New UCL Student Attendance Policy

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The new policy means various changes to the Academic Manual, including:

• New Annex 3.2 UCL Student Attendance Policy (including the separate Faculty attendance thresholds)
• New Visa and Immigration Compliance processes to monitor engagement (including removal of the Authorised Absence for Students on a Student Visa Form from the Academic Manual)
• Revised regulations in Chapter 3, Section 3: Attendance and Absence
• Suspension of the Barring regulations for 2021-22 (further work on this aspect will continue through 2021-22)
• Minor changes throughout the Academic Manual to align with the new policy

Project information:

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New policy:

Annex 3.2: UCL Student Attendance Policy

New regulations:

Chapter 3: Registration Framework for Taught Programmes

• 3 Attendance and Absence

Chapter 6: Student Casework Framework 

• 4 Learning Agreements, Barring, Suspensions and Termination of Study

Minor changes:

Chapter 3: Registration Framework for Taught Programmes

• 1.5 Registration Status
• 2.6 Late Module Changes
• 5.3 Extenuating Circumstances Prior to Interruption
• 5.6 Date of Interruption and Return
• 6.3 Minimum Criteria for Approval
• 6.4 Approval of Transfers within a Department/ Division
• 6.5 Approval of Transfers between Departments/ Divisions

Chapter 4: Assessment Framework for Taught Programmes 

• 3.6 Attendance Requirements & Eligibility for Assessment
• 5.13 Reasonable Adjustments/ Attendance Requirements
• 9.13 Progression & Award/ Non-Modular Programmes
• 11.2 Failure at the First Attempt
• 11.6 Consequences of Failure/ Non-Modular Programmes

Questions?

• registerucl@ucl.ac.uk