ATTENDANCE MONITORING to comply with requirements of the UK Visa and Immigration Service (UKVI)

Background
The UKVI require confirmation that international students are attending classes regularly and are fully engaged with their studies. Therefore, the School of Pharmacy operates the following procedure.

Undergraduate Students

1. Undergraduate students are required to call at the School Reception, every week (term time only), and show their official student identification card to a member of office staff and be signed in.
   
2. The School Office will produce a check list on a weekly basis (term time only) which will contain both student names and student numbers. 
   
3. The ID of the student should be checked against the student card and the check list updated accordingly.
   
4. Students who fail to show their ID on any given week  will be contacted by email by the School Office at the start of the following week and reminded that they will be reported to the International Office if they do not have a valid reason for non-attendance.
   
5. Students are also required to attend 10 academic points of contact throughout the year (5 in Semester 1 and 5 in Semester 2). The School will issue an attendance card for each student listing the academic contact points and each student is responsible for acquiring the signature of the academic member of staff responsible for each point of contact.
   
6. If a student plans to leave Northern Ireland  during term time, but remain in the UK, they are required to inform the School Office
   
7. If a student plans to leave the UK  during term time they are required to complete an ‘Authorised Absence Notification for Tier 4 (G) International Students’ form which can be obtained from the School Office
   

Failure to comply with the procedure outlined above may affect the University’s sponsorship of your Tier 4 visa.