If you are not sure whether you are a home or overseas student, the Centre and the University can offer guidance. Basically, any EU citizen is a home student provided he or she has lived in the EU for three years prior to the start of the course. Visas are not required for home students. Overseas students who are working in the UK very rarely have any visa problems. At the moment, attendance at the campus in Colchester is mandatory as there is no 'distance learning' option.
Selection is by means of interview with one of the course directorate.
Offers of places are given quite soon after such interviews and so the course tends to fill up relatively quickly. Hence we advise applying as early as possible after you have reached your decision to apply. Interviews cannot be offered until all the elements of the application form are completed including the provision of references. If you are not sure that you have the necessary pre-requisites to apply, please let me know and we can clarify the issue for you. We may ask you to fill in the form first and then give you an answer about the pre-requisites.