How to Complete Your Application Form

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1 How to Complete Your Application Form 1

2 Table of Contents Accessing the Application Portal... 4 Step 1: Create a Profile... 5 Need any help?... 6 Step 2: Application Form... 7 Application Form Part Select your Programme... 8 Application Form Part Personal Information... 9 Application Form Part Academic and Employment Application Form Part If you HAVE NOT studied at a university or other higher education institution Application Form Part If you HAVE studied at a university or higher education institution Application Form Part If you HAVE studied a subject at a university or higher education institution but DID NOT get a degree or other academic award Application Form Part If you HAVE studied a subject at a university or higher education institution and DID receive a degree or other academic award Application Form Part Adding more than one university or higher education institution or editing information about universities or higher education institutions already entered...15 Application Form Part Professional Qualifications Application Form Part Work Experience Application Form Part Adding Employer Information Experience Application Form Part Adding Position Information Application Form Part Adding more employment information or editing employment information you have already added Application Form Part Motivational Statement (Introduction) Application Form Part Motivational statement (Management programmes) Application Form Part Motivational statement (DBA programme) Application Form Part Motivational statement (MPH programme) Application Form Part Motivational statement & essay (Law programmes) Application Form Part Motivational Statement Saving and Continuing Application Form Part Review Application Form Part Submit (notify your Enrolment Advisor so that they can check everything is in order)... 31

3 Application Form Part Submit (submit your application) Step 3: Next Steps Step 4: Student Agreement Step 5.00: Admission Step 5.01: Checking Your Admission Status Step 5.02: Printing Your Acceptance Letter (Google Chrome and Microsoft Internet Explorer).. 36 Step 5.02: Printing Your Acceptance Letter (Mozilla Firefox and Apple Safari) Step 5.03: Reserving Your Place Step 5.04: The Welcome Page Step 5.05: Accessing the Laureate Learning Platform

4 Accessing the Application Portal The Application Portal is where you: Fill in the online application form to apply for a place on one of the University of Liverpool s online postgraduate programmes. Pay the fees associated with applying to the University and reserving a place on the programme that you will be studying. Check on the progress of your application - for example, to see whether you have been admitted to the University. Get your log-in details for the online learning environment (called Laureate LENS ) once you are admitted to the University. Laureate LENS is where you will access your online classroom, study address, administrative details and the Student Community. You access the Application Portal at 4 If you have not already created a Profile, this is the first thing that you need to do. Your Profile will contain your contact details and a password so that you can securely access your application form. Start by clicking on the link Start by creating your profile and then go to Step 1: Create a Profile, below. If you have already created a Profile, you can log-in by entering your address and password in the boxes on the right-hand side of the screen, and then clicking on Login. If you have already created a profile but have forgotten the password, please click on the link Forgot your password?

5 Step 1: Create a Profile Enter your details in the boxes provided; a box marked with a * indicates essential information that you must supply. Please note the following: If your Family Name has changed due to marriage or for some other reason, please enter your Former Family Name. If the educational certificates you will send us copies of are in your former family name, you will need to send us documentary proof (marriage certificate, deed poll certificate, etc.) of your change of name. The name that you enter here must match the name on the copies of the documents (ID and educational certificates) that you will send us. 5 If you are not normally know by your First Name (for example, you are normally called Kate instead of Catherine or Amir instead of Mohammed), you can enter that under Preferred First Name. When you are done, click on Create Account.

6 Need any help? If you need help or have a question at any point during the application process, you can find the contact details for your Enrolment Advisor in the box on the right-hand side of the screen (you will probably also have already received from them). If you have not been assigned an Enrolment Advisor yet, just call the general number and someone will help you. You can also use the box on the right-hand side of the screen to log-out from the Application Portal. 6 Please make sure that you have saved any work that you have done before you log-out!

7 Step 2: Application Form Now that you have created a Profile, you can click on Save at the bottom of any page if you need to stop working on your application. You can then log-in again later using the address and password you have supplied. The application form has five parts, as indicated by the bar at the top of the screen: The section you are currently viewing is highlighted blue (in the example below it Part 2: Personal Information). Sections that you have completed are indicated with a green tick. You can jump to any available section by clicking on it (some sections will be greyed-out until you have completed the previous parts). 7 The first step is selecting the programme that you wish to study; please see Application Form Part 1 below.

