Keele University Prospectus Postgraduate | 2016 | Page 95
Disclaimer
This prospectus is correct at the time of going to print.
Given the passage of time, however, between publication
and the academic year to which it relates, some of the
information may change. It is very important therefore
that you check the university’s website www.keele.ac.uk
before making an application to the university, as some
details relating to the course and the status of any validation
process, the fees and other costs, as well as related services,
may have been updated.
The university will do all that it reasonably can to provide
educational services as described in the prospectus, on the
website, or in other documents issued by it, to appropriately
enrolled students. Sometimes circumstances beyond
the control of the university mean that it cannot provide
the educational services described. Examples of such
circumstances include:
(a) industrial action by university staff or third parties
(b) the unanticipated departure of key members
of university staff
(c) power failure
(d) acts of terrorism
(e) damage to buildings or equipment
(f) the acts of any governmental or local authority;
(g) the demands of the timetable and the availability
of academic staff in respect of possible
optional subjects
(h) where the numbers recruited to a course are so low that
it is not possible to deliver an appropriate quality of
education for students enrolled on it
In these circumstances, the university will take all reasonable
steps to minimise the resultant disruption to those services
and to those students who are affected by, for example,
offering those students the opportunity where reasonably
possible to move to another course, another institution
or by delivering a modified version of the same course,
but to the full extent that is possible under the general
law the university excludes liability for any loss and/or
damage suffered by any applicant or student as a result
of those circumstances.
The university will use all reasonable endeavours to deliver
the course in accordance with the description applied to it
in the university’s prospectus (as updated from time to time
on the website or elsewhere) for the academic year in which
you begin the course. However, the university will be entitled
to make reasonable changes to the course (including to the
content and syllabus of the course where developments
in the subject area and/or accrediting bodies make that
necessary, or to the location of the course or the method of
delivery or assessment of the course) where that will enable
the university to deliver a better quality of educational
experience to students enrolled on the course. In making any
such changes, the university will aim to keep the changes to
the minimum necessary to achieve the required quality of
experience and will notify and consult with affected students
in advance about any changes that are required. If the
university changes your course and you are not satisfied with
the changes, you will be offered the opportunity to withdraw
from the programme and, if required, reasonable support to
transfer to another provider.
Equality and diversity strategy
Keele University’s equality and diversity strategy sets
out that no student will receive less favourable treatment
because of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national
origins, sex, gender reassignment, marital status, sexual
orientation, disability, religion, political belief, socioeconomic
background, parental status, age or trades union
membership. The university is committed to a programme
of action to ensure that this policy is fully effective.
www.keele.ac.uk/hrss/equalitydiversity
WWW.KEELE.AC.UK/POSTGRADUATE
Important information
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Directorate of Marketing and Communications
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Higher education statistics agency
(HESA)
In common with all universities in the UK, Keele will send
some of the information we hold about our students to the
higher education statistics agency (HESA). This forms your
HESA record, which contains details of ethnic group and any
disabilities. HESA will pass these records, or parts of them,
to various government organisations that need it to carry
out their statutory functions connected with funding higher
education. HESA and the organisations listed above will use
the information