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(12)If the transfer of results takes place on the basis of the original documents and their English translation, it is not necessary to submit an RPL application in the following cases: 1) A student wishes to transfer subjects completed and/or previously agreed within an Erasmus programme;
2) A student who, as a visiting student, wishes to transfer subjects completed in another higher education establishment and previously agreed with the academic unit;
3) Accreditation of studies is established in the cooperation agreement of schools.
4) Accreditation of continuing education for elective or open elective courses shall be
agreed with the curator before registering to continuing education. A student shall submit an application with justification where he or she will mark the topics treated in continuing education, justification and subject(s) to be replaced. The content of continuing education must correspond to the content of subject(s) the student wants to replace.
(13)RPL as part of a course takes place in agreement between a student and the member of teaching staff teaching the course and an RPL application shall not be submitted. The student registers in the course and has the possibility to conclude an agreement with the member of teaching staff. The agreement shall be signed by both parties and is valid during the right to complete the course.
(14)RPL takes place by way of individual assessment on the basis of documents submitted by the applicant. If necessary, assessors can give practical tasks to assess the prior learning outcomes or specialized work experience, or conclude a conversation, or assess the knowledge and skills of the applicant in other ways.
(15)Applications submitted until the second period of contact learning of the semester shall be assessed within 30 calendar days. Applications submitted after this deadline shall be assessed in the next semester. RPL application for courses starting in the same semester shall be reviewed within two weeks. In the case of more bulky applications or when additional materials are requested, the assessor(s) have the right to prolong the decision- making period by informing the applicant of this.
(16)The curator of the study programme where the applicant studies, wishes to study or continue studies shall decide on accrediting same level studies completed during previous degree studies. If necessary, the curator of the study programme shall consult with the members of teaching staff teaching a course or form an assessment committee. The assessment committee convened by the head of studies shall decide on accreditation of studies completed during previous level of degree studies, continuing education studies, work experience or other experiential learning.
(17)The committee assesses whether previous experiential learning is in compliance with the learning outcomes stipulated in the applied study programme, module(s) or subject(s). During evaluation, the suitability of contents and compliance with the university level are taken into account. Assessment criteria for RPL applications:
1) Prior experience and resulting knowledge specified in the application are concordant with the content and learning outcomes of the course/module that is being applied for;
2) Knowledge acquired from prior experience is consistent with the acquisition of all learning outcomes;
3) Application forms are correctly filled in and the added documents are authentic and consistent with the acquisition of all learning outcomes.
(18)The assessor is obliged to give feedback to the applicant in the case of a negative decision.
(19) When entering course completed through RPL into the ÕIS, the equivalent courses that have been replaced in completing the study programme shall be also marked.
(20)If the volume of transferred course(s) is greater than the volume of courses