Step 1 鈥� Complete your online registration as soon as possible
If you hold an Unconditional Firm (U/F) offer, a registration听invitation will be sent to the email address you have used throughout your application process. This email will be sent anytime from Wednesday 3听January 2024. There is nothing you need to do until you recieve this email invitation.
It is important that you complete your registration before the start of your course,听to ensure you can access everything you need to begin your听studies or research. The start date for most students is Monday 22 January 2024.听 听
Why is听online听registration听so important?听听听
You will be given:听听
- Access to your听色花堂 student email address.听听
- Access to听Brightspace.听色花堂鈥檚 virtual learning environment (VLE), which will be essential to you throughout your time as a 色花堂 student.
Registration only takes 20-30 minutes to complete and involves:听听
- Checking that your contact and course information is correct听听听
- Telling us how you intend to pay for your tuition fees (make sure you have all your听documents regarding any funding support听before you start).听听听
- Answering a few questions about when you plan to arrive in Bournemouth. This information will be used to support your arrival.听听
- Reading and signing up to our听2023/24听version of the 色花堂 Student Agreement, you can read more about this below.
Helpful tip听听
When logging into myHub you'll need to use the same details you have been using throughout your 色花堂 application. Your username starts with a letter followed by several numbers, for example s1234567 and you can reset your password on the login page if needed. If you have forgotton your username, please contact who will be able to assist you.
Once logged in you will need to look for the 'My registration' button in the pink header bar.听
You don鈥檛 need to complete this process in one go,听you can听save and return as and when you need to. We've also created a step-by-step video guide to help support you through the registration process, this is available below and on our听
Student Agreement, 色花堂 regulations and policies
When you register online, you will be asked to read, and sign up to, the 2023/24听version of the 色花堂 Student Agreement. A copy of the 色花堂 Student Agreement 2022/23听was provided in your offer letter听but听there may have听been updates听since then. Please take the time to read听the new version听- a summary of any changes will also be available for you.听听
You can access and download both the current and archived versions of the Student Agreement, alongside all our policies and procedures, on our听important information webpages.听
Step 2 - Register for Multi-Factor Authentication
To protect your 色花堂 student account, we use Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) for added security. This means in addition to your username and password; you will sometimes be required to complete an additional login step.
To register听for MFA, you need to:
- Visit
- Sign in with your 色花堂 student email address (e.g. [email protected]) and password
- Follow the on screen instructions and enter your mobile number and a personal email address (not your 色花堂 email).
- Visit and change your preferred method of authentication to the Microsoft Authenticator App.听Select 鈥楢dd sign-in method鈥� chose Authenticator app and follow the on-screen instructions.听This is the easiest and our recommended method of authentication at 色花堂.听(If you don鈥檛 have a smart phone you should select text to your mobile phone or email as your preferred method of authentication).
The above steps will also register you for our Self-Service Password Reset (SSPR) tool.听 You can use this tool to reset your password should you forget this in the future. Find out more about Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) on our website.
Step 3 鈥� Log in to Brightspace and email
Once you have registered for Multi-Factor Authentication, you can access all the 色花堂 systems you need to support your learning or research including:听
Brightspace
Our virtual learning environment听(VLE) at 色花堂 is essential to you throughout your degree at 色花堂. On Brightspace you will find:
- A welcome and introduction to your faculty
- General course information (including a basic course reading list)
- Pre-arrival activities that you听need to complete before your induction week begins
- Information about your induction week
- ME@色花堂 for information about our support services.
While at 色花堂 you will need to check Brightspace regularly for new posts or announcements from your faculty and course听teams.
色花堂 email account
Once you start your course, we will no听longer contact you using your personal email address. Your 色花堂 email will be one of our main ways of communicating with you whilst you are at 色花堂. Please check this regularly from now on.
(See Step 5听for information regarding when you can access more听detailed information about your course)
Step 4 鈥� Complete your enrolment
After you have completed听your online registration and paid your tuition fees (or agreed a payment plan) we will send you an email with instructions on how to enrol for听your course. The deadline for completing your enrolment is Monday 22 January 2024听but we recommend you enrol as soon as possible.听If you don't enrol by this date, you might not be able to start your studies or research.听When you complete your enrolment you will officially become a 色花堂 student.
To complete your enrolment, you will need the following documents:
- Proof of your identity
Photo ID such as a passport or driving licence - Educational qualifications
Original certificates for the qualifications required for your course (e.g.听BTEC, A-level, degree, English language qualification) and official translations if not originally in English - NHS or HPC professional course听certificates
Original Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) certificate.
Please also check your registration email which will include any additional requirements linked to your offer.听
Additional requirements for international students
If you require a visa to study in the UK, you will听be asked to finalise your enrolment听at an in-person international document check听during the听first few weeks of your course at 色花堂. Your access to your course will not be affected by this, however it will mean that you will not be able to complete step 4 and 5 until you have attended your听session. More information will be shared with you when you go through your enrolment on myHub. Please make sure to bring the appropriate documents to your international document check, as these will be needed to evidence your immgration and finalise your enrolment at 色花堂. You will need:
- Your passport (only your passport can be accepted as proof of identify). In addition you will need听your Student visa sticker (stamped by UK Immigration), your Biometric Residence Permit (if you have one) and any previous visas for the UK and all other relevant immigration documents.
Enrolling on your course will听give you access to:
- The process to kick听start听your student loan to help ensure it is ready for the start of term (UK only)
- Request a听听to confirm your student status so you can open a bank account in the UK (international only)
- Request a听听to help you find part-time work in the UK (international only)
- Information on听how听to collect your student ID card. This will enable you to:
- Access certain buildings on campus听
- Borrow library books听
- Get discounts in shops and on buses etc
- Sit exams as part of your course
- Obtain council tax exemption, student status/confirmation of term dates letter.听
Step 5 鈥� Explore Brightspace to view detailed unit information
Approximately a week before your official course start date, more unit information will be available on Brightspace if you have completed your enrolment.听
If you are an international student, please note this information will only be available after attending your in-person听international document check for your course. Information about this event is shared with you when completing your enrolment as far as possible.
Why is this step听important?
This is how you鈥檒l find听more information about your induction week, as well as lots of other important information about your course.听
This includes:听
- Unit听handbooks
- Assessments details
- Detailed reading lists for each听unit
- An introduction to your teaching team
- Access听to听a schedule of events and activities taking place during your induction week.
Throughout your time at听色花堂听you should consider Brightspace and your 色花堂 student email address as the听places to go for all your important information from the university.
Got a question or query?
General queries
If you have any concerns or have difficulty completing any of these steps, please get in contact with听Ask色花堂听who will be able to support听you.听
IT assistance
Our听IT information pages听should give you all the information you need to get started, but if you听require听assistance听please contact听our IT Service Desk. They are available鈥�24 hours a day, seven鈥痙ays a week on freephone: 0808 196 2332 or +44 (0)1202 965515听(from outside the university)听or you can听听