Your programme of study - Diploma

Further details relating to each of the following areas, including procedural instructions, can be found on the Student Services Centre website at: www.lse.ac.uk/SSC

Registration

Registration means that you are a member of the School and entitled to use the School facilities. It is your responsibility to ensure that you register fully for your programme of study.

Each student is registered on a taught programme leading to a qualification (e.g. Diploma in Accounting and Finance). You must normally complete all programme requirements within, and attend the School for, the timeframe set out in your programme regulations (see the on-line School Calendar) or offer of admission.

New students

Registration takes place in a designated location throughout the week preceding the start of the Michaelmas term, except for students taking pre-session courses in September. If for unavoidable reasons you are unable to register prior to the start of Term, late registration takes place in the Student Services Centre. Students will not normally be allowed to register after the last working day of October, largely because they will have missed a significant part of their programme of study. The records of any student who has not registered by this deadline will be cancelled.

Continuing students

All students wishing to continue their studies from a previous academic session must re-register. Re-registration in the next year of study is dependent upon satisfying the progression rules (as outlined in your degree regulations) in the preceding year. If you have been given permission to interrupt your registration, you will normally be required to return within a year and be expected to sit examinations at the next possible opportunity.

LSE Card and Email Account

All registered students will be issued with an LSE Card. This card serves as your student identity card and your library card and should be kept in a safe place. A fee is charged to replace a lost or stolen card.
Please note that your LSE email will be used for a variety of essential communications, including information on payment of your tuition fees. You should access and manage your LSE email account on a regular basis, as it will be assumed that you have opened and acted upon these communications.

Conditions of study

Your signature on the form by which you accept a place at the School binds you to abide by all applicable School regulations, procedures, codes and policies as set out in the on-line School Calendar. Please read carefully the various regulations and, in particular, the Codes of Good Practice for Taught Diploma Programmes: Teaching, Learning and Assessment which sets out the responsibilities of students.

You are strongly advised to consult a member of the Student Services Centre staff on matters connected with School regulations. If you are in any doubt about any information provided orally, you should ask for it to be confirmed in writing (particularly if relating to your tuition fees). It remains your sole responsibility to pass on information about your personal circumstances directly to the Student Services Centre.

Withdrawal from the School

Before you make a final decision to terminate your studies, discuss your position with your supervisor or one of the School's Advisers or the Dean of Graduate Studies. If you decide not to continue with your programme and wish to leave in mid-session, you need to inform the Student Services Centre in writing. Although you do not have a right to a refund of any fees paid, the School will consider requests for tuition refunds on the basis of a 30-week year in respect of periods after the official termination of registration. Please note that you will be liable for fees up to and including the week the Student Services Centre receives written notification of your withdrawal.

Duration of contract and discipline

The contract between you and the School ends on the date of the main examination board for your degree programme, unless you formally withdraw from the School before taking your final examinations. You remain subject to the School's regulations until the end of the contract, but you are not expected to remain in attendance after term ends. If you have disciplinary proceedings pending after the end of the contract, the School reserves the right to withhold any award until the conclusion of the proceedings.

Studying abroad

If you need to study abroad as part of your programme of study, you should take out appropriate personal insurance. The School's insurance does not cover you while you are studying abroad.

Copyright

Copyright in lectures is vested in the lecturers. Notes taken at lectures may be used only for the purposes of private study. Lectures may not be recorded without the lecturer's permission. Any recording permitted is subject to the conditions (if any) imposed by the lecturer and may not be used for anything except the student's private study.

Financial matters

You must complete a Financial Undertaking Form before registration, and pay fees either in full before the beginning of the session concerned or, by agreement of the School, in instalments as per published instructions.

Fees

The fees for each academic session appear on the School's website at: www.lse.ac.uk/collections/tableOfFees. Fees cover registration, teaching, first entry to examinations, the use of the Library and membership of the Students' Union. If you register for a course lasting more than a year, or you interrupt your studies and return to complete them later, the fees charged for subsequent years will be at the rate applicable for the academic year in question and not at the rate for the academic year in which you first registered.