8 Application Form Part Select your Programme 1. Select the Subject you want to study from the pull-down menu; this could be Management, Health, Information Technology, Psychology or Law. 2. Select the exact Programme you want to study from the pull-down menu. 3. Select the Specialisation you want from the pull-down menu; some programmes have no specialisation in which case choose General. 4. Select which Start Date you would prefer to begin studying on from the pulldown menu. 8 If you need help, please contact your Enrolment Advisor. When you are done, click on Save and Continue, and go on to Application Form Part Personal Information.

9 Application Form Part Personal Information In this part of your application, you confirm your personal information: 1. First of all, confirm your citizenship, gender, and date of birth. 2. Then review the information under Profile; if you need to make any changes, just click on the Edit Profile link If the Billing Address is different to the address shown (for example, if you are being sponsored), just click on the Edit link for that section to make any changes. 4. If your Shipping Address is different to the address shown (we may need to send you something by post), just click on the Edit link for that section to make any changes. If you have a disability that may affect your study, you should tick the box shown so that your Enrolment Advisor can discuss what assistance may be available. When you are done, click on Save and Continue, and go on to Application Form Part Academic and Employment.

10 Application Form Part Academic and Employment In this part of the application form, you can tell the University about your academic and work experience. First, it asks about your academic experience: If you HAVE NOT studied at a university or other higher education institution, go to Application Form Part If you HAVE studied at a university or other higher education institution, go to Application Form Part If you have followed MORE THAN ONE programme of study at a university or other higher education institution, please add each programme that you studied separately; go to Application Form Part 3.02 to start with, and then follow the instructions in Application Form Part 3.05 for adding details about more than one programme. 10

11 Application Form Part If you HAVE NOT studied at a university or other higher education institution If you HAVE NOT studied at a university or other higher education institution, make sure that No is selected as shown, and then go on and tell us about any Professional Qualifications or Work Experience (see Application Form Part 3.06 below). Please note that higher education refers to any education AFTER secondary or high school education. The lack of any higher education is not necessarily going to result in your application being rejected. If you have enough work experience at a sufficiently senior level, you might still be accepted on to one of our programmes; your Enrolment Advisor can advise you if you have any questions. 11 Application Form Part If you HAVE studied at a university or higher education institution

12 If you HAVE studied at a university or other higher education institution, select Yes as shown, and then click on Add an institution. This will open the Add an institution box that will allow you to supply information about your previous academic experience. If you did NOT get any degree or other academic award for the programme of study you are providing details for, then please go to Application Form If you DID receive a degree or other academic award for the programme of study you are providing details for, then please go to Application Form

13 Application Form Part If you HAVE studied a subject at a university or higher education institution but DID NOT get a degree or other academic award Please supply the following information: Name of University/Institution: Please give the full name of any academic institution you attended, not the acronym - for example, University of California, Los Angeles instead of UCLA. Area of Studies: This is the general subject area of your degree, not necessarily the title of your degree. Examples include Management, Information Technology, Science, etc.. List your main subjects/projects: This would normally be the modules that comprised your programme of study, i.e. what appears on your transcript or academic record. 13 Describe in detail your main subjects/projects: This would be more detailed information about your studies. You can then click on Add this institution, as shown and go to Application Form Part 3.05.

14 Application Form Part If you HAVE studied a subject at a university or higher education institution and DID receive a degree or other academic award Please supply the following information: Name of University/Institution: Please give the full name of any academic institution you attended, not the acronym for example, University of California, Los Angeles instead of UCLA. Area of Studies: This is the general subject area of your degree, not necessarily the title of your degree. Examples include Management, Information Technology, Science, etc.. List your main subjects/projects: This would normally be the modules that comprised your programme of study, i.e. what appears on your transcript or academic record. 14 Describe in detail your main subjects/projects: This would be more detailed information about your studies. You should then select Yes as shown and then give Type of Degree, Year awarded and Degree Title exactly as they appear on your academic award documentation. You can then click on Add this Institution, and go to Application Form Part 3.05.

15 Application Form Part Adding more than one university or higher education institution or editing information about universities or higher education institutions already entered Each time that you complete the information in the Academic Institution Information box, it will be added to your application form. If you need to add another information about another programme of study, click on Add an Institution. If you want to edit information you have already entered, click on Edit for that institution. 15 Once you have entered information for each programme of study you have followed at a university or higher education institution you can go on to tell us about your professional qualifications and work experience. Please see Application Form Part 3.06, below.

