Young Applicants in Schools Scheme (YASS) Registration Agreement 2020

SECTION 1: ABOUT YOU (see guidance note 1)

First name(s): Type here.	Last name(s):Type here.
Title: Type here	Sex: Type here	Date of birth: Type here
Address (including postcode) Type here.	Name of your school: Type here.
Mobile telephone number: Type here.	Landline telephone number: Type here.
Email: Type here.
Scottish Candidate Number: Type here.

SECTION 2: DISABILITY (see guidance note 2)

Do you have any disability, health condition, mental health disability or specific learning difficulty (such as dyslexia), or additional requirement that might affect your studies, examination or assessment and for which you might need support?

YES NO

The disability information you provide will be used to inform the provision of reasonable adjustments for your study.

SECTION 3: ABOUT YOUR COURSE (see guidance note 3)

Course code and title: Type here
Course start date (month and year): Type here.	Course end date (month and year): Type here.
Does the course have entry requirements? YES NO If yes, how do you meet the requirements? Type here.
Does the course have an exam? YES NO If yes, this will be at some point between the 8th and 14th of June 2021. Will you be able to sit the exam during this period? YES NO

SECTION 4: RESIDENCY AND FUNDING (see guidance note 4)

In order to be eligible for funding you must ANSWER ALL the questions in this section.

What is your Nationality? Type here

1.	Are you a national of the UK or EU/European Economic Area?

YES	NO

2.	Have you been resident in the UK or EU/European Economic Area, for the past three years?

YES	NO

3.	Are you ordinarily resident in Scotland?

YES	NO

4. Will you be ordinarily resident in Scotland from the 1 August 2020?

YES	NO

5. Will you be in S6 when you start your course?

YES	NO

6.	Do you attend a local authority school?

YES	NO

7.	Are you registering for one course?

YES	NO

If you have answered NO to any of the questions in this section, please ask your school co-ordinator to contact the YASS team at Scotland-YASS@open.ac.uk to discuss funding options in more detail.

SECTION 5: DATA PROTECTION

The personal information that you provide on this registration agreement will be used in connection with your studies or with your health and safety whilst you are studying with the Open University. It will be shared with a limited number of organisations such as the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) in line with statutory reporting requirements. The activities we use your disability and ethnicity data for include equal opportunities monitoring, identifying if you need support (in conjunction with other data), informing academic research, providing you with relevant opportunities, and ensuring that views of students with specific protected characteristics* are represented. The Open University reserves the right to communicate with the parents/guardians/carers of students aged under 18 - or those classed as vulnerable adults - regarding academic progress and any other matters of concern. For full details of how The Open University will use your personal information please read the student privacy notice. This is set out on the University website at http://www.open.ac.uk/essential-documents. You can update your contact preferences when you log into the Open University website. *Protected characteristics are age; disability; gender reassignment; marriage and civil partnership; pregnancy and maternity; race; religion or belief; sex; and sexual orientation.

SECTION 6: SIGNITURES (see guidance note 5)

Student and a Parent/Guardian/Carer must hand-sign below to show that you agree to the conditions of registration. Before signing this agreement please read the Conditions of Registration and the Safety Guidelines for Young Applicants.

I agree that the university may release course results and details of my progress to my school and the Scottish Government Student signature: Date: Type here.
I confirm that I have read and understood the ‘Safety Guidelines’ issued to Young Applicants Parent / Guardian/Carer signature: Date: Type here.

RETURNING YOUR REGISTRATION AGREEMENT (see guidance note 6)

Pupils – return your completed form and HESA data collection form to your YASS Co-ordinator

Co-ordinators – Email the completed forms to the YASS team at Scotland-YASS@open.ac.uk. If you want to post them, please see guidance note 6 for our address.