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Costs and Conditions - There is no upper age limit, however the minimum age for students attending these adult learning programmes is 18, unless otherwise stated.

The information about each course gives details of the fee that must be paid. For many courses, a concessionary fee is also given. The concession is available for those who are in receipt of State Benefits (including pensions), or are full-time students, or are members of University staff holding a valid staff card.

Online - You can enrol online for all of our courses.  A secure online enrolment form is available. Payment by credit or debit card is included as part of the enrolment process. 

We will accept only postal and online enrolments before Monday 9 September 2013.  All methods of enrolment, including postal and online, will then be accepted from that date onwards.

By post - Students should complete the enrolment form in the centre of the brochure and can pay by cheque, credit or debit card.  If students are enrolling by post for more than one course then separate enrolment forms and cheques are needed for each course.

In person - Students may enrol in person during office hours which are Monday to Friday 9.00am – 5.00pm. If you enrol in person you may pay in cash, by cheque, credit or debit card.

By telephone - Students may enrol by telephone during office hours as detailed above, paying by credit or debit card.

Confirmation of Enrolment - Students will receive a Confirmation of Enrolment. If you enrol in person, by post or by telephone, a receipt will be sent out to you in the post. If you have enrolled online, a confirmation of enrolment will be sent to your email address.  The Confirmation of Enrolment is your only acknowledgement of enrolment. If you enrol by telephone or post and have not received your Confirmation of Enrolment within ten days then please let us know.

Over-subscribed and cancelled courses - Unfortunately, we are unable to run courses that are under-subscribed so all our courses are offered subject to a certain minimum enrolment (usually 12 students).  Occasionally we are forced to cancel a course.  If this happens we shall let you know as soon as we can and refund your enrolment fee.

Early Bird - We make the decision on whether or not to run a course seven days before the course start date based on whether we have reached the minimum number of enrolments.  So please help us to help you!  If we receive your booking at least seven days in advance of the course start date you will help us to ensure that courses are not cancelled.

Be an early bird and enrol well in advance!

Refund - We regret that fees cannot be refunded except when a course does not run or if your application is rejected because the course is full.  The University is unable to refund fees when, for whatever reason, the student fails to attend.

Exclusion - The University, via the Open Learning Programme Co-ordinator, reserves the right to exclude any student from its Open Learning courses for behaviour which: (1) is abusive or threatening to other course participants or University staff and/or (2) disrupts the learning of other participants and/or (3) damages or misuses University equipment or property.

FACILITIES FOR DISABLED STUDENTS 

We welcome applications from people with disabilities and we will do our best to ensure that your individual requirements are met so you can get the most from your course.  The range of services for students with disabilities is being expanded all the time and we can arrange, for example, note-takers or proof-readers or special equipment.  Although things are improving, some of the University’s older buildings are still presenting difficulties for students using wheelchairs and for the less mobile.  Please let the Open Learning Office know by contacting the office on tel: 9097 3323 as soon as you decide to enrol for a course so that we can make special arrangements to meet your needs.  Otherwise, we cannot guarantee to meet your support needs. 

Although the Open Learning staff members are always happy to help, you may want to contact the University’s Disability Services unit.  The unit is headed by Linda Maguire, the Disability Services

Co-ordinator, and Linda and her team are always delighted to meet prospective students to discuss their needs and the types of support available.  Full details of the range of services are contained in the University’s Guide for Students with Disabilities available from:

Disability Services

Student Guidance Centre

Queen’s University Belfast

91a University Road

Belfast

BT7 1NN

Telephone: (028) 9097 2727

e-mail: disability.office@qub.ac.uk

The School of Education has also a member of its academic staff to act as its disability adviser, Tess Maginess.  Tess can discuss your individual requirements and liaise with colleagues to help ensure you get the support you need.  Telephone (028) 9097 2512 or email t.maginess@qub.ac.uk.

In order to assist you in relation to Health and Safety Regulations, the University can prepare a Personal Emergency Evacuation Plan (PEEP) so that you can be supported to get out of the buildings in the unlikely event of a fire or other emergency.  Please contact Disability Services if this PEEP would be helpful to you.