Student Attendance Monitoring
It is most important that all students regularly attend all the scheduled sessions (e.g. supervisory meetings, departmental research presentations, DDP modules, laboratory sessions, etc) that are listed in their timetable or that are communicated to them as the year proceeds. It is only by attending all of the scheduled sessions that students will be able to engage with their research and progress effectively, as required by University regulations.
To help ensure that students make full use of the learning and research opportunities that are available, academic departments will monitor the attendance of students who are studying on campus throughout the year. Departments will also monitor contact points for students who are studying or working away from Sheffield as part of their degree studies.
Departments will be required to indicate to the University at 3 times per year whether or not students are attending and engaging with their programmes of research. The monitoring will be carried out using systems that have been developed by the University specifically to help departments identify and support students who are having difficulty with their study programme. Information about how individual departments will carry out attendance monitoring and how they will use this information will normally be included in departmental student handbooks.