16 Application Form Part Professional Qualifications If you have any professional qualifications, you should enter them in the box provided. Examples of professional qualification include ACA (Charted Accountant) and ACIM (Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing), but there are many other national and international professional qualifications that you may wish to list here. Once you have entered any professional qualifications that you have, you can go on to tell us about your work experience. Please see Application Form Part 3.07, below. 16

17 Application Form Part Work Experience If you DO NOT have any work experience, make sure that No is selected and then go on to Application Form Part 3.11 and provide a Motivational Statement. Please note that in most circumstances you must have work experience to apply for one of our online postgraduate programmes; your Enrolment Advisor can advise you if you have any questions. If you DO have work experience, select Yes and then click on Add Work Experience to open the Add an employer box go to Application Form Part You should do this for each position or job title you have held, even if they were with the same company; start by going to Application Form Part 3.08 and then follow the instructions in Application Form Part 3.09 for adding details about more than one job. 17

18 Application Form Part Adding Employer Information Experience In the Add an employer box: Under Employer Information, as a minimum for each employer supply: Name of Employer Country of Employer City of Employer 18

19 IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE COMPLETING POSITION INFORMATION The application form takes the place of a face-to-face interview with academics, and is what the University uses to decide if you would make a good student. A poor quality application could lead to your application being rejected by the University because it would fail to provide detailed enough information for them to form a good opinion of your abilities. You should expect to spend at least as much time on completing this application form as you would if you were preparing your CV/resume and letter of application to apply for a dream job. However, if you already have an up-to-date CV/resume, you can obviously reuse information in that in your application. In telling us about your work experience, please avoid blanket statements like in charge of quality control. Be specific I was responsible for quality control in the company s factory in Madrid, producing over 100,000 units a year. The University will want to see what you do on a day-to-day basis. 19 Whenever possible, make the information specific to the programme you are applying for. If you are applying for a Marketing programme, include details about your marketing experience, and be specific. In charge of Marketing gives the University no idea about your abilities or experience; give details. If you are applying to a programme that is not obviously connected to you previous employment, make sure that any connection is obvious. For example, you may have previously worked in a logistics position, but may now want to study for an MSc in Global Marketing because you did marketing activities in addition to your normal job role; you would need to make this marketing work experience clear.

20 Application Form Part Adding Position Information In the Add work experience box under Position Information, if it is your current position, please select Yes as shown. Please note: For Describe your Main Responsibilities, you should give a description of the main responsibilities and day-to-day duties in that position. Please provide as much information as possible for example, Manager of IT department is not enough. In Please provide details specific to your role, it is important to provide enough information about what you did in each position; a couple of sentences for each year you held the position is a minimum. Provide examples where relevant. Please do NOT add information for more than one position at the same employer. Instead, add one position and then click on Add this Employer and follow the instructions in Application Form Part When you have added all the details for this position, then click on Add this Employer, and go to Application Form Part 3.10.

21 Application Form Part Adding more employment information or editing employment information you have already added After you have added a position to your Employment Information, you should continue adding information for each position you have held: For additional positions at the same employer, click on Add Position. For positions at other employers, click on Add Work Experience. If you want to edit information you have already added, then please click on Edit for the relevant position. 21 When you have added information about all the positions that you have held, please go to Application Form Part 3.11.

22 Application Form Part Motivational Statement (Introduction) The motivational statement should be a substantial personal statement (ideally at least 500 words in length), explaining why you want to study. Just as you needed to supply detailed information about your employment because the application form replaces a face-to-face interview, the motivational statement also allows you to impress on the University why you would be a good student. It is quite possible that the University would reject a prospective student with good work experience and academic qualification if the motivational statement fails to impress the University. It will also be used to evaluate the quality of your written English is, so care should be taken in this respect. We advise you to write your motivational statement in Microsoft Word or some other word processing programme and then to copy and paste it into the box provided. This will prevent you losing any work if you are logged out by the Application Portal. The motivational statement should talk about what you have done previously to make you want to study the programme that you are interested in, what you hope to get out of the programme, and what you want to do in the future. 22 All applicants are advised to focus on the following elements as standard in their motivational statements: Demonstrating how they expect their experience to help them prepare for the Masters programme. Describing their responsibilities and how these are relevant to the subject area in which they would like to study. Providing specific examples which relate to particular modules of the programme. Describing how they have they applied themselves to the area of work which demonstrates potential to further develop in this area. Please note that the University uses software to check motivational statements in order to ensure that they are the applicant s own work. Any application containing a motivational statement that has been copied, either wholly or in part from elsewhere (for example, from online) will be rejected.

