Consumer Information 2023/24

Consumer Information 2023/24

Academic Programmes
Information on the academic programmes offered at Central can be found here.

Accreditation
Central is listed in The Education (Recognised Bodies) (England) Order 2013 as a college of the University of London with powers to award University of London degrees.

Code of Conduct for Education Loans
All Central staff with responsibility for Federal and private education loans from the U.S. must follow a Code of Conduct for Education Loans which prohibited from the following:

  • Revenue sharing arrangements with any lender
  • Receiving gifts from a lender, a guarantor, or a loan servicer
  • Contracting arrangements providing financial benefit from any lender or affiliate of a lender
  • Directing borrowers to particular lenders or refusing or delaying loan certifications

Completion/Graduation and Transfer-out Rates
Information on the University’s completion and transfer-out rates is available from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). Due to the very low non-continuation rate, the University is unable to supply a breakdown of completion or transfer-out rates by gender, ethnicity or recipients of need-based subsidised loans, as this may reveal personally identifiable information about an individual student, which would break the Data Protection Act.
 

Copyright/Plagiarism
Information on Copyright is available from the Library upon request. Information on Central’s Plagiarism Policy can be found in the Handbook of Academic Regulations which can be accessed on My Central.

Crime Rates
Information on local crime rates can found here.

Data Protection and Privacy
Information on Data Protection and Privacy at Central can be found here.

Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
Information can be found here.

Disabilities
Information for students with disabilities can be found here.

Drugs and Alcohol Policy
Central has a Drugs and Alcohol Policy within its Student Code of Conduct, which can be found on My Central.

Entrance Counselling
All students wishing to borrow Federal Loans must complete Entrance Counselling before a loan can be originated. More information on Entrance Counselling can found here

Exit Counselling
All students who borrow Federal Loans must complete Exit Counselling before ceasing at least half-time study. More information on Exit Counselling can found here.

Federal Aid Information
Information on obtaining Federal Loans at Central be found here.

Freedom of Information
Information on the Freedom of Information Act at Central can be found here.

Health and Wellbeing
Information on Health and Well Being can be found on My Central.

Loan Disclosures
U.S. Federal Regulations state that Central must report the details of your loans, and any changes to your enrolment status, to the US Department of Education - via the National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS) at regular, scheduled intervals throughout the academic year. This information will be accessible to loan servicers and other institutions determined, by the US Department of Education, to be authorised users of the data system.

Preferred Lender/Private Loans
Central does not endorse any private education loan provider located in the United States who offer loans for study at foreign schools. Presently only one private education provider, Sallie Mae, issues loans to foreign schools. Central will certify loans from Sallie Mae, but only when a certification request is received from Sallie Mae, and only when a student has completed the necessary steps as detailed here.

Student Code of Conduct
Information on Central’s Student Code of Conduct can be found on MyCentral.

Student Loan Information
The U.S. Department of Education publishes information for students which can found here.

Transfer of Credits/Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL)
Information on Central’s Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL) Policy can be found here

1098-T Forms
The Royal Central School of Speech & Drama does not currently provide 1098-T Tax forms for its students.

Ineligible courses
Only full-time, degree programme courses are eligible for U.S. Federal Student Loans at RCSSD. Short courses are ineligible for all student loans. A list of short courses in 2023/24:

  • Acting Diploma
  • Creative Arts Supervision Training Diploma
  • Online Acting Diploma, Acting, an Introduction
  • Voice for Performance: An Introduction
  • Audition Techniques
  • Movement: An Introduction
  • Acting: The Play
  • Directing: An Introduction
  • Acting: Shakespeare
  • Playwriting: In Introduction
  • Acting: For Camera