For students who do not live or come from an English language speaking country, then we recommend taking an IELTS course to improve your language to level 5.5 or higher. This can be done alongside our courses. Your minimum level of English may vary depending upon which university you decide to complete your top up qualification from.

You will need to have an IELTS score of Level 5.5 or above on completion of the Richmond College course. You can study an English course alongside the Richmond College course. At Level 4/5, you will require a full secondary education to be eligible to enrol onto the course, and universities will require a minimum age before embarking on the university top-up programme. At Level 7, you will require 5 years of managerial experience if you do not have a BA degree. This may vary for various University partners. However, we will look at every application individually and some exceptions may be made.

There is no interview process. You will have to fill out a short application form to make sure you meet the criteria.

Learners should first visit the Richmond College Course page to view the range of courses on offer. It’s important you choose a subject you enjoy and will help you reach your goals. Here are some things to consider when choosing the right subject for you: Review the modules within the course: Do they interest you? Are they relevant to your chosen career path? How is the course taught and assessed: Do you have the motivation to study via distance learning? Are you able to work independently? It is important that learners do not try to extend themselves too far and too quickly, so should ideally choose a path that comfortably moves on from their existing level of skills and experience.

You will be eligible to study the Level 7 courses if you are a Graduate in any discipline and are aged 23 years or over. Non-graduates aged over 24 years with at least 5 years experience in management may also apply.

All assignment submissions are free of charge.

Yes – all students are encouraged to arrange an initial 30 minute ‘assignment preparation’ session with one of our tutors. The session will be conducted via Zoom and cover all aspects of assignment writing, particularly key areas that students need to be aware of.

In addition to this, students have access to tutors who work with Richmond College. The tutor details are available via the Dashboard and will show which areas they specialise in and when they are available.

Submissions need to be uploaded to via the dashboard, in the ‘Assignments’ area. Students must also provide a plagiarism report for all submitted assignments

We recommend students write between 5000 – 8000 words for each assignment. You will not be penalised for going over this word count limit as long as the work is related to the assignment question.

Assignments are released to students upon enrolment.

After an assignment has been submitted, our markers will return the results within 10 working days. Once all assignments have been completed and marked, an Internal Verifier will view the work, which usually takes up to 10 working days. After the Internal Verification has come back and agrees with the initial marking, all of the assignments are sent to OTHM for External Verification. OTHM will then check all of the work to ensure it is of the correct standard. This process can take up to 30 working days. In total, once you have completed all assignments and had them marked, it can take up to 40 working days to receive your final result.

Yes. Once Richmond College has received the cleared funds your course material will be released to you immediately.

Richmond College offers an interest free payment plan so that you can pay for your course over a set number of months. Contact one of our student advisers for more information about this. UK students may also be eligible for student loans for the university top-up programme. Learners should make enquiries directly to their chosen university.

No additional costs are levied by Richmond College, and all additional learning resources including tutor support, e-books, games and short business courses, are included in course tuition fees. For more information relating to tutor support click here.

Payment can be made online through Sage Pay by credit/debit card, bank transfer or PayPal through any of our international banks.

Assessments are included with the course purchases.

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Learners who achieve an Richmond College qualification are automatically mapped against a standard UK Higher Education qualification framework. This is a universally recognised framework of credits. Universities can therefore award credits against the Richmond College study to give exemptions from large parts of their formal programmes. Richmond College and OTHM have pre agreed arrangements with certain universities to provide credits against programmes either on campus or off campus. This is termed ‘university top-up’.