Before you enrol, you will be advised of the grades that you will need to achieve on the Pre-sessional English course in order to progress to your main degree programme. Throughout the course you will receive regular feedback on your progress towards these grades.

If you fail to achieve the required grades for progression onto your main course of study, a recommendation will be made to withdraw you from the University, in line with the University's Regulations (Regulation Governing Student Registration, Attendance and Progress). If you are in this position, then you will be unable to progress to your main course of study and any Student visa sponsorship will be withdrawn.

However, you will be provided with the opportunity to remedy your failure after the end of the Pre-Sessional English Programme and before any possible recommendation of withdrawal is made. The way in which you remedy failure on the Pre-Sessional English programme will be determined by the Pre-Sessional Course Director and full details of re-sit and/or remedy procedures will be shared with you prior to enrolment onto the programme.

If you fail the Pre-Sessional English Programme, then you may also choose to complete an external re-sit at the end of the course, using a University approved English Language Test to meet your main course English language requirements. If you choose to do this, you will need to provide evidence of passing this English Language Test, that meets the published language requirements for your main course of study - this can then be used to withdraw a recommendation of withdrawal, provided the test scores are submitted before the latest start date of your main degree course.

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