tuesday mornings.
• The interview will last no longer than an hour.
• Times given for your interview are in UK local time.

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact me. Otherwise, I look forward to seeing you on your interview date.

Kind regards,

Graham Stretton. MA FRSA FIntEd. Fellow of Interior Educators. Programme Leader: MA Interior Architecture. Faculty of Arts, Science and Technology. Email: graham.stretton@northampton.ac.uk

For more information and FAQs about your PGCE interview, please view our applicant interviews, auditions and tasks webpages.

You have been invited to a MSc Physiotherapy (Pre-Registration) interview

Please read this carefully as it contains essential information.

Location and Format

Our interviews are conducted both virtually and face-to-face on campus. The format of your interview (virtual or face-to-face) will be decided based on your status as a home or international applicant.

You can expect to receive a follow-up email with comprehensive joining instructions as well as your individual interview time between 1-2 weeks prior to the interview date.

If you do not receive the joining guidance for your interview day, please contact the course team directly at: physioadmissions@northampton.ac.uk as soon as possible.

We are committed to an inclusive interview process. If you require any special assistance or accommodations, please reach out to us at physioadmissions@northampton.ac.uk at your earliest convenience.

About the Interview

There will be three elements to the interview process, both for virtual and face-to-face interviews:

• First group activity: This session will involve interaction with other applicants around a particular topic relating to studying Physiotherapy at Master’s level. The activity, lasting approximately 40 minutes, is designed to assess your analytical, communication and team collaboration skills – crucial for professional practice.
• Second group activity: This session will involve interaction with other applicants around a topic relating to the professional aspects of Physiotherapy. The activity, lasting approximately 30 minutes, is designed to assess your interpersonal skills as well as your professionalism and reflective approach.
• Formal individual interview: A panel of one academic staff member and a service user, will conduct a 15-minute interview to gauge your understanding of the broad spectrum and scope of physiotherapy practice and your motivation/readiness for Master’s level study.

All elements of the interview day will be graded, and this informs the decision-making process to determine whether an offer is made to an applicant. We will offer feedback to all applicants about their performance.

A copy of the HCPC guidance on conduct and ethics for students can be found on the HCPC website.

Entry criteria: Please refer to the guidance on UON’s Physiotherapy MSc programme to prepare for your interview in regards to our entry criteria.

Interview Schedules

Face-to-face interview schedule (please note all times are in UK local time):

Morning interviews schedule:

• 8.45am Arrive at the Senate building on Waterside Campus for registration. Meet programme representative at Senate building.
• 9.15-9.45am First group activity
• 9.45-10am Break
• 10-10.40am Second group activity
• 10.40-11am Break
• 11.00-12.15pm Individual interviews

Afternoon interviews schedule:

• 12.45pm Arrive at the Senate building on Waterside Campus for registration. Meet programme representative at Senate building.
• 1.15-1.45pm First group activity
• 1.45-2pm Break
• 2-2.40pm Second group activity
• 2.40-3pm Break
• 3-4.15pm Individual interviews

Virtual interview schedule (please note all times are in UK local time):

For virtual interviews, ensure you have a device (computer, laptop, tablet, or phone) with a headset and camera ready. You will receive invites to MS Teams for your group and individual sessions two weeks prior to the interview date.

Morning interviews schedule:

• 9-9.45am Introduction and first group activity
• 9.45-10am Break
• 10-10.40am Second group activity
• 10.40-11am Break
• 11am-12.15pm Individual interviews

Afternoon interviews schedule:

• 1-1.45pm Introduction and first group activity
• 1.45-2pm Break
• 2-2.40pm Second group activity
• 2.40-3pm Break
• 3-4.15pm Individual interviews

Additional information: For any queries regarding the course, interview day or selection process please email PhysioAdmissions@northampton.ac.uk.

Looking forward to meeting you!

Kind regards,

The Physiotherapy Admissions Team

Faculty of Health, Education & Society

You have been invited to a Postgraduate Certificate in Education international (iQTS) Interview.

Here you can find outline information about what to expect during your interview.  Please read this carefully as it contains important information.

Interview Preparation

You will need to prepare a five-minute verbal presentation for your interview.

Select a resource that you would like to use in teaching, for example a story book, an artefact, or a painting. Have this resource with you to share as part of your presentation. You should be able to demonstrate:

• why you have chosen the resource.
• who you would use it with
• how you would use it

You should also be able to explain how it links to an area of the primary school National curriculum.

Location and Format.

Your interview will be conducted online using Blackboard Collaborate which is a video platform. Make sure you have a device with video capability to join in. Your interview invite email will include all the details you need to access Blackboard Collaborate.

Instructions on how to use Blackboard Collaborate

For the interview, we will be using a video platform called Blackboard Collaborate. Watch the Blackboard Collaborate User Interface Tour.

About The Interview

How long will my interview take?

Your interview with the interview panel will last approximately 30 minutes.

What do I need to bring with me to my interview?

