In most cases, you are responsible for recording your attendance, although some activities may have attendance recorded by a member of teaching staff.

Where teaching staff are taking the register it is your responsibility to make sure the tutor knows you are in attendance. This will ensure your attendance is accurately recorded.

You should record your attendance for each teaching activity shown on your timetable at the time the activity is taking place, you won’t be able to record it later.

You can record your attendance on the attendance page from 15 minutes before the activity start time and up to 15 minutes after the activity end time. 

The teaching activity that is taking place at the time will show and you can record how you are attending the session by clicking on the ‘I'm here’ button.

If you are unable to record your attendance due to it not appearing on your attendance schedule on the attendance page, please complete the ‘unable to see your session’ section during the time the activity is taking place. If Student Administration can match it, we will update your record.

If you have switched course or teaching activity, this can take up to a week to update on your timetable. When you attend this activity the following week, if you still cannot register your attendance, you should contact your School in case you have been registered on the wrong module or activity.

The University understands that sometimes there are circumstances that are out of your control that mean you are absent from the University. Where possible, you should let us know in advance but on the day is OK too. You should follow the notification of absence process.

If you are experiencing ongoing difficulties causing you to miss classes, please contact your Personal Tutor. You can also get advice and further support from the Wellbeing team, or contact the Student Services Centre.

Under the Equality Act 2010, you may request an adjustment to attendance and engagement requirements. Any need to adjust attendance and engagement requirements will be treated case by case and discussed by the department with the Disability and Dyslexia Services, the Academic Quality and Policy Office and Student Administration.

• Student Administration monitors your attendance.
• Your School monitors your academic engagement and progress. Further information about your attendance and engagement requirements may be found in your departmental student handbook.

The University monitors attendance and academic engagement in order to offer you appropriate academic and pastoral support and to identify where support from central services such as Student Advisory and Wellbeing may be necessary.

If you regularly fail to record your attendance, you may be asked to meet with your personal tutor to discuss this, so the University can offer you support in engaging with your studies, including attending scheduled teaching activities.

If following this meeting, you are still not engaging with your studies (of which attendance is a part) at an appropriate level as determined by your School, then your School may decide to take disciplinary action via the formal warning process outlined in the academic regulations.

You'll be contacted by your Personal Tutor, or other representative from your School, and a meeting may be arranged:

1.    You fail to engage with all learning activities and assessments over a period that causes concern.

2.    Where your pattern of absence is considered to be having an effect on your work, causing concern for your wellbeing or pointing to a possible disability that you may not have disclosed.

3.    Where your attendance and engagement is approaching a level that causes concern.

As part of the University's disciplinary procedures, you could be issued with a formal warning which can escalate to the discontinuation of your registration at the University, as outlined in the University academic regulations. Disciplinary action may be taken by the University in cases where:

 - Your engagement with your studies continues to cause concern

 - You submit work unsatisfactorily

 - You do not attend any compulsory meetings within the University

 - Reasons for your non-engagement are not accepted by the University

Student Administration in conjunction with your School must ensure that your level of engagement enables you to meet the learning outcomes of the degree course. If your engagement levels are of concern, and compromise educational standards, Student Administration and/or your School may still be required to implement disciplinary action, even if your reasons for non-engagement are valid. 

In situations where you have provided evidence of severe difficulties which have impacted your attendance, the University will make every effort to support and guide you through the best course of action.

If you are studying on a Student visa and have not met your engagement requirements, you will be issued with a formal warning as explained above. In addition, you may be called to a meeting with the Visa Compliance team to discuss your reasons for absence.

If it is found that you do not have valid reason or evidence for poor engagement, and are in breach of your Student visa conditions, the University is legally obliged to report this to UK Visa and Immigration. 

Your Student visa will be cancelled, ending your studies with the University and you'll be required to leave the UK.

If you do not respond to any warnings issued by the University or your engagement does not improve, you will be reported to UK Visa and Immigration and your Student visa will be cancelled.