If you have lived outside of the UK for 12 months or more (whether continuously or in total) in the last 10 years, while aged 18 or over, you must provide a ‘Criminal Record Certificate’ from the relevant country.  Guidance on how to request this can be found here.

Please apply for the Criminal Record Certificate as soon as possible, as they can take some time to arrive. Once you have the documents, please email them to professionalchecks@shu.ac.uk

• For Health students and Undergraduate Education students - you are unable to enrol until we receive proof of application for your Overseas Criminal Records check. You will not be able to attend placement until a copy of the certificate has been received and has been cleared. 
• For PGCE students - you are unable to enrol until we have received a copy of a complete and cleared Overseas Criminal Records certificate. 

Overseas students 

You must still complete a DBS check in addition to the overseas criminal check. If you do not currently hold a permanent address in the UK, you will need to complete your DBS application upon arrival in the UK, giving your new UK address. You will need to attend a face to face ID check at the university to complete this.