1.   Registration

1. All current students are required to complete Student Registration on an annual basis. This is to make sure that the information held on your student record is correct: It is not a way of registering for, or applying for, a course of study
   • In order to complete the formal registration process students must:
   • be present at an Outreach Rescue registration event, unless specifically exempted from such attendance, and
   • confirm that they will obey Outreach Rescue’s Regulations which are in force during their period of study, including those governing the payment of fees and other sums due to Outreach Rescue, those governing progress in studies, attendance and conduct, and those covering the use of Outreach Rescue’s facilities and resources, and
   • Check for accuracy and completeness the information held by Outreach Rescue regarding their relevant personal details, and about their programme of study, and amend such information as necessary, using an approved method.

2.   Deregistration

2. A student’s registration will be discontinued if for any reason the student has been deemed to be withdrawn as detailed in Outreach Rescue’s Regulations governing Attendance and Engagement (C4 Student Monitoring), and C6 Fitness for Practice Policy
   • A student’s registration will be discontinued if a student does not provide Outreach Rescue with the required information as detailed in paragraph 1.
   • A student’s registration will be discontinued if they are in breach of the law in a manner that makes them ineligible to satisfy Outreach Rescue’s attendance requirements.
   • A student’s registration will be discontinued if they breach any of the registration requirements stated above.

3.   Exceptional circumstances

3. Circumstances outside our control
   • Outreach Rescue will take all reasonable steps to provide the educational services that you have registered or enrolled to receive. There may be circumstances outside of our control where we are unable to provide those services in full or in part for reasons such as fire, flood, pandemic, terrorist acts or industrial disputes.  Where those, or similar, circumstances arise we will minimise disruption so far as we are reasonably able and, wherever practicable, will provide you with reasonable alternative arrangements to continue with your studies

4.   Maintenance of academic standards

• In exceptional circumstances Outreach Rescue may cancel all registrations and enrolments for a module where it is unable to guarantee academic standards at the start date of the module; or an insufficient number of students have registered or enrolled for the module to enable Outreach to provide an appropriate learning experience and/or assessment opportunity in order to meet the learning outcomes of the module;
• In the case of the first presentation of a module only, where notice has been given during the registration process that the module is under development or subject to accreditation or validation, as the case may be, and the awarding body is unable to guarantee that the appropriate academic standards will be met or that any relevant accreditation or validation will be secured by the time the module starts; or,
• for any other module, there has been an unforeseen development in the subject area, teaching or assessment methods since registration opened for that academic year that requires significant change in order to maintain the currency or academic standards of the module or the academic reputation of Outreach Rescue is not reasonably able to make before it starts; or,
• There has been an unforeseen withdrawal of accreditation or validation for a module since registration opened for that academic year that Outreach Rescue is unable to resolve before the module starts.
• Outreach Rescue will make all reasonable efforts to inform you of any such changes as early as possible and to provide reasonable alternative arrangements wherever practicable to do so.

5. Short-term changes to learning, teaching and assessment arrangements

• Outreach Rescue will take all reasonable steps to provide the educational services that you have registered or enrolled to receive. There may be circumstances outside of our control where we are unable to provide those services in full or in part for reasons such as fire, flood, pandemic, terrorist acts or industrial disputes.  Where those, or similar, circumstances arise we will minimise disruption so far as we are reasonably able and, wherever practicable, will provide you with reasonable alternative arrangements to continue with your studies.
• Outreach Rescue may have to postpone, re-locate, re-structure or cancel tutorials, forums, day schools, residential schools and other teaching sessions, assessments or examinations due to the occurrence of an event or circumstance beyond its reasonable control including, but not limited to, industrial action, whether on the part of Outreach Rescue’s staff or otherwise, short notice absence of teaching or other staff, short notice unavailability of premises, facilities or materials. Outreach Rescue will make all reasonable efforts to inform you of any such changes as early as possible and to provide reasonable alternative arrangements wherever practicable to do so.

6. Longer-term changes to learning, teaching and assessment arrangements

In some cases, changes to these arrangements may result in a longer term change to the student’s arrangements, such as changes in employer. This is covered in B8a: Contingency Plan for Student Employment or Sponsorship