You will need to present a form of identification at your interview (driving licence, passport, or visa).

You will also need to:

• Check your microphone and camera is working and find a quiet place free from interruption.
• Join your interview using the link that has been sent to you.

Full details will be emailed to you in your interview invite.

Looking forward to meeting you!

Kind Regards,
Devon Rossetti BA (Hons), QTS, PgCAP, MA, FHEA
Senior Lecturer in Education
PGCEi (iQTS) Programme Leader

To assist with your application, please complete the Admissions task below. You will need submit your essay via the application portal in PDF or Word format within 21 days of receiving your Admissions task request email. Remember, the maximum file size is 5MB, and we can’t accept HEIC files. Your application will be on hold until we receive your completed task. The Admissions Office will reach out if any further action is needed. Please wait for our request before completing this task. Good luck!

Essay Question

As part of our admissions process, we ask that applicants complete a written essay. Therefore, please can you write an essay between 800-1000 words, answering the following question:

• To what extent can we rely on eyewitness testimony as ‘evidence’ – critically discuss.

Required for Application

Personal Statement Instructions

Please accompany your application with a personal statement of between 500 and 800 words in length explaining why you would like to return to practice. You will need to include a brief outline of your past nursing experience, and a summary of how you have spent your time in the interim.

Please note that this personal statement is an important part of your application. It will need to comply with The Nursing and Midwifery Council’s (NMC) standards for education which require that all applicants provide evidence of the ability to communicate clearly and effectively in writing.

Please include information regarding your numeracy capability and / or your preparations to update this skill.

How to obtain a current Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Statement of Entry for your University application

With your application you must provide us with a copy of your current NMC Statement of Entry letter (dated within the last year) for the Admissions department to be able to process your application.

If you do not have a current Statement of Entry letter please contact the NMC on 0207 6377181 or go to their website and go to the Registration section, then click on Statement of Entry. Whether you are NHS funded or sponsored by KGH or NGH you will need to provide this to the University.

• Health CPD reference request form (Word, 30KB)

We are unable to proceed with your application until the above information has been received along with your application. Once your application and additional documents above have been received. The Admissions tutor will then assess your application, the Admissions office will then write out to you with the Admissions tutor decision.

Required for Interview

If you have been invited in for interview, you must complete the below form, prior to attending your interview. Any information provided in this form will be discussed at interview.

• Preparatory Interview form
• DBS and Overseas Police check application information
• Occupational Health Clearance application information with NGH

Please note for Nurses who qualified outside of the UK that you will be required to provide evidence of an English Language qualification through IELTS 6.5.

Please see our RTP Welcome Site where you will find some practice papers. We would also encourage you to explore the site, and hope you find the information there interesting and useful.

Interview

To join the Virtual Return to Practice Admissions Day please go to our RTP Welcome site – Please note you will need to locate and click on the link “Collaborate Guests” in the left-hand menu and then click again on the “Open session/meeting room” link.

There will also be an informal interview as part of the Admissions Day. It is very important to attend this session as there may not be another one before the course starts.

You have been invited to a MA Social Work Interview.

Please read this carefully as it contains important information.

Location and Format.

We are carrying out our Interview virtually for this programme.

Instructions on How to use Blackboard Collaborate

For the interview, we will be using a video platform called Blackboard Collaborate. Watch the Blackboard Collaborate User Interface Tour. 

Interview Link

The link you will need for the initial briefing is:  https://eu.bbcollab.com/guest/cb3f9ffc4aa64b63a9d4f603fabe4b4c.

Please make sure you are logged on at 9am for a morning interview and at 1pm for an afternoon interview as this is when the briefing will start.

About the Interview

There will be three parts to the day: a short briefing, a written exercise, and an interview.

Briefing

There will be a short briefing to explain the process, to talk you through the written task requirements and what to expect during the interview.

Written exercise

Part of the process on the interview day will be a written exercise. To prepare for the written exercise, you must do the following.

1. Explore the Community Care website to familiarise yourself with some of the key issues in social work in the UK.
2. Explore the Professional Capabilities Framework webpages to see what is expected for people starting a social work course.
3. Explore the Social Work England Professional Standards to see what the necessary threshold standard for safe and effective practice in England are.

The written task will focus on social work values. On the day, I will explain the criteria for the written activity. You are strongly advised to have a computer, tablet computer, or laptop for this as this will be easier than using a phone. You will have 4 hours to complete and send the written task to me via email.

The Interview

The interviews will last 20 minutes.

Morning Interviews

The first interview should start around 9.30am and the last interview should finish by midday.

Afternoon Interviews

The first interview should start around 1.30pm and the last interview should finish by 4pm.

I cannot give you a precise time yet as that will depend on how many people attend for the interview. As such, at the time of the briefing I will inform you of your precise interview time.

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact me. Otherwise, I look forward to seeing you on your interview date.

Kind regards,

Scott Parker
MA Social Work Programme Lead
Faculty of Health, Education and Society
Email: Scott.Parker@northampton.ac.uk