8.1 St Benedict’s Uni Campus will make all reasonable efforts to deliver programmes, courses, services and facilities in accordance with the descriptions published on the St Benedict’s Uni Campus’s Programme Contents and associated with our regulations, policies and procedures. However, on occasion, it may be necessary to make changes, including discontinuing the course or programme, either prior to or following admission. Where necessary, we reserve the right to:
8.1.1 Vary the contents of programmes, including the range of courses (modules) offered;
8.1.2 Vary the delivery method of programmes, including term dates, the timetable, location, number of classes and methods and timings of assessments;
8.1.3 Make changes to the members of academic staff delivering courses and/or providing supervision; and
8.1.4 Vary, replace or withdraw placements, field trips and other course activities.
8.2 We also reserve the right to make changes to how we provide and deliver our facilities and services.
8.3 In exceptional circumstances, we may need to discontinue, merge or combine courses or programmes.
8.4 There are a number of reasons why changes to programmes and/or our services and facilities may be necessary. These include:
8.4.1 To improve the content or delivery of programmes, courses, services or facilities as part of the St Benedict’s Uni Campus ’s policy of continuous improvement (including in response to student feedback);
8.4.2 To respond to developments in academic knowledge or research;
8.4.3 Where such action is necessary to appropriately manage the St Benedict’s Uni Campus ’s resources;
8.4.4 To comply with the instructions of the St Benedict’s Uni Campus ‘s regulators or a professional body;
Significant programme changes
8.5 IfSt Benedict’s Uni Campus :
Discontinues or does not provide Student’s programme of study; or
Significantly changes the content of the Student’s programme, method of delivery or method of assessment of their programme such that the overall learning aims and outcomes of their programme are fundamentally different; or
Significantly changes the location at which the Student’s programme is taught, and reasonably believes that any such change may adversely affect them.
St Benedict’s Uni Campus will:
Notify the Students at the earliest possible opportunity; and
If Students request us to do so, provide them with reasonable assistance to find a suitable replacement programme of study at St Benedict’s Uni Campus. If we are unable to offer them a suitable replacement programme, we shall make reasonable efforts to refer Students to a comparable higher education institution offering a suitable replacement programme.