Academic Regulations

Students who Fail to Meet the Requirments for Attendance at Classes and/or Submission of Work

3.
  1. At the commencement of each session a Department shall provide for each student taking courses in the Department a document containing details for each course provided by the Department of its requirements in relation to students' attendance at classes, the submission of work, and methods of assessment. Students should ensure that they obtain a copy of this document at the commencement of each session and that they acquaint themselves fully with its contents.
    1. Where a student has been identified by a staff member as failing to meet the requirements for attendance at classes and/or submission of work, the Head of Department/Board or a person designated in his/her place should normally interview the student and undertake such other formal consultation as he/she considers necessary.
    2. If after interviewing the student and after any appropriate consultation no satisfactory explanation has emerged, the Head of Department/Board will forward a report to the appropriate Dean, with a copy to the Registrar.
    3. The Dean will obtain such other reports as he considers necessary, interview the student if appropriate, and decide which of these courses of action to take:
      1. To issue a formal warning via the Registrar that unless the student improves he or she will be:

        either (a)excluded from examinations in whole or in part;
        or (b) required to withdraw from University for a period or permanently.

      2. To make a report to the Local Education Authority or other source of financial support.
      3. To approve the exclusion of the student from examinations in whole or in part.
      4. To require the student to withdraw from University for a period or permanently.
  3. A student who is identified as 'Unsatisfactory' during the third term shall be interviewed by the Dean as in 3.2 (a) above. Such a student shall not be barred from any end of session examinations but the Dean will inform the student that any departmental reports will be taken into account by the relevant Faculty Examining Board at the end of the session. The Dean shall, if appropriate, inform the student that the Faculty Examining Board may record him or her as 'Unsatisfactory' and decide that the student should be Not Allowed to Return to University, subject to any conditions regarding the submission of outstanding written work or sitting additional departmental tests as stipulated by the Board.
  4. The last date on which a Dean may exclude a student from University or approve a Department's refusal to sign up a student for examinations is the first day of the third term.
  5. The decision to refuse to sign a student up for an examination for academic reasons can only be taken after reference to and with the approval of the Dean.
  6. The Dean will inform the student and the Registrar of his decision in every case.
  7. The Registrar will inform the student in writing within seven days of the decision of the Dean and the student's right of appeal.
  8. The student has fourteen days in which to submit an appeal.
  9. A student may only appeal on exceptional personal circumstances not known to the Dean when the decision was taken to refuse to sign up for examinations or to exclude from the University. In such cases, an appeal will only be considered if the student can provide good reasons why the grounds for appeal had not previously been made known to the relevant department or Dean.
  10. All appeals will be considered by the APC. Any student who has appealed against the decision of the Dean either to exclude him or her from examinations or to require him or her to withdraw from University shall have the right to appear before the Committee and may be accompanied by a person of his/her choice, for example a fellow student (enrolled student) or a Sabbatical Officer of the Students' Guild or a member of the academic staff. If that person is acting as a legal representative, then the University must be informed at least three working days before the date of the Committee.
  11. The Committee shall inform the student within seven days of the decision on the appeal.