Your responsibilities & our duties

If you make any changes to your name, address, contact numbers/emails addresses or other personal information, it is your responsibility to update details held by the university on MyUCA within 5 working days.

The main reason for your stay in the UK is to study, therefore we have a duty to monitor your study and attendance. It is very important that you attend all your classes and lectures and submit your coursework when it is due as any non-attendance or non-engagement with your course will need to be reported to the UKVI.

Failure to attend at the expected levels could result in you being withdrawn from the course and your visa cancelled.

You are expected to:

• Attend all lectures, tutorials, seminars, projects, examinations and enrolment as scheduled for your course of study.
• Achieve an attendance level of at least 80% throughout your course.
• Arrive for classes on time and stay for the duration of the session.
• Tell the Campus Registry office (by email or written note) if you are not able to attend your class for any reason.
• Tell the Campus Registry office (by completing an ‘authorised absence’ form) if you are ill or have an accident or need to return home for an emergency – we may ask you to provide evidence of the reason for your absence, for example, a letter from your doctor.
• Tell the Campus Registry office about any other reason you will be absent from a class.
• We will grant compassionate leave where appropriate.

You are not allowed to take holidays during term time under any circumstances.

If you decide to leave your course early you must tell us immediately. If you are returning home or going to a different institution to study, please provide us with details so that we can notify the UK Visas and Immigration office.

You must provide us with the following before you can be fully enrolled on your course:

• Your passport and visa: - This will be scanned by UCA staff during the physical enrolment process and returned to you immediately.
• Evidence of entry into the United Kingdom.  This might be a stamp in your passport, your boarding pass/ticket, or a copy of your flight itinerary.
• You need to provide a share code that starts with an S.  This will allow UCA staff to generate the requisite eVisa for your student record.
• Up-to-date contact details in the UK – you can do this through the MyUCA.

You must also:

• Enrol onto each academic year of your course;
• Follow UCA procedures if you want to defer/suspend your studies or withdraw from your course;
• Return home if you defer/suspend your studies, withdraw from your course or your course is terminated;
• Act within the immigration rules if you change institutions – it is a criminal offence to register for studies at an institution other than the one shown on your visa. Students switching institutions need to make a new visa application as soon as a CAS is assigned to them;
• Act within the immigration rules if you change your course to a shorter course. If you applied for your current visa using a CAS, we will report the change to the UK Visas and Immigration office;
• Ensure you do not work more than the maximum hours as detailed on your student permission UKVI decision letter.

Please note: If you break these conditions, you may be suspended or withdrawn from your course. You may also be breaking the terms of your visa.