Self-certification of absence
Attendance is a basic assessment requirement for credit award, and failure to attend classes or meetings with academic staff may result in your being issued an Academic Alert for a module. Please read the University and School handbooks to familiarise yourself with the rules.
Unavoidable absences must be explained using a Self-Certificate of Absence form (through e-Vision) as soon as possible.
Definitions of absence
You are absent if you:
- fail to attend an examination (see S-code and special circumstances),
- fail to attend any element identified as compulsory in the module booklet,
- fail to submit a compulsory assignment on time (even if you have been granted an extension) or
- are unable to study for more than 5 consecutive days or more than 15 non-consecutive days.
Further details can be found in the Student absence policy.
Procedures
- Self-certificates should normally be submitted within 3 days of the first day of an absence.
- Submission of this form does not guarantee that the absence concerned will be approved. You will be contacted if approval is withheld or if further information or documentation is required.
- Submission of this form does not exempt students from fulfilling compulsory elements of a module.
- Completion of a self-certificate is not an acceptable substitute for contacting your tutors well in advance if you have to be absent. Forward planning of absence is acceptable only for good reason (for example, a hospital appointment or job interview).
- If this is your third self-certificate lodged this semester, or if the period of absence extends to three weeks, you may be referred to the Academic Support Adviser, Student Services; or to an appropriate member of staff in your School or Faculty.
- If you are an international student and you are absent from study for 10 days without the University's permission, the institution is legally bound to inform the Home Office and this may result in your visa being rescinded.
How to submit a self-certificate
To submit a self-certificate of absence please log into e-Vision and follow the appropriate link. Further information on the current student absence policy.