Attendance

You should attend all scheduled teaching sessions, and use the student Check-In system. Regular attendance is vital to succeed in your module. If you cannot attend a teaching session, you must inform the module leader before the session.

University Regulations state that you should be present at any time at which teaching or other academic engagements have been arranged for your programme. This includes teaching that is not compulsory.

Information on reported non-attendance can be shared with your personal supervisor. This information will be non-sensitive and will only refer to the dates of the reported non-attendance. This is intended to alert the relevant staff to any concerns about your attendance which may indicate that you require pastoral support.

Absence

Occasionally there may be times when, for work or personal reasons, you will be unable to attend. If this is the case, it is important that you let the relevant module leader know in advance. When booking holidays or other planned appointments you must consider the timing of your forthcoming modules to ensure that absences will not coincide with the teaching and assessment periods. Note holidays are not grounds for exceptional circumstances, and planned appointments are also not normally accepted as valid grounds. If it is important that you still undertake the module it is your responsibility to make up the time and content missed with self-directed study.

If you stop attending scheduled teaching sessions without saying you are withdrawing and do not respond to our efforts to make contact with you within a specified time-scale, the Board of Studies will assume that you have withdrawn from your studies. This is known as ‘assumed withdrawal’.

PSRB attendance requirements

A small number of modules have a minimum attendance requirement as part of the professional body accreditation. You will be advised by the module leader when this applies.

If you have concerns about being unable to meet minimum attendance requirements you should discuss this with your module leader in the first instance. You can also refer to Exceptional Circumstances in the Assessment, Progression and Award Section of the Handbook or visit the Exceptional Circumstances website.