Employer Reference Requests
As an employer you can verify a candidate's qualifications by requesting a reference from the University.
Request a reference
You can request a reference by completing our online form.
Alternatively you can write to, or fax, the Student Records Office with two of the following pieces of information:
- Full name of the candidate (whilst they were a student)
- Date of birth
- Former 'student number'
- Candidate's former course title
The candidate must authorise us to provide you with a reference. This authorisation must contain the candidate's handwritten signature. Either you, or the candidate, can send us this authorisation.
The following methods of consent are not accepted:
- Electronic signature
- Verbal consent
- Consent by email (unless the email contains a scanned copy of the consent document or candidate's signature)
If the candidate does not provide their signed consent, your reference request will not be processed.
Student Records Office
Fielding Johnson Building
University of Leicester
University Road
Leicester
LE1 7RH
references@le.ac.uk
fax +44 (0)116 252 2691
We cannot take reference requests by telephone.
Reference requests are normally completed within five working days.
