Policies are in place to help and support you during your studies.  They ensure:

• Fairness for everyone: Everyone is treated equally, and those with extra needs get the support they require. Policies for things like student difficulties (extenuating circumstances) prevent unfair disadvantages.

• Good quality education: Our policies ensure all academic work is honest and consistent. Rules against cheating (plagiarism, collusion) maintain academic integrity.

• Your safety and well-being: Policies create a safe, supportive, and inclusive environment, protecting you from harm, bullying, or discrimination. They also provide support for your health and study challenges.

• Clear rules and support: polocies help you know what's expected of you (like attendance and behaviour) and where to go for help.

• Smooth management of your studies: If you need to change your course, take a break, or leave, the policies explain the steps and any financial impacts. They clarify your student status and access to facilities during such times.

In short, these policies create a clear, safe, and fair environment so you can focus on learning and succeed.  However, they can be difficult to read, and to find the right policy you are looking for, so we have created a simple AI chatbot to help you.  

Click here to access our AI chatbot.  As with all AI, please remember that answers may be incorrect. You will ge the best responses if you tell the chat who you are and what you need to know ie 'I am a year 2 student and I want to know what will happen if I need to pause my studies for 6 months due to surgery'.  Or 'give me a simple answer as to what to do if I think my work has been incorrectly assessed.'

Please feedback to our staff and through your Student Rep if you find this new tool useful or if you need more help with using it.