23 For some programmes, we provide specific guidance on the writing of a motivational statement: Management Programmes - please see Application Form Part 3.12 DBA Programme - please see Application Form Part 3.13 MPH Programmes - please see Application Form Part 3.14 Law Programmes - please see Application Form Part 3.15 Psychology Programmes - please see Application Form Part 3.16 When you have completed writing your motivational statement, please go to Application Form Part

24 Application Form Part Motivational statement (Management programmes) The programme you are applying for must be mentioned in the statement. Break the statement into two parts: 1. How your work and/or academic experience is relevant to the programme you are applying for. At least one paragraph of the statement should indicate why you feel you are professionally/academically qualified to be admitted and successfully complete the programme. More specifically: 1. Demonstrate how you expect your experience to help you prepare for the programme. 2. Give examples of how you have dealt with tasks at work relevant to the subject area and how you think this experience will be applicable to your studies. 3. Describe your professional progression from the start of your career to date and explain the skills you have gained throughout this period. 4. Provide specific examples which relate to particular modules of the programme For the Master of Business Administration programme please highlight your people and budget management experience, providing examples. 6. For the MSc in Project Management programme please highlight your project management experience, providing examples. 2. What is your personal motivation to study the programme you are applying for. In this part of the motivational statement, the candidate has to present their motivation to study the master programme. More specifically: Why this programme of study is important you. What you hope to gain from the programme. What will make you a good student. What your career plans are and how the programme will help you achieve your career goals. What aspects of the programme appeal to you. When you have completed writing your motivational statement, please go to Application Form Part Application Form Part Motivational statement (DBA programme)

25 Work experience must be presented in a comprehensive way, providing evidence of senior management level of experience. You are expected to describe advanced people, budget and project management skills in a clear, coherent way. Your job/position titles do not indicate the scope of the responsibilities and those should be thoroughly explained. It might be a good idea to describe the structure of the company providing a better understanding of the range of duties. It is advised to clearly present career progression. The Motivational essay for a doctorate student is an indication of their academic writing skills. It should be written in a comprehensive, advanced style. You should explain your understanding of Critical Action Learning and how you can implement it in an appropriate organizational context (e.g., place of work, volunteer organization, etc.) so as to accomplish the Action Learning and Action Research projects. The motivational statement should also explain, as for the other programmes, the reasons for study, how the programme will benefit you, but also how your work experience equipped them to undertake doctorate studies and you will contribute to the classroom. As a part of the admission process, all the doctorate candidates are also required to take a Measured Success test; please ask your Enrolment Advisor for details. 25 When you have completed writing your motivational statement, please go to Application Form Part 3.17.

26 Application Form Part Motivational statement (MPH programme) The motivational statement asks four questions. Please give detailed answers: 1. We would like to hear about your relevant experience what you hope to achieve by the end of the MPH programme and why is this important to you. 2. What have you learned from your work experience (paid or voluntary) that you will be able to bring to the classroom in terms of insights about health, illness and public health? 3. Tell us about a time when you identified a new approach to a complex problem? 4. Describe a situation where you got people to work together. Describe how you did that and what the impact was. When you have completed writing your motivational statement, please go to Application Form Part

27 Application Form Part Motivational statement & essay (Law programmes) Candidates for the Master of Laws programmes are expected to submit: 1. A motivational statement; this should talk about what you have done previously to make you want to study the programme that you are interested in, what you hope to get out of the programme, and what you want to do in the future. See Application Form Part 3.11 for details. 2. An essay in a separate document (Adobe PDF or Microsoft Word format) that you send to your Enrolment Advisor. The essay should document the core managerial skills expected of Master of Laws students, as outlined below. Your application essay Submitting an outstanding essay to support your application is vital in gaining admission to the programme, regardless of your academic background. It is the written evidence of core managerial experience that the Faculty of Law use to assess the nature and quality your experience. Core Managerial Skills: Critical and analytical thinking Experience in drafting lengthy and complicated documents, reports and evidence of complex written communication Experience in time management, evidence of working to strict deadlines and constraints Experience in independent research, evidencing intellectual capabilities to research and resolve unknown complicated problems and situations 27 The essay should provide a CLEAR, CONCISE, DETAILED account of your professional experience. In addition to this, the essay should provide an impression of your command of the English language as this is used in conjunction with any English-language tests to assess your suitability.. When you have completed writing your essay, send it to your Enrolment Advisor. For details of how to complete the rest of your application form, please go to Application Form Part 3.17.

