Making Major Changes (Undergraduate students)
Sometimes, perhaps because of changes in your personal circumstances, you may need to make a major change such as:
- Transfer to another degree programme, or to another Department
- Repeat a year of study that you have failed (Undergraduate students)
- Take a leave of absence (usually for one year, possible for two years in extreme circumstances)
- Withdraw from your degree programme or from the University
The School and the University will do what it can to accommodate such changes. First, read the advice on the Student Services Information Desk web pages, and print off a Change of Status Form. You can find the advice and the form here (or search the University website for "change of status form"):
Bring the form to your Personal Tutor or Year Tutor as soon as you can, to discuss your options and to complete the form.
Undertaking a Work Placement
A small number of our students take leave of absence each year between their second and third year because they have arranged a one-year work placement or traineeship out in industry. This is not a compulsory part of the degree programmes, but the Department is happy to consider a leave of absence for any student who has invested time in setting up a work placement with a company within the information/business sector and which it considers will complement the student's degree studies. The Department does not arrange such work placements for students, and it is up to the student to find an appropriate work placement and make the necessary arrangements. If the Department supports your request for a leave of absence you will be asked to provide a copy of the offer of employment letter from the company you will be going to work for and also asked to complete an Undergraduate Change of Status Form. This form will then be forwarded to the relevant Faculty for approval.