Absence from classes and attendance requirements

1. Please fill in the AMBS UG Notification of Absence form AND
   • For absences up to seven (7) days: If you are unable to attend any of your classes - seminars, tutorials, workshops, labs or lectures - because of illness or other good reason, you do not need to provide a medical certificate. You are only required to fill in the AMBS UG Notification of Absence form at the link above.
   • For absences of more than seven (7) days due to illness or other serious circumstances, you must send suitable supporting evidence (e.g. a medical certificate) to the Student Support & Guidance team at studentsupport.ambs@manchester.ac.uk. When sending in your supporting documents, please put ‘Supporting documents for absence’ with your full name and student ID in the subject box.
     You are also required to fill in the AMBS UG Notification of Absence form at the link above. You should also notify the Course Unit Director or seminar/workshop leader that you will miss teaching.
   • For short-term and prolonged illnesses which might affect your attendance and/or your completion of assessment: You should refer to the Mitigating Circumstances section of the handbook which provides information on the certification needed for both short-term and prolonged illnesses which might affect your attendance at classes and/or your completion of assessment - either coursework or examinations.
2. Unless the above procedure is followed, no allowances will be made by Boards of Examiners.
3. Students who fail to attend for or submit a formal assessment (such as a class test, an examination or piece of assessed coursework) should follow the procedure indicated in the assessment section of this handbook.

1. Students' attendance at all classes is compulsory and recorded using 'My Attendance' attendance monitoring system and monitored across seminars, tutorials, labs and workshops. Spot checks across lectures may also be undertaken each year. Alliance MBS will take action in response to absences - see below.
2. If, in either semester, your attendance has been deemed to be unsatisfactory, you will be contacted by a member of the Student Support and Guidance Team and asked to provide an explanation of your absences unless you have already submitted medical evidence (in the form of a doctor's certificate or the AMBS Undergraduate absence notification survey). Failure to respond to this request to contact the Student Support and Guidance Team is a serious matter, so students must ensure that they check their University email accounts each day during teaching periods.
3. If you fail to respond to the request from the Student Support and Guidance Team your Academic Advisor will contact you to arrange a meeting to discuss your situation and possible ways to improve your attendance.
4. If you receive a warning letter and fail to comply with the requirements laid down in it, Alliance MBS's Director of Undergraduate Studies will issue a letter of refusal, which will exclude you from formal assessment and thus terminate your degree programme.
5. If you are refused permission to take an examination or other form of assessment on the grounds of unsatisfactory attendance you may submit an appeal against that decision within twenty working days of notification of the decision in accordance with the provisions of Regulation XIX (Academic Appeals).

Students on joint programmes are required to follow the attendance regulations operated by their 'home/registering School'. The same applies for students on Alliance MBS programmes taking non-BMAN courses in other Schools, i.e. you are required to follow the procedure as set out above.