Cardiff Metropolitan University is committed to a policy of equality of opportunity and aim to provide a safe learning, working, and social environment that is free from discrimination. It aims to ensure that students, staff, visitors, and all others associated with the University are treated with dignity, respect, and equity, regardless of inappropriate distinctions such as age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy, maternity, race, religion, belief, sex and sexual orientation (as identified under the
Equality Act 2010 as ‘protected characteristics’).
Admission is contingent upon the information within the application being correct. It is the responsibility of applicants to provide full and accurate information in their application and to ensure that the University is informed of any changes to contact details or personal circumstances. Applicants are also expected to respond to any additional requests for information that are required as part of the admissions process, in a timely manner.
Applicants who do not follow the relevant application procedures for the University, and UCAS or who make false or fraudulent applications including nondisclosure of information will have their place withdrawn. Please refer to Cardiff Metropolitan’s policy on dealing with applications that include false or fraudulent information in the policies section below.
Where an applicant or, third party acting on behalf of an applicant, has knowingly misled the University by providing false or incorrect information, the University will notify relevant parties. These include UCAS in relation to the undergraduate applications, UK Visas and Immigration where information declared may be used to falsely obtain entry into the UK, and the relevant UK police force in relation to matters of serious fraud and deception.
32.1 Restrictions
Applicants who have left the University in bad academic standing i.e. without successfully completing the year of study upon which they were last enrolled, shall not normally be permitted to enrol on a different course at the University. If an applicant who has left in bad academic standing enrols without disclosing their standing and obtaining specific permission from the Course Director of the course previously enrolled on, then they will be subject to investigation under the student disciplinary procedure for dishonesty and all sanctions including exclusion will be available to the investigating officer.
Applicants who are in debt to the University for any reason shall not normally be permitted to enrol on a course at the University. If an applicant who is a debtor enrols without disclosing the debt and obtaining specific information from Finance, then they will be subject to investigation under the student disciplinary procedure for dishonesty and all sanctions. including exclusion will be available to the investigating officer. Further information on the Universities Debtors Policy and procedure can be accessed from the policies section below.
The University takes seriously its safeguarding duties, please refer to the policy in the policies section below. Where information is provided to the University in relation (or potentially in relation) to a safeguarding matter, the University will discharge it duties to record and report as appropriate any concerns to applicable parties (only) within the University and with relevant external organisations such as the Police (including the Counter Terrorism Agency) , Children’s Services or Social Services.