How to enrol

Enrolment is the process of confirming you as a student at Activate Learning.

Before you start college, we need to check that all your details are correct, that we have offered you the right course, made sure that you have met the entry criteria, and issued a student ID card and lanyard. Once we have done all of that, you are ready to start learning!

Receiving your enrolment link

We will do this by sending you an email containing a link to your enrolment form. This will be either the 1st or 3rd of August 2023 for Further Education courses. If you do not receive an enrolment email by 7 August, please call the enrolment team on 0800 612 6008. For our university-level courses, this will be 24th August.

Completing your form

For each course you have been offered a place on, you will receive a separate enrolment email. It's essential that you respond to each email by selecting one of the three options: 'Enrol me,' 'Book Clearing Session,' or 'Decline offer.'  

The video walks you through how to complete your enrolment form. However, if you encounter any difficulties in completing the form online, our enrolment team is ready to assist you on 0800 612 6008. Alternatively, the team can book an on-campus enrolment session for you. 

If your offer depends on exam results, you must still complete and submit your enrolment form with the below documents. However, you will not receive confirmation of your enrolment until you have logged back into your enrolment form and uploaded our results as soon as you receive them on 24th August 2023. You can log back into your form using the same email ‘Enrol me’ link you used to start your enrolment form. 

If your offer does not depend on your exam results, you will need to check you have uploaded all the required supporting evidence before submitting your enrolment form. This is what is required:

For students aged 16-18

  • Email address for your parent or guardian
  • Qualification certificates or exam slip (you should still complete the form if you are awaiting your results, you can upload your actual results when you receive them)
  • Passport (if non-UK citizen)
  • Visa (if non-UK citizen)
  • ID (if UK citizen e.g. birth certificate, driving licence, passport)
  • Passport-style photo (for student ID)

For students aged 19 and over

  • Qualification certificates or results sheets 
  • Passport (if non-UK citizen) 
  • Visa (if non-UK citizen) 
  • ID (if UK citizen e.g. birth certificate, driving licence, passport) 
  • Benefits evidence and National Insurance (NI) Number (if applicable) 
  • Payslip (if applicable) 
  • Advanced Learner or Higher Education Loan reference number (if applicable)
  • Passport-style photo (for student ID)

Confirmation

Once you have completed your form and uploaded the supporting evidence required, you will receive confirmation that your enrolment has been successful. This will be after 24th August 2023 if you are awaiting exam results.

Preparing for your first day

Once you have received your enrolment confirmation email, you will receive an email from our IT department with information about how to log in to our college systems, including ALO (Activate Learning Online) and to confirm your college email address. 

Information about your first day and timetable will be published on our ‘Starting in September' pages.

Supporting you

Please check the FAQs below for more information on the enrolment process.

If you have been offered a place on a course that does not rely on your GCSE results this year, then you will receive an email from us to the address you gave us on your application on 1 August 2023. Please check your spam or junk mailbox. 

If you are in this category and do not receive your email by 7 August 2023, please call the Enrolment Team on 0800 612 6008. 

If you are waiting on your exam results to make sure that you meet the entry criteria of your course, then you will receive an email from us to the address you gave us on your application from Thursday 3rd August 2023. Please check your spam or junk mailbox.

If you are in this category and do not receive your email by 9 August 2023, please call the Enrolment Team on 0800 612 6008.

You should complete your enrolment form as soon as you receive it to guarantee your place, even if you are waiting for exam results. 

Forms will remain open for you to complete until 8 September. but we encourage you to complete your form as soon as possible to ensure you don’t lose the place we offered you.  

The college clearing process will begin on Thursday 24th August, which is a second chance at getting a place at college, by matching new students with places we still have available. If you have not completed your form before this date, you risk losing your place to someone else.  

Once the enrolment form has been filled in and you have clicked 'submit', you will see a message to confirm your submission. Your enrolment is not confirmed at this stage. 

If there’s any information missing from your submitted form, we’ll be in touch via email, to ask you to supply this.  

We’ll send you an enrolment confirmation email, usually within five working days, to confirm whether we have received all your necessary details and that your enrolment was successful.  This will be after 24th August 2023 if you are awaiting exam results.

You are not confirmed as a student until you receive this email. If there are any fees to pay, this will also be detailed, including ways to pay, which can also be found here https://www.activatelearning.ac.uk/fees-and-how-to-pay/

If you are aged 16–18 you are unlikely to pay any tuition fees for our programmes. There may be additional charges for materials, trips and kit to enhance your learning experience. These are kept to a minimum.   

If you are aged 19 or over and not eligible for fee remission/concession fee, you’ll need to pay for all fees and programme costs. You may only have to pay the concession fee if you meet certain criteria. Details regarding fees and eligibility can be found here:  Fees and How to Pay