Illness

If you are absent from a tutorial or unable to complete a tutorial assignment through illness, make sure you follow the guidelines on ill-health set out in the Second Level Handbook.

Importantly, you must alert the Student Support Office and your Academic Tutor no later than the day and start time of your tutorial session AND submit a self-certification note or medical documentation promptly to the Student Support Office on your return to University (within one week of your absence). It is your responsibility to provide this information.

If you are unable to attend for any other good reason, you must supply documentary evidence to your Academic Tutor strongly supporting your reasons for absence. More than one unexcused absence will result in failure of the tutorial unit, and a summer resit essay assignment. Additional unexcused absences from tutorials may lead to the issuing of a formal warning letter. Unexcused absences may have detrimental effects on decisions on progression to subsequent years of your degree programme, or even lead to exclusion from study in the Faculty.

For further information on this and other related matters, please read relevant sections of the Second Level Handbook.