Verification of studies

Verification services are provided for students who have either completed part of or all of their course. They confirm your course title, study dates, award obtained and classification.

Current students

If you are currently studying and are yet to receive your award, the following letters can be requested directly via the MySRS portal by selecting ‘Request Formal Letter’ on the home page:

Council Tax Exemption certificate (this letter is only available if you are a full-time student without any outstanding financial balances on your record)
Proof of Enrolment letter
Proof of Enrolment with Modules Studied letter
Proof of Enrolment for Bank/Visa Support letter

All letters will be emailed as an attachment to your BCU email address. For any other information about your course, please contact your Faculty Student Centre.

Recent graduates

For graduates awarded within the last 12 months, this letter can be requested directly via the MySRS portal by selecting 'Award' from the Graduation tab. This will be emailed as an attachment to your BCU and personal email addresses. If you have access to your MySRS portal, please refrain from completing the form and self-request this letter via MySRS.

If you require more detailed information to be confirmed, such as working hours, placement information or a character reference by someone who knows you personally, we will be required to get in touch with your Faculty Student Centre as the Student Lifecyle team does not have access to this level of information. This may delay our ability to complete a request within 10 working days.

Please be aware that bespoke letter requests may not always be possible to accommodate.

Former students

We are unable to provide you with a replacement transcript as the University changed record systems during this year and not all information regarding modules and marks were retained in our archives.

Whilst we cannot offer you a formal Transcript, if your modules have been retained these can be added to a verification letter, but this is subject to the information held in our archives and there is no guarantee that we will be able to provide a historical verification of study letter or module information.

If you require a replacement CNAA award document for awards prior to 1992, these can be obtained from Open University CNAA Aftercare.

Verification Letter request

To request a verification letter, please complete the form below.

Once submitted, you will receive an email within 10 working days requesting proof of ID after your application has been approved.

Please note:

This form is intended solely for verification letters for graduates or students who have withdrawn from their course. If you are currently enrolled or have not yet received your degree, please refrain from completing this form.
We are unable to provide verification letters or confirmation of award for students with outstanding financial obligations to the University.
We conduct ID checks for both the requester and the individual the request concerns, using the information provided on the form for verification purposes. Our team will provide a list of acceptable proof of ID documents when reaching out to you.

If a request is made on behalf of someone else, we will first obtain consent from the individual concerned before issuing the verification letter. Once ID checks are completed and consent is granted, the verification letter will be sent to both the requester and the individual to whom it pertains.

Verification Letter request form

Full name of the person making this request

Full name of the person this request is about

Name as enrolled

Date of birth of the person this request is about

Date of birth of the person this request is about - DayDate of birth of the person this request is about - MonthDate of birth of the person this request is about - Year

Student number (if known)

Contact email address of the person this request is about

Course

Year commenced study

Year of graduation

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If you are the person this request is about:

Would you like BCU to send the letter to someone else (i.e., a third party) in addition to yourself?

Yes

If yes, please provide the following details:

Relationship to you:

Their email address:

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If you are not the person this request is about, please provide the following:

Your full name:

Your date of birth:

Your relationship to the person this request is about (e.g., parent, partner, lawyer):

Your email address:

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Accessing BCU systems

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