September 2012

Section 18: Attendance Policy

• The majority of academic courses provided by the University include activities which depend on student participation and collaboration.
• It is expected that all students will attend all scheduled activities unless there is a valid reason for them not to.
• Students must be aware that attendance promotes their learning.
• Students must familiarise themselves with, and comply with, the particular attendance requirements of their course, and, where relevant, with those of placement providers.
• Academic staff have an obligation to give students notification of timetabling and timetabling changes.
• Attendance and absence should be regularly monitored.
• Monitoring of attendance policy should be part of routine course management. Any action points should be reported in the course and school annual reports.
• Full details can be found in Section 18 of the ASQ Handbook.

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