You entered medical school through a Widening Participation initiative.
You must discuss your application with your medical school who must complete and sign the supporting signatory section of the application form. This must be completed and signed by a medical school senior member of staff, who must confirm that they know you and can confirm that you meet all of the the eligibility requirements listed below.
Eligibility criteria
- You have entered the medical school through a Widening Participation or Widening Access initiative or scheme (for example, Gateway courses or contextual admissions).
- You have formally been granted financial support during your course at medical school, for example through a means tested grant (not including the NHS bursary) to support your studies, or a hardship loan.
- You are a student/graduate of a UK or Republic of Ireland medical school.
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Applicants applying under criterion 5 can only apply and be pre-allocated to the foundation school local to their UK medical school, to reflect the current circumstances. Proof of address must be for that same foundation school area.
Completing the application form for criterion 5
- Part 1 of the application form must be completed by you and includes the applicant self-assessment against the eligibility criteria.
- Part 2 of the application form must be completed by a senior member of the medical school who must confirm that they know you and confirm that you meet all of the eligibility criteria listed above.
- Part 3 of the application does not contain any section that requires completion or a signature. However, the information provided should be read and understood by the applicant.
- Optional checklist – the checklist does not need to be included with your application, and does not need to be uploaded onto Oriel because it is not a mandatory part of the application process. However, if you choose to include it, this is fine.
The information provided by the supporting signatory needs to be legible, clear and explicit.
Supporting evidence required
You are required to provide the following supporting evidence
- Proof of current address in your name, and which is in the area of the foundation school that you need to be allocated to (see proof of address guidance for list of acceptable documents).
Supporting signatory requirements
The supporting signatory must:
- be a senior member of the medical school who can confirm that the applicant meets all of the eligibility criteria for this pre-allocation category.
- provide their job/role title in relation to their professional role at the medical school, for example “Final Year Course Lead”.
- be over the age of 18.
- not be in a personal relationship with the applicant.
- not live at the same address as the applicant.
- not be related to the applicant by birth or marriage.
- not be a doctor in training of any grade (up to ST8).