1. RGU: ENERGY CENTRE THE ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY Academic Regulations (Ref) …and other issues related to your studiesRef

2. RGU: ENERGY CENTRE THE ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY Academic Regulations: Courseworks & Examinations We recognise that exceptional, serious and acute problems can occur during your studies It is your responsibility to inform us by submitting relevant form at the appropriate time.

3. RGU: ENERGY CENTRE THE ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY Academic Regulations: Associated Forms Coursework Extension Request notes & form - submit before the due date.notes & form Mitigating Circumstances notes & form - submit before coursework due date or no more than 5- working days after an examinationnotes & form Suspension of Studies Request form – permitted to suspend studies once for up to 1 yearform Submit forms to Susan for logging purposes

4. RGU: ENERGY CENTRE THE ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY Academic Regulations: Associated Forms It is in your interests to submit the relevant forms For example if the Assessment Board considers the evidence for mitigating circumstances to be valid then outcome may allow another attempt at the assessment without loss of an assessment opportunity.

5. RGU: ENERGY CENTRE THE ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY Academic Regulations: Misconduct Make sure you are clear on your obligations and conduct as a student and the disciplinary procedures related to: Academic misconduct such as plagiarism and collusion (Guidance)Academic misconduct Guidance Non-academic misconduct - For example you are expected to act courteous to students and staff at all times.Non-academic misconduct

6. RGU: ENERGY CENTRE THE ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY Academic Regulations: Appeals (Academic/ Non-academic Misconduct) If you disagreement with the outcome of an academic or non-academic misconduct hearing it is your right to appeal against the decision. Appeal form and info on the appeals procedure can be downloaded from Academic Affairs web pagesAppeal form info

7. RGU: ENERGY CENTRE THE ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY Academic Regulations: Appeals (Award and Progression) Disagreement with academic judgement is not grounds for appeal, however, an appeal can be made against an Assessment Board award or progression decision on following grounds: Material administration error Factors which were not revealed by student prior to decision being made. Forms and info on the appeals procedure can be downloaded from Academic Affairs web pagesFormsinfo

8. RGU: ENERGY CENTRE THE ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY Other Issues: Class Rep One Class Rep for each course What is a Class Reps role? – To gather views of classmates and convey this constructively in meetings and communications with staff (More info can be found on Student Involvement webpages)More info can be found on Student Involvement webpages Interested in being your Class Rep? - e-mail Susan MiddletonSusan Middleton

9. RGU: ENERGY CENTRE THE ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY Other Issues: RGU e-mail We only use your RGU address for email correspondence – read it regularly both on and off- campus RGU student email accounts are restricted to 10Mb – learn to use archive feature (recommended) Unsure how to archive? Ask at IT&Moodle session or look at EC Tech Support or contact IT HelpdeskEC Tech Support IT Helpdesk Within Outlook you can re-direct your RGU emails to Yahoo, Hotmail etc (not recommended)

10. RGU: ENERGY CENTRE THE ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY Thank you for your attention Any Questions?

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12. RGU: ENERGY CENTRE THE ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY Other Issues: Changing Course Are you currently registered on one MSc course and want to know how to transfer to another? Ask at the Informal Course Chat session during induction Alternatively contact John Bisset or Steve Button our Discipline Leaders for further advice:John Bisset Steve Button John for MSc DWE Steve for MSc PPE