Terms and conditions

All students will be required to abide by the University’s Regulations, Policies and Procedures. These documents, together with other information made available to you at the time of an admissions offer being made, will comprise the primary terms of the contract between you and the University. In accepting such an offer, you will be signifying your consent to these terms.

The University reserves the right to take disciplinary action where Regulations are broken, and in extreme cases this could lead to expulsion from the University.

As a student you will have access to a wealth of information describing the teaching, examination and assessment arrangements, services and facilities which are available to you, via the University website. You will also be given a copy of the Student Handbook when you enrol at the University.

Disclaimer

Every effort is made to ensure that the information given on this website is correct at the time of publication and that the course information given accurately describes the courses offered by the University. However, from time to time details do change; you should contact the University to verify any information, especially if you wish to place particular reliance upon it.

If prospective students are particularly concerned about the detailed elements of a course being offered, they should contact the Faculty listed for the course to check the course content prior to acceptance of an offer of a place.

All reasonable steps will be taken by the University to provide educational services and to minimise any disruption to those services. However, the University reserves the right to postpone, relocate, restructure, withdraw or cancel any teaching sessions or examinations, any course or particular options, modules, units or specialisms within a course due to the occurrence of any event or circumstance beyond its reasonable control (including, but not limited to, industrial action, whether on the part of the University’s staff or otherwise, shortage of staff, unavailability of facilities, or insufficient student numbers).

No smoking policy

The University operates a no smoking policy. Staff, students and visitors may not smoke in the buildings and grounds, except in certain designated external areas.

No drugs policy

The University is committed to preventing drug and solvent abuse amongst its staff and students, and to maintaining a safe and efficient educational environment.

No illegal drugs or associated equipment may be brought on to any University premises, including the Students’ Union and Residences.

The police will be informed in cases of illegal drug use and disciplinary procedures will be applied to any student involved, which may result in expulsion from the University.