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The
School has produced an update for our students
outlining recent initiatives relating to
learning and teaching. We hope you find
this useful and interesting.
Update
for Students, November 2009
Keep
in Touch
All
students are given a University email account
and individual email address.
Please
be sure to check your University email regularly
as this is how the University, the School,
your Course Organiser or Director of Studies
will contact you and send important information.
The
University will assume you have received
and acted upon these messages.
To learn more, please download and read
the full document: University
of Edinburgh statement for students on the
use of e-mail ( 
8kb)
If you prefer to set up an 'autofoward'
from your University email address to a
different email address such as Google or
Hotmal, there are instructions on how to
do this in the SMS Email Guidance.
Please
watch out for information on School and
Subject Area noticeboards also.
If
you change your address or telephone number,
please let the University
Registry know as soon as possible.
Attendance
Monitoring
The
Legislation passed recently by the UK Government
relating to Points-Based Immigration requires
all universities to monitor the attendance
of their international students.
In the College of Humanities and Social
Science, we intend to meet this duty by
monitoring the attendance of all
our students, as this will give
us a positive opportunity to identify and
help all students who might be having problems
of one kind or another, or who might need
more support.
Students on Tier 4 Visas:
From
the start of Academic Session 2011/12 the
University is introducing census points
within the session in order to confirm the
attendance of students holding a Tier
4 Student Visa. This is to ensure
the University meets the UKBA statutory
requirements as a sponsor of Tier 4 students
and its responsibilities in accordance with
its Highly Trusted Sponsor status.
Registry
will contact students holding Tier 4 Visas
who MUST report in person to one of the
designated venues during week 6 of Semester
1 and week 5 of Semester 2 to have their
attendance confirmed again.
Registry has provided further guidance for
students on their website:
Registry
Guidance for Students on Tier 4 visas
All
students:
During
your programme of study, your attendance
will be monitored at these standard contact
points:
•
registration including confirmation of attendance
•
assignment hand-ins
•
exams
•
lab work hand-ins
•
Director of Studies supervisory meetings
You
must be physically seen at these contact
points to confirm that you remain at Edinburgh
and on-programme. Emails, including email
copies of coursework supplied in lieu of
paper copies submitted in person, are not
acceptable.
If you miss a contact point or anticipate
doing so, please report to the School's
Student
Support Office, ideally in advance and
in person. If you are absolutely unable
to report in person, please make contact
by phone immediately on 0131 651 1800.
If you miss a contact point and don't provide
a satisfactory explanation this may be termed
as non-attendance in which case we will
investigate further and try to make contact
you within 10 days. If we fail to do so
successfully and you are an international
student, we will be obliged to report the
non-attendance to the Dean. This could result
in our sponsorship of you and your visa
being revoked.
If
you are not an international student, you
should be aware that non-attendance may
result in you being withdrawn from the programme
and your student funding ceasing.
The College of Humanities and Social Science
produced guidelines on attendance monitoring
for students in October 2009.
CHSS
Guidelines on Attendance Monitoring
Students
with Disabilities
We welcome students with a range of impairments
as defined under the Equality Act, including
those with specific learning difficulties
such as dyslexia.
If you wish to talk to a member of staff
about the course requirements and your particular
needs please first contact the School's
Student Support Office (room G.06, Doorway
4, Teviot Place, 0131 651 1800, Jo.Wilkie@ed.ac.uk)
who will direct you to the appropriate member
of academic staff and/or to the University's
Student Disability Service.
You
are advised to make early contact with the
University's Student Disability Service.
(Third Floor, The Main Library, 0131 650
6828).
Advisors in the Student Disability Service
will be happy to meet with you and can assist
you in many ways, such as:
• discussing possible adjustments
and specific examination arrangements
• assisting you with applying
for financial assistance
• giving you information about
available technology and personal assistance
such as note-takers, proof readers or dyslexia
tutors
• preparing a Learning Profile
for your School which outlines your recommended
adjustments
You will be expected to provide the Student
Disability Service with evidence of disability
- either a letter from your GP or specialist,
or evidence of specific learning difficulty.
For dyslexia or dyspraxia this evidence
must be a recent Chartered Educational Psychologist's
assessment. If you do not have this, the
Student Disability Service can put you in
touch with an independent Educational Psychologist.
The
Student Disability Service
Reporting
Special Circumstances
If your ability to perform on a specific
course has been affected by a 'Special Circumstance'
such as illness or other personal issue,
you can bring this to the attention of the
course examiners. You are strongly advised
to do this as soon as you can.
It is your responsibility to follow the
correct procedures if you wish any 'Special
Circumstances' to be considered by Boards
of Examiners.
The University has produced an outline of
the procedures to follow:
Programme
and Course Handbooks
Please
see the subject-area pages for information
about handbooks:
Course
Websites
Please
see the subject-area pages for information
about course websites:
Honours
Choices
Information
about Honours Choices is available on our
Honours Choices
website.
Studying
Abroad
Currently
under construction!
Degree
Programme Tables
We
offer an exciting and wide range of degree
programmes (single and combined)
and courses.
Within degree programmes students may also
take further courses from outside the School
or Subject Area.
Summaries of our School's degree
programmes are available here:
The formal regulations governing degree
programmes and details of individual courses
in 2010/11 are available on the University
website.
- For the School:
- For the University:
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