HE Terms and Conditions 2015 16

1. Your copy of
Last reviewed: July 2015
Approved by: SMT
Reviewed by: HE Co‐ordinator and Director of Academic Partnerships & Marketing
Terms and Conditions:
Studying Higher Education at Bridgwater College
Effective from September 1st
2015 for courses enrolling during 2015/16
As a student enrolled on a Higher Education course at Bridgwater College you accept the following Terms and
Conditions (please note that if your course is delivered in partnership with one of the College’s University partners
you will also enrol with them and be subject to their specific Terms and Conditions in addition to the College’s):
This document outlines the key Terms and Conditions you need to be aware of. Your course handbook(s), available
when you start your programme, will contain further information relevant to your studies. You are expected to read
all the documents associated with your course as they contain important information particularly relating to the
academic regulations you are subject to.
Applying to study higher education with Bridgwater College
During the application process you were provided with a range of documentation outlining the course you were
applying to and information is available on the College’s website about the course of study and application process
including:
 Course information on the College’s website (http://www.bridgwater.ac.uk/sector.php?sector=4) and that of
your University Partner (if applicable)
 HE Admissions Policy, on the College’s website (http://www.bridgwater.ac.uk/files/documents/bridgwater‐
college‐higher‐education‐admissions‐policy.pdf)
 Offer letter by email from the College’s Admissions team
 Information about enrolment by email from the College’s Admissions team
Pre‐enrolment information
Information was provided to you prior to the enrolment day on the HEADstart website
(https://bridgwater.blackboard.com/webapps/blackboard/content/listContent.jsp?course_id=_2921_1&content_id=
_257511_1). On this site information about your course was made accessible to you including your course’s
programme specification (where available) which contains information on the course structure and modules/units of
study.
Enrolling with Bridgwater College
By completing and signing the College’s enrolment form you will be confirming that you are aware of the:
 title of the course you are studying
 core modules/units of study for the course and any optional modules/units and any work based
commitment (optional and work based modules/units are not available for every course)
 number of modules/units you must successfully complete in order to achieve your qualification (provided in
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 award you will receive on successful completion of your course and who is responsible for awarding it
(awards are made by the University partner or awarding body and not Bridgwater College)
 additional accreditation applicable to your course (the only course with this at present is FdSc and BSc (Hons)
Motorsport Engineering for with IET/IMECH accreditation)
 duration of the course and format of study
 location of your studies (all higher education courses are delivered at the Bridgwater and/or Cannington
Centres with the possible exception of short periods out of the College grounds for residentials and trips)
 who will be teaching you during your course (this is detailed within your course handbook). The College
reserves the right to change teaching team members during the year when necessary but the College is
responsible for ensuring that they are appropriate to teach the subject area. Changes to teaching teams do
happen on occasion and are often out the College’s control, for example sickness or resignation of staff mean
that the College cannot sometimes help but vary from the list provided at the start of the year in your
handbook. The College will make every effort to ensure your classes are covered should this happen and get
a qualified and appropriate teacher to take over as soon as possible.
 cost of studying your course and that you are subject to paying course fees for every year of study (the
College does not increase fees for you year on year so the fee you pay in the first year of study will be the fee
you pay every year for the duration of your course) and, if you do not pass and are offered the chance to repeat
modules/units of study that there may be a fee attached to that
 additional costs to your programme (most programmes do not carry additional costs; where there are
additional costs to the enrolment fee you will be made aware of these in good time ahead of the event or
activity).
 need to provide all relevant documentation to confirm your enrolment by the deadlines specified by the
College, failure to do so may result in the College being unable to process your enrolment. This includes
providing original evidence of your qualifications that your offer for entry to the programme was based on and
genuine photographic identification such as a driving licence or passport. If you fail to provide any or all
supporting evidence at enrolment the HE Team will confirm the timeframes within which you must supply it
to the College.
Assessment and academic regulations
You will be subject to the academic and assessment regulations of the awarding University if your programme is
approved by a partner University, or by the College’s Assessment Regulations if you are studying a Higher National
Diploma or Certificate. Within the published assessment regulations are full details of how your marks are calculated
and weighted to produce your final marks and classification of grade (if applicable). You should take time to become
familiar with these policies, summaries are often also contained within course handbooks for each university partner.
The University partners all have fully published policies available on their websites and the College’s document is
available on its Blackboard site, HE Information or from the HE Team via HE@bridgwater.ac.uk. Your course tutor
should highlight any key facts about the assessment regulations you are subject to early on in your course.
