General Attendance

You are required to attend all formal teaching sessions (lectures, seminars, workshops and field trips). A register will be taken at each seminar and workshop session. Attendance and engagement will be registered and recorded in Tabula. You should prepare fully for each scheduled session by doing the required reading and preparing any work (such as presentations or briefings). You should attend formal assessments and examinations at the designated time and place and observe all rules regarding conduct during a formal examination.

Our taught courses are demanding and intensive. Normally students are expected to devote the equivalent of a 37.5-hour week to each week of their studies, including reading, research and preparation of assessments, not just attendance at lectures, seminars and workshops.

What We Expect From You

The University’s Regulation 36 governs students’ registration, attendance and progress. The following is an extract from the Regulation:

1. Students are expected to engage fully with their course of study, take responsibility for their own learning and co-operate with their department and wider University as members of the University community. Students must comply with the requirements for their course as set out by the department.
2. Students are expected to inform departments of any health problems, changes in circumstances or other difficulties that may affect their progress. If a student fails to inform the department, these circumstances cannot be taken into account.
3. Students may be required by the Head of Department to meet with staff in the department. Students may also be required to meet with administrative staff in the wider University.
4. If a student’s progress or behaviour persistently fails to meet the expectations set out in this Regulation and departmental course requirements, the Head of Department may recommend to a Continuation of Registration Committee that the student be required to withdraw (under section 36.4.4).

Monitoring Points

To help us to gauge how successfully you are engaging with your course, identify any problems which you may be experiencing and offer support to help you, the department has a number of checkpoints throughout the year. If you miss any of the points, this might indicate that you are having problems with the course and need additional support. These monitoring points are available to see on Tabula.

It is extremely important that you meet the requirements of each point as failure to do so could result in a letter being sent to you from Student Records reminding you of your obligations as a student.

International students should be particularly aware of the consequences of missing contact points: the Academic Office is obliged to report to the Home Office UK Visas and Immigration (formerly the UK Border Agency) if any Student Visa Holders have been found not to be engaging with and attending their degree course. This will normally lead to the curtailment of their visas.

Student Visa holders should ensure that the PGT Coordinator is informed of any overseas research trips.

Please speak to your Personal Tutor if you feel you might be at risk of not meeting these critical requirements at any point during your University career.

Please see a guide here on how to record monitoring points https://warwick.ac.uk/services/its/servicessupport/web/tabula/manual/monitoring-points/mp-students/.

A full list of monitoring points for History students can be found hereLink opens in a new window. You will also find details of your monitoring points on Tabula.

List of monitoring points

PGT Full Time Students:

	2024-2025 History Scheme
POINT	Description	Timing
1	Submission of Avoiding Plagiarism Certificate	Week 1 Term 1
2	Meeting with Personal Tutor	Week 0 –1 Term 1
3	Attendance at Seminars	Week 3 – Term 1
4	Attendance at Seminars	Week 5 – Term 1
5	Attendance at Seminars	Week 7 – Term 1
6	Submission of assessed work	Week 10 – Term 1
7	Meeting with Personal Tutor	Week 1 –2 Term 2
8	Attendance at Seminars	Week 3 – Term 2
9	Attendance at Seminars	Week 5 – Term 2
10	Attendance at Seminars	Week 7 – Term 2
11	Attendance at Seminars	Week 9 – Term 2
12	Attendance at dissertation supervision meeting	Week 1 –2 Term 3
13	Attendance at dissertation supervision meeting	Summer Vacation Week 2-4
14	Submission of Dissertation - Wednesday 3rd September 2025	Summer Vacation

PGT Part Time Students Year One:

	2024-2025 History Scheme
POINT	Description	Timing
1	Submission of Avoiding Plagiarism Certificate	Week 1 Term 1
2	Meeting with Personal Tutor	Week 1 –2 Term 1
3	Attendance at Seminars	Week 3 – Term 1
4	Attendance at Seminars	Week 5 – Term 1
5	Attendance at Seminars	Week 7 – Term 1
6	Submission of assessed work	Week 10 – Term 1
7	Meeting with Personal Tutor	Week 1 –2 Term 2
8	Attendance at Seminars	Week 3 – Term 2
9	Attendance at Seminars	Week 5 – Term 2
10	Attendance at Seminars	Week 7 – Term 2
11	Attendance at Seminars	Week 9 – Term 2
12	Meeting with Personal Tutor	Week 1 –2 Term 3
13	Meeting with Personal Tutor	Summer Vacation Week 2-4

PGT Part Time Students Year Two:

	2024-2025 History Scheme
POINT	Description	Timing
1	Submission of Avoiding Plagiarism Certificate	Week 1 Term 1
2	Meeting with Personal Tutor	Week 0 –1 Term 1
3	Attendance at Seminars	Week 3 – Term 1
4	Attendance at Seminars	Week 5 – Term 1
5	Attendance at Seminars	Week 7 – Term 1
6	Submission of assessed work	Week 10 – Term 1
7	Meeting with Personal Tutor	Week 1 –2 Term 2
8	Attendance at Seminars	Week 3 – Term 2
9	Attendance at Seminars	Week 5 – Term 2
10	Attendance at Seminars	Week 7 – Term 2
11	Attendance at Seminars	Week 9 – Term 2
12	Attendance at dissertation supervision meeting	Week 1 –2 Term 3
13	Attendance at dissertation supervision meeting	Summer Vacation Week 2-4
14	Submission of Dissertation - Wednesday 3rd September 2024	Summer Vacation

Absence from Classes

If you are prevented from attending a seminar or study trip because of illness or serious personal problems, you must inform the department and seminar tutor as soon as possible. Give the reason for your absence (you need only specify ‘illnesses, ‘family problems’, etc. You need not give details) and say when you think that you are likely to be back in attendance. Failure to do this may result in you missing your monitoring points.

If your absence is less than five days, you may self-certify your absence. Note that you will not usually be permitted to self-certify an absence on more than two occasions in any one year. If your absence is of more than five consecutive days or is a third or more occasion, you should in accordance with University rules provide documentation, for example, a doctor's certificate.

Religious Observance: If you need to miss a seminar for religious observances (e.g. Jews who observe Shabbat), please inform your seminar tutor as soon as possible. If your timetable means that you would miss classes on a regular basis for religious observance, please contact the History Office who, where possible, will reallocate you to a different seminar group.  

Reading Weeks

Week 6 in Terms 1 and 2 is designated as a ‘Reading Week’ and no classes run in that week. The point of these weeks is to allow students more free time to research and read for their assignments and essays, and to allow academic staff to stay in touch with their own research and to conduct more intensive teaching preparation. Most academic staff will not be in the Department during these weeks and if you need to make urgent contact with them you should do this via e-mail in the first instance.

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