Your Rights and Responsibilities

Students and their departments have something of a contractual relationship:  The Department provides teaching and facilities and assumes that in turn students will follow certain rules and maintain standards.  Please see:

‘Our Commitment’:   https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/ssid/ourcommitment/index

and

'Rights and Responsibilities':   https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/ssid/ourcommitment/rights

There is also some specific guidance in relation to COVID-19 measures: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/ssid/ourcommitment/community

In addition to the university requirements, we ask that you:

• PLEASE CHECK BLACKBOARD AND EMAIL REGULARLY - These are the two main ways of circulating information to you so you should check both regularly.

• SPEAK TO TUTORS ABOUT PROBLEMS - Students who have administrative queries should speak to their Level Tutor or Administrator, but those who are experiencing problems with work, or personal problems that are affecting their academic progress should speak to their Personal Tutor.

• REMEMBER TO KEEP ALL CHANGES OF ADDRESS OR OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION UP TO DATE - The Department and the University will use the central record system as necessary.  We will only be able to contact you as long as you keep your personal information accurate and current.  You can access the system via the Student Services Information Desk in the first instance.  You can change your address by following these instructions.

• PLEASE REMEMBER TO GIVE FEEDBACK VIA THE ONLINE MODULE AND PROGRAMME EVALUATION SURVEY FOR YOUR LEVEL held towards the end of each semester.  All courses are evaluated via online student feedback sessions at the end each semester.  Participation in course evaluation is encouraged so that continual improvements to the quality of our teaching can be made.  The outcome of the feedback is taken very seriously and is scrutinised by staff, and students (via the Staff-Student Committee).