Nurse and old man and cane for retirement, rehabilitation or healing.

Ageing

Micro-credential
Physiotherapy

Entry requirements 

To be considered for entry into the programme, applicants must:

  • Be a healthcare professional
  • Hold a bachelor degree. If you don’t hold a bachelor degree, please see the recognition of prior learning pathway outlined below
  • Experience working with people in older-person rehabilitation is desirable, but not essential
  • If English is not your first language, you will also need to supply a copy of an academic IELTS examination or equivalent, with an overall score of at least 6.5 and no individual band below 6.5.

Each application will be assessed on an individual basis.

Recognition of prior learning

If you do not have an undergraduate degree at level 7 or above you may still be eligible to apply through recognition of prior learning (RPL). RPL is the assessment of knowledge, skills and competence previously acquired.

Learning occurs in many contexts which include work, involvement in social and community activities, or learning through life experience generally. RPL does not give credit for experience as such; rather it considers the learning that was acquired as a result of the experience.

RPL may be used to gain:

  • Admission to courses/programmes where a person may not have obtained the standard entry requirements.
  • Exemptions from course modules which duplicate the learning outcomes an individual has already demonstrably acquired through prior learning.