Exam Barring

information for undergraduates

Attendance at classes is compulsory and is recorded on LSE for You. Any student who is absent on two consecutive occasions or is regularly absent without good reason will be automatically reported to their academic adviser.

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The School reserves the right to withdraw undergraduate students from exams if they have failed to meet the minimum requirement for class attendance and coursework submission. This is based on the sections 3.5 to 3.7 of the The Code of Good Practice for Undergraduate Programmes:

"Attendance at classes is compulsory and is recorded on LSE for You. Any student who is absent on two consecutive occasions or is regularly absent without good reason will be automatically reported to their academic adviser.

"Students must submit all required course work on time, whether it is summative coursework (ie work that counts towards the final mark) or formative work (that does not count towards the final mark).

"Permission to sit an examination may be withdrawn from students who regularly miss classes and/or do not provide required course work."

A review of attendance and coursework submission will take place in the latter weeks of Autumn term. If you appear to be failing to meet these minimum requirement you will be contacted by your Academic Adviser or Departmental Tutor. If you  are unable to account for your absences, or provide evidence in supporting reasons for non-attendance you are likely to receive a Provisional Exam Bar on some or all of your courses.   

Provisional Exam Bars can be imposed by your Academic Adviser or Departmental Tutor. They can only be lifted by your Deprtmental Tutor, or can be escalated to the School for further consideration and a decision, if need be. 

Provisional Exam Bars are set with conditions attached. Typical conditions are:

  • Attendance at all remaining Autumn term classes without exception
  • 100% attendance at all Winter term classes, unless exceptional circumstances are shown
  • Submission of all outstanding coursework

If you successfully meet the conditions the Provisional Exam Bar will be removed automatically. If you fail to meet the conditions your Departmental Tutor can set further conditions or enforce the exam bar.

For further information or advice on exam bars please speak to your Departmental Tutor or submit an enquiry

What are Provisional Exam Bars?

A review of attendance and coursework submission will take place in the latter weeks of Autumn term. If you appear to be failing to meet these minimum requirement you will be contacted by your Academic Adviser or Departmental Tutor. If you  are unable to account for your absences, or provide evidence in supporting reasons for non-attendance you are likely to receive a Provisional Exam Bar on some or all of your courses.   

Provisional Exam Bars can be imposed by your Academic Adviser or Departmental Tutor. They can only be lifted by your Deprtmental Tutor, or can be escalated to the School for further consideration and a decision, if need be. 

Provisional Exam Bars are set with conditions attached. Typical conditions are:

  • Attendance at all remaining Autumn term classes without exception
  • 100% attendance at all Winter term classes, unless exceptional circumstances are shown
  • Submission of all outstanding coursework

If you successfully meet the conditions the Provisional Exam Bar will be removed automatically. If you fail to meet the conditions your Departmental Tutor can set further conditions or enforce the exam bar.

How will an Enforced Exam Bar affect me?

An Enforced Exam Bar will prevent you from sitting all exams to which the bar applies. The exam attempt will count and you will be awarded a zero-absence-fail as the result. If you have been barred in more than one unit you will consequently be unable to progress into the following year of your studies.

You will also need to defer your In-Year Resit and Deferred Assessment because you will also be barred from this assessment. Failure to defer could result in you losing another attempt, which could have serious consequence on your ability to progress or be awarded your degree.

If you fail to progress whilst carrying exam bars you would be required to apply for repeat teaching the following academic year.