22. Student Engagement

22.6. Authorised Absence and Short Term Absence

Term Time

Term-time is the period between your official course start date and end date (check in MySIS) - only the Christmas and Easter holidays are vacations (examination periods are part of term-time). The period between the end of final assessments for Semester 3 and your course end date is not a vacation. You use this time to complete a project or dissertation, or prepare and sit exams. You are still known as a student until your course completion date stated in MySiS. 

Please check the 'Key Date' section in the Student Handbook 2024/25.

 

Short-Term Absence and Authorised Absence 

 
 
Short-Term Absence 

 
Authorised Absence

If you are unable to engage in your studies due to a short-term absence such as sickness or for other reasons that are less than 7 consecutive days, then it is not necessary to inform the PG Law Student Support and Engagement team or the class academic/teaching assistant. Please ensure you make the necessary arrangements to catch up with any teaching activities you may have missed.   

 

If your short-term absence continues more than 7 days, you should notify the PG Law Student Support & Engagement Team via email pglaw-support@qmul.ac.uk. 

 

Students can request up to 14 consecutive days of leave during term-time (including weekends).  

In exceptional cases, it may be possible to request more than 14 consecutive days of leave during term-time (including weekends), but students will need to complete the Authorised Absence Request Form and provide evidence. Please note that a period of continued absence for more than two consecutive weeks will not normally be permitted; however, this should be for unavoidable reasons only.   

In both cases above, you MUST inform the PG Law Student Support & Engagement Team at least 7 working days in prior to your leaving date by emailing to pglaw-support@qmul.ac.uk.  

This will be noted as ‘Authorised Absence’ and we will provide a letter confirming this for you.