London South Bank University Progression Accord

The strong links between schools in Bexley and the Faculty of Arts and Human Sciences at LSBU have led LSBU and the Directorate of Children and Young People’s Services in the London Borough of Bexley to sign up to a progression accord. This means that as students of a Bexley school, college or academy, doing level 3 courses such as A levels, BTECs, Youth Access courses, Access Courses, the New Diploma, you will have the following advantages if you put down LSBU as one of your choices on your UCAS applications:

1.    Guarantee of an offer* from LSBU if you apply for one of the following courses:
-    LLB (Hons) Law
-    BSc (Hons) Criminology
-    BA (Hons) European Policy Studies
-    BSc (Hons) Social Policy
-    BA (Hons) Urban & Environmental Planning
-    BA (Hons) Digital Media Arts
-    BA (Hons) Game Cultures
-    BA (Hons) Music and Sonic Media
-    BA (Combined Honours) English Studies
-    BA (Hons) Drama & Performance Studies
-    BA (Hons) Creative Writing & English
-    BA (Hons) Theatre practice: Creative Producing
-    BSc (Hons) Psychology
-    BSc (Hons) Sociology
-    BA (Hons) International Politics
-    BA (Hons) Tourism & Hospitality
-    BA (Hons) Film Studies
-    BSc (Hons) Media and Cultural Studies
-    BA (Hons) Writing for Media
-    BA (Hons) Digital Film and Media
-    BA (Hons) Creative Writing & English

2.    Guarantee of a place* on the above courses if you meet our entrance criteria of 240 UCAS points for Law and Psychology and 160 UCAS points for all the remaining courses. You must also have at least a grade C in your GCSE English and GCSE Mathematics or a level 2 equivalent;

3.    If you apply to one of the courses above, LSBU must make the offer* and if you get the required points, LSBU must give you a place* on that course;

4.    You have the choice of whether to accept a place from LSBU;

5.    You have the security of knowing that you will get an offer from a good university which ranks consistently in the top ten UK universities for graduate starting salaries. (Source: Sunday Times).

To ensure that LSBU offers you a place, you will need to put down LSBU as one of your five choices on the UCAS application, together with the words: ‘PA Bexley’, in the further information column, next to the LSBU course choice.

* This is subject to heading 10 of the LSBU Admissions Policy on the LSBU website, relating to applicants with criminal convictions.
October 2008