Termination of Student Status

There are three main reasons why student status may be terminated:

Poor academic performance.
Low or non-attendance.
Termination or failure of a work placement, which means you can no longer continue in your course.

Once you have received official notification of your termination, you have up to 10 working days to respond to it.

All students have the right to appeal to the Student Casework Office, but there are only certain grounds that you can base your appeal on.

These are:

Your performance or attendance had been affected by long-term Mitigating Circumstances, and that for a good reason you could not disclose previously.
The University or Faculty did not correctly follow regulations, which has led to a decision resulting in the Termination.

HOW TO APPEAL

Appeals against Termination of Student Registration need to be made on the correct form which you can find here.

You will also need to type a statement in the form of a letter or timeline (we recommend using Word) which describes the difficulties you have experienced and the consequences of those - particularly about your studies.

We recommend typing your statement because there is often not enough space on the form and also because it is much easier to read than handwriting.

Attach your statement and evidence to your form and submit it to the Student Casework Office (casework@londonmet.ac.uk)

TERMINATION FOR POOR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE

Your statement needs to include the academic year as a whole, but should specifically focus on what went wrong during the assessment periods.
Explain why you didn’t submit your coursework or sit your exams.
If you didn’t make use of the Mitigating Circumstances, or didn’t get help from your Academic Mentor or Course Leader, then you need to explain why you didn’t make use of these options.

TERMINATION FOR LOW OR NON-ATTENDANCE

Your statement should focus on what prevented you from attending and why you didn't contact the University or Faculty about it.
Explain why you didn’t make use of requesting an authorised absence or intermittently.
If you did communicate why you have been absent then make sure to provide evidence of this.

TERMINATION FOR FAILURE OR TERMINATION OF A PLACEMENT

Your statement should focus on the regulations or procedures you believe were not followed correctly, which has led to the failure or termination of your placement.
Explain how the Faculty or University’s actions are different to what is stated in the regulations and what impact this has had.

POSSIBLE OUTCOMES OF YOUR APPEAL

The Termination of your Student Registration could be revoked.
You could be asked to provide more information and evidence before a decision can be made.
The University might set some conditions that you must meet before your termination can be revoked.

The Termination of your Student Registration could be confirmed.

TIMING

The Student Casework Office aims to respond to students within 6 weeks.

Individual cases with additional complications or evidence requirements may take longer and will be assessed individually.

ASK FOR HELP

If you have any difficulties, questions not covered here, or would like to send us your draft statement for feedback, please email theadviceservice.su@londonmet.ac.uk and we will reply as soon as possible.