Payment of fees
By enrolling with Bridgwater College you are committing to the College’s Fees Policy, key headlines from the policy
are below and guidance is available on the College’s website via http://www.bridgwater.ac.uk/feature.php?id=142
 fees will remain the same for each year of your study
 you will be liable for the fees for the full course even if you withdraw part way during the year and your student
loan is cancelled
 if you owe fees from previous enrolments you may not be allowed to enrol on your HE course until they have
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 you cannot complete your enrolment until you have made payment OR you have evidence of payment in place
such as a student loan or payment by a sponsor (such as your employer)
 fees may be made in instalments
 failure to pay fees may result in the College withholding your final award certificate
 If the College cancels your course you will be eligible for a full refund
Cancelling your enrolment (within 14 days of enrolling – cooling off period)
If you decide, within the first 14 days of enrolling, that you do not wish to proceed with your studies you may do so
without any penalty. If you do decide to do this you must follow the guidelines within the main section about
withdrawing from your programme of study. After 14 days have lapsed you will be liable to the College’s Fees Policy
as summarised in another section. If you are enrolled with Oxford Brookes University you will be subject to their Fees
Policy and should consult their website for further information on this via http://www.brookes.ac.uk/studying‐at‐
brookes/finance/
Withdrawing from your programme of study (after the first 14 days)
If you decide to withdraw following the completion of your enrolment you may do so at any time but your withdrawal
must:
 be made in writing to the HE Team by emailing HE@bridgwater.ac.uk
 include a reason for withdrawing
Once you have notified the HE Team of your withdrawal we will:
 ensure you are withdrawn from the College’s system
 put in place the process to action your withdrawal with the University partner (if applicable)
This is important because once you are withdrawn from the College and/or your university partner and if you have
a student loan then the action of withdrawing you from your course will ensure the Student Loans Company is
automatically notified.
If you do not notify us in writing that you intend to withdraw you will not be withdrawn from your programme of study.
If you withdraw and you have completed assessments during the year and achieve some credit or an exit award this
will be considered by the relevant Assessment Board (or equivalent) at the end of the academic year and you will be
notified of the outcome and will not be eligible to attend graduation.
Student conduct
You are expected to conduct yourself appropriately whilst studying at Bridgwater College. Inappropriate behaviour
that results in the College exercising its Disciplinary Policy to the final stage may result in the College withdrawing you
from your programme of study. If this happens you will still be liable for the full fee for the year. You will be awarded
any credit that you have achieved to that point as approved by the Assessment Board (or equivalent) at the end of the
academic year. The College’s HE Student Charter provides details on how the College expects you to conduct yourself
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You are also subject to other relevant college policies relating to how you use facilities, resources and academic
practise. All relevant policies are available on the College’s HEADstart site available to you prior to enrolment and on
the College’s HE Information site on Blackboard once you have enrolled.
Complaints
You have the right to complain about any aspect of your experience as a higher education student at the College at
any time. If you wish to lodge a complaint you need to be aware that the College has a Higher Education Complaints
Policy which details how your complaint will be handled. This is available on the College’s HE Information site on
Blackboard or just contact the HE Team via HE@bridgwater.ac.uk for a copy. Information is also contained within
your programme handbook.
Academic appeals
You can only appeal your marks/grades once they have been confirmed by the Assessment Board (or equivalent) at
the end of a semester or academic year (this may vary depending on how your programme is set up and details will be
in your course handbook). If you are affiliated to a university partner you must always use their academic appeals
policy from the outset. If you are on a Higher National Diploma or Certificate you must use the College’s Higher
Education Academic Appeals procedure, available on Blackboard under HE Information or by contacting the HE Team
via HE@bridgwater.ac.uk. There is normally a time limit on the period within which you receive your results and can
lodge an academic appeal, you should be aware of this and details will be contained within the appeals procedure
relevant to you. University partner appeals procedures are located on their websites and links are available within
your course handbooks. If you need any help you can always ask the College’s HE Team via HE@bridgwater.ac.uk
Changes to the content and/or structure of your course
Once you have enrolled the College is committed to delivering the course in the way it has laid out to you within the
course documentation, including the course handbook. There are occasions where the course structure or content
may vary from what was originally advertised due to changes in the approval with the partner university or other
operational variations that impact upon it. The College will always seek to minimise any changes to a programme and
where those changes are significant you will have the option and right to cease studying on that programme without
penalty. Changes to course content are normally minor and do not impact on what students actually end up studying.
Major changes will be managed via an approval procedure both internally and with the partner university/awarding
body. If there are changes the College will notify you of the changes and will, normally, consult with students ahead
of the changes being made as they are often made in direct response to student feedback.
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of studying a higher education course at Bridgwater College as outlined in the
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