28 Application Form Part Motivational statement (Psychology programmes) Candidates for the Psychology programmes are expected answer the following questions in their motivational statement: 1. Why have you applied for this course? 2. Tell us about a time when you identified a new approach to a problem? 3. Describe a situation in which you got people to work together? 4. When did you work the hardest and feel the greatest sense of achievement? When you have completed writing your motivational statement, please go to Application Form Part

29 Application Form Part Motivational Statement Saving and Continuing When you have completed your motivational statement please click on Save and Continue. When you have saved the application form, please go to Application Form Part 4.00 Review. 29

30 Application Form Part Review You should now review your application; you can print a copy out if you wish, just click on Printer ready view of application. After reviewing your application and making any modifications, review the Privacy Statement. You should then check the box to confirm the information you are submitting in the application is true and correct, and then click on Save and Continue. After saving, please see Application Form Part

31 Application Form Part Submit (notify your Enrolment Advisor so that they can check everything is in order) You now need to submit your application by clicking on Notify Enrolment Advisor so that your Enrolment Advisor can review it. When you do this, please confirm the currency you will use to pay for the application fee and other fees connected to your studies if you are successful in your application. YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CHANGE THIS CHOICE. If you have not already supplied your Enrolment Advisor with copies of the documents required to support your application, you should send by them now. 31 Your Enrolment Advisor will examine your application form and contact you to discuss with you whether you need to provide extra details or documentation and the next steps in the application process. Once you have notified your Enrolment Advisor, you can read Application Form Part 5.02.

32 Application Form Part Submit (submit your application) Your Enrolment Advisor will examine your application form and contact you to discuss with you whether you need to provide extra details or documentation and the next steps in the application process. When the review has been completed, they will notify you that you can submit the application form to the Admissions Team. When they do so, the button that previously read Notify Enrolment Advisor will now read Submit Application; click on this to submit your application form. You can then read Step 3: Next Steps. 32

33 Step 3: Next Steps The Admissions Team will now evaluate your application. Your Enrolment Advisor will contact you if additional information or documentation is required. If your application meets the general requirements for the programme you are applying to, you will be recommended for admission. The application fee should be paid after you have submitted the application form. Please click on the link indicated. You will receive an notifying you that there is an invoice awaiting payment. Please note that the application fee is not refundable under any circumstances. The reservation fee can be paid as soon as you have been recommended for admission. Please click on the link indicated. You will receive an notifying you that there is an invoice awaiting payment. 33 The reservation fee is not an extra fee; it is part of your tuition fee paid in advance to reserve your place on your preferred start date. The reservation fee is refundable if you are not admitted to the University. When you click on the above link, you will see the relevant invoice. Clicking on the View/Pay link will open the invoice itself, as shown below. If you click on the link Please Pay Here, you will be taken to our online payment portal where you can pay by credit card (Visa, MasterCard, American Express, JCB) or PayPal, or get details of other secure payment methods like PeerTransfer. Please feel free to ask your Enrolment Advisor if you have any questions about making payments. Please see Step 4: Student Agreement.

34 Step 4: Student Agreement After completing Step 3, you should review and accept the Student Agreement: Your admission cannot be finalised until you have accepted the Student Agreement. The Student Agreement details: 34 Your name and address The programme you will be studying The start date you have selected The currency you will pay your fees in The number of instalments The total cost of tuition Please check that all of this information is correct and read the Important Notes. Full Terms and Conditions can be found by clicking on the link provided. After checking the details in the Student Agreement, you accept it by clicking on Accept Student Agreement.

