Student Absences

Contact Programme Administration

The information below is for all students not taking a Health-related course. Health Students should click here for information regarding absence.

Absence Reporting Procedure

There are dedicated 24 hour a day student absence telephone lines at all Programme Administration office locations other than in London. If you are unable to attend University sessions or placement institutions then you should call your specific campus location and leave the following information:

Your name (in full)
Your student number (this is printed on your Cumbria card)
Your course
Your current year of study
The date of your illness
Brief description of illness
Your expected return date (if known)

When you are absent you (or your representative if you are too ill to telephone in person) must notify the University via your site contact details, as below, as soon as possible and before 9.00 am on the first day of your absence.

ITE students who are absent during a placement day must also contact their placement school and advise them of their absence and the reasons for this. You must contact your placement school before the commencement of the school day and also contact the Programme Administration Office Absence Lines as below.

Student Absence telephone numbers

Absence Reporting for Health Students

Students on the following courses:

Pre-Registration Nursing
Occupational Therapy
Physiotherapy
Diagnostic Radiography
Midwifery

should inform the Placement Learning Unit directly, as below.

If on placement at the time of your absence you must also contact your placement location directly to inform them of the details of your absence as well as contacting the Placement Learning Unit.

Full details of the absence reporting procedure you must follow for these courses is available here.

This policy and procedures you must follow can also be accessed directly from your Blackboard site.

Further information can be found via the Placement Learning Unit.