Your status as a Home/EU or Overseas student for fee purposes is determined by the Graduate Admissions Office on the basis of information that you have provided. This status cannot normally be changed after you have registered.

If you owe money to the School or University, including charges for accommodation, the School may apply penalties or sanctions at its discretion.

Financial Support

The Financial Support Office administers a variety of scholarships and award schemes for incoming students. It also administers student hardship funds for currently registered students. The eligibility requirements and value of financial support differ according to each scholarship, award and/or fund. If you do not secure sufficient funds to register, you are strongly advised to consider the possibility of deferring entry to a subsequent academic session. Unfortunately, the School will not be able to offer hardship assistance to students who knowingly register under-funded.

For information on sources of financial support you should visit the websites of both the Financial Support Office and Students' Union.

Guidance Statement to Students about Working Part-time:

The School is aware that many students face varying degrees of financial pressures which make it necessary for them to undertake part-time work while studying full-time. The School is also of the view that students must devote enough time to the academic demands of their programme. Students are expected to produce regular coursework and prepare for classes/seminars, as well as studying for examinations. Each student is responsible for setting her/his own balance between part-time employment and academic coursework. Recent research suggests that an excessive amount of part-time work can have a detrimental effect on academic performance. Therefore, the School recommends that full-time students work no more than 20 hours per week during term time, and, if at all possible, fewer than 15 hours. The School's examination boards will not normally consider as mitigating circumstances the negative impact that part-time work may have had on a student's performance in examinations or assessed coursework.

Additional notes:

If you are studying at the LSE on a student visa, you will normally be permitted to work up to 20 hours a week during term time and any number of hours during vacation periods. You should check the terms and conditions of your visa with the Students' Union Advice and Counselling Centre before undertaking paid work You can also contact the Visa Office in the Student Services Centre if you need to extend your Visa in the UK.

Further information about financial support and working in the UK can be found on the Financial Support Office website.

General advice on visas, employment rights and taxation issues can be found on the Students' Union Advice and Counselling Centre website.

Examinations

Examinations take place in the Summer Term and students are required to be in attendance at the School throughout the exam period and available until the end of Term. Registered candidates must sit all examinations at the School, except those relating to an intercollegiate course which would normally be sat at the institution delivering the teaching.

Special Exam Arrangements

Candidates with documented evidence of a long-term physical, medical and/or psychological condition may apply for special examination arrangements. Candidates should contact the Adviser to Students with Disabilities & Dyslexia as early as possible and no later than the end of Lent Term.
Late applications for special arrangements will only be considered if you experience sudden injury or illness. Such applications should be made at the Student Services Centre

Examinations Overseas

Registered candidates or unregistered candidates who were granted permission to defer an examination(s) can only sit examinations overseas if they obtain exceptional permission from the Chair of the Graduate Studies Sub-Committee.

Unregistered re-sit candidates may apply to sit examinations overseas at an approved overseas centre by writing to the Student Services Centre no later than the end of February. An overseas examination fee is payable by all candidates allowed to take examinations overseas in addition to any re-sit fee. Late applications may be subject to an additional fee.

Please note: where satisfactory arrangements cannot be made at an overseas location, candidates will be required to sit their examinations at the School.

Deferring Examinations

School regulations normally require candidates to sit all examinations in the academic session in which the courses were first studied.

If you wish to defer any or all of your examinations, you must complete a deferral form obtainable from the Student Services Centre and obtain the written permission of those people listed on the form. You must do this by no later than the Friday of the first week of the Summer term. Late applications will only be accepted exceptionally in the case of unforeseen circumstances.

Please note: permission to defer an examination(s) is only given in exceptional circumstances and students will normally be required to sit their deferred examination(s) at the School, i.e. in London.

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