Work and attendance regulations
Students are not permitted to be absent from their course without the knowledge or prior agreement of their Programme Director.
The University monitors postgraduate student attendance weekly throughout the programme via Programme Directors. This is for your benefit and helps to ensure you are coping with the work. You are expected to attend lectures and tutorials for all course units for which you have registered. You must also attend seminars that are scheduled as part of the programme. Please be aware that failure to attend lectures/scheduled classes strongly correlates with poor academic performance. Attendance at examinations is obligatory. You are also expected to call into the Student Support Office on a monthly basis to sign a register. The Student Support Office will contact you about this at the beginning of the year.
In practice, only a small number of students contravene these regulations and are called to account for their actions. If your work or attendance gives cause for concern you will, in the first instance, be asked to explain your position to your Personal Advisor. If you continue failing to meet the work and attendance requirements, you will be issued with a written warning from the Education Board informing you that should your work and attendance not come up to the required standard, you will not be allowed to sit University examinations or other assessments and you may be excluded from the programme.
On receipt of a warning letter you will be given the opportunity of meeting with the Deputy Senior Advisor to explain your position. If you are refused permission to sit an examination or assessment you have the right to appeal. Information on Academic Appeals can be found at http://www.regulations.manchester.ac.uk/basic-guide-academic-appeals/.
Permitted absences
If for any reason you cannot report to the Student Support Office you must supply documentary evidence to the Student Support Office strongly supporting your reasons for absence. If you are granted leave of absence your attendance will be recorded as a permitted absence.