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.

If you are a current student, please visit our current students page for information that is more relevant to you.

Recent graduates

For graduates awarded within the last 12 months, please request your verification letter 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 If you have withdrawn from your course and no longer have access to your MySRS portal, please complete the form below.

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 Verifications 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

If you are a current student or are awaiting confirmation of your award, please do not complete this form, as your request will be rejected by our team.

To request a verification letter, please complete the Microsoft Form linked below.

Please note the following before submitting your request:

This form is intended only for graduates or students who have withdrawn from their course.
We are unable to issue verification letters or confirm awards for individuals with outstanding financial obligations to the University.
We carry out ID checks for both the requester and the individual the request concerns. Our team will advise on acceptable forms of ID once your request is received.

If you require a reference for a student, please do not use this form. Instead, please see our Third party reference requests webpage.

Complete verification letter request form

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