35 Step 5.00: Admission Step 5.01: Checking Your Admission Status Once the Admissions Team has recommended an application, the academic staff of the programme you are applying to will review it. This will normally take less than five working days; your Enrolment Advisor can advise you approximately how long you will need to wait. Your Enrolment Advisor will contact you as soon as a decision is made regarding your acceptance. You can also check the Application Portal as you can see, it is easy to see if there has been an update. 35 If you click on Admission Status, you will see you be able to see your letter of acceptance. An acceptance can either be a conditional acceptance or an unconditional acceptance your Enrolment Advisor can explain any conditional offer that is made to you. If you would like to print this letter out, see the instructions for your Internet browser. PLEASE DO THIS NOW, AS IT WILL NOT BE POSSIBLE LATER ON: Step 5.02: Printing Your Acceptance Letter (Google Chrome and Microsoft Internet Explorer) Step 5.02: Printing Your Acceptance Letter (Mozilla Firefox and Apple Safari)

36 Step 5.02: Printing Your Acceptance Letter (Google Chrome and Microsoft Internet Explorer) For Google Chrome: hold your mouse pointer over the letter and click on the right button. Click on Print in the pop-up menu that appears. A preview will appear; click on Print. 36 For Microsoft Internet Explorer: hold your mouse pointer over the letter and click on the right button. Click on Print in the pop-up menu that appears. A box will appear; click on OK. In some versions, you may see a preview like in Google Chrome, in which case click on Print.

37 Step 5.02: Printing Your Acceptance Letter (Mozilla Firefox and Apple Safari) For Mozilla Firefox: click on the Firefox button in the top left-hand corner of the screen. Click on the right button. A pop-up menu will appear. If you hold the mouse pointer over Print, another menu will appear; click on Print. A box will appear; click on OK. 37 For Apple Safari: hold your mouse pointer over the letter and click on the right button. Click on Print Page in the pop-up menu that appears. A box will appear; click on OK.

38 Step 5.03: Reserving Your Place Once you have been, admitted you need to reserve your place. If you have not already paid the reservation fee, you must do so now before you can reserve your place on the programme; see Step 3: Next Steps. Once you have paid the initial fees (application fee and reservation fee) you will be able to reserve your place. Start by clicking on Reserve Your Place as shown. You should then check the details in the box on the right-hand side of the screen (programme applied for and start date). 38 If you have any queries, you will find contact details for your Enrolment Advisor in the same box. If everything is OK, just click on Reserve my place, as shown. After you have reserved your place, you will see that you now have access to a link for the Welcome Page on the Application Portal. Click on this to access your log-in details for Laureate LENS (the online learning platform you will use in your studies with the University of Liverpool), and to read other important information regarding the start of your studies.

39 Step 5.04: The Welcome Page Once you have been admitted and have reserved your place on the programme, you will be able to access the Welcome Page by clicking on the link in the Application Portal. Make sure you read the information on this page carefully. The log-in details will also be sent to you by (to the private address you provided for us earlier), but we suggest you write down your log-in details in a safe place, in case you have any issues receiving this due to is being misidentified as spam or junk mail. The Welcome Page details what you need to do between being admitted to the programme and the day that you start your programme. We want to make sure that you get off to a good start, so require that all students complete a few essential steps so that we know they are ready t0 start their studies. 39 These include: Accessing Laureate LENS, where you will access the online classroom, the study address that we will provide for you, your administrative details (student finance, registering for modules, etc.), student support and the online Student Community. See Step 5.05 for details of how to log-in. Ordering any textbook/s required for your first module. Completing the Student Readiness Orientation, an online self-study programme that will familiarise you with the online classroom, how to submit work, and the University s expectations of students. At any point as a student that you require support or advice, we will be there to help you. From now through to the first few weeks on your programme, your Enrolment Advisor will remain as your primary contact. After that, your primary contact will be the Student Support Team, which includes your personal Student Support Manager. You will be sent details regarding the Student Support Team and your Student Support Manager in due course, until then please contact your Enrolment Advisor if you have any queries.

40 Step 5.05: Accessing the Laureate Learning Platform On the Welcome Page, you will find the Username and Password you will use to access Laureate LENS. Make sure you record these in a safe place, as they will not be sent to you by . Click on the link to log-in. The username will always be the same as the address that we are providing for you to use during your studies. Enter this in the box and the password in the Password box and click on Log in. The first time that you log-in you will be asked to set Security Questions. You can use these to reset the password for your Laureate LENS account if you forget your password. 40 After this, you need to make sure you are ready to start your studies. Please see the New Students section of the Centre for Student Success for more details. If it already less than five week before your preferred start date, you will need to complete the Student Readiness Orientation and order any textbooks that are required for your first module straight away, so that we can confirm your start date. Just click on to start. If it is more than five weeks before your preferred start date, you will be asked to complete the Student Readiness Orientation five weeks in advance. You should not order any textbooks before this date; textbooks are revised on a regular basis, and not ordering them until five weeks before the start date means you will not accidentally buy the wrong textbook/s.