Progress Concerns

During your study with us, various checkpoints are put in place to monitor your progress.  Where a student's progress gives us cause for concern, we will firstly try and resolve the issue(s) informally within the department.  General causes for concern can include one or more of the following:

(a) failure to attend regularly, or as specified in the relevant Regulations, the programme of study for which the student has registered;

(b) failure to perform adequately the work of the programme;

(c) failure to present at the times appointed such written work as may have been required;

(d) failure to pass an examination;

(e) failure to pursue the programme of research or to co-operate appropriately with the appointed supervisor;

If we cannot resolve the issue informally or we lose contact with a student, it is university procedure to report the student to faculty via the Progress Concerns process.

If you are reported via this route, one of the following actions may then be taken, as deemed appropriate:

• a student may be sent a Progress Concerns Letter by the Faculty

• a student with whom the department have lost contact may be sent a letter asking them to contact the University or be assumed to have withdrawn

• a student may be invited to a meeting with a Faculty Officer to discuss the progress concerns

• a student may be referred to a Faculty Student Review Committee (FSRC) hearing

Progress concerns are a serious matter.  It is important that students engage with this process and be aware that escalation of the process may ultimately result in a student being excluded from their Faculty.

Students who have been reported for progress concerns, can get impartial advice from Student Advice here