If a student's progress is to be considered by the Academic Progress Committee, he or she will be notified by mail. The student will be invited initially to submit written evidence to explain the case. A decision may be made by the committee on the basis of this evidence to permit the student to continue his or her studies. If further information is required, the student will be given the opportunity to appear before the committee.
The Academic Progress Committee will meet in December, following the publication of annual examination results, and the committee may determine on the evidence before it either that the student may re-enrol for further studies, subject to such limitations as it may impose, or that the student shall be excluded from all studies in the course in the forthcoming year. A student who has been given notice of exclusion from the course by the committee has the right to appeal to the Academic Board against this determination.
A student, excluded from the course in any year, may apply for re-admission in any subsequent year, but an application is likely to be approved only if the student can satisfy the faculty at that time that the factors which were considered to have contributed to unsatisfactory academic performance in the past would no longer affect the student's studies.
Liability for exclusion
The criteria on liability for exclusion are as follows.
General
Only students who fail a subject or subjects will be liable for exclusion.
First year
(i) No student enrolled in both semesters will be considered for exclusion solely on the basis of results achieved in first semester.
(ii) Students who do not pass at least half of the subjects taken in the year will be liable for exclusion.
Second year
Students who do not pass at least half of the points value of the subjects taken in the year will be liable for exclusion
Third year
Students who do not pass at least half of the subjects taken in the year will be liable for exclusion, unless (i) only one subject is taken, failed and it is the only failure to date; (ii) only one subject is taken and it is the last subject required for completion of the degree (except that if this is the second time such a last subject is failed then students will be liable for exclusion).
PII passes will be allowed (ie counted as a pass) to the limits defined in the regulations.