progress and academic failure. If you find yourself struggling, talk to your Tutor or to other students who can often be a useful source of additional support.
If you continue to struggle and have concerns about your general ability to study at university level then go to the Student Zone within your local Learning Resource Centre (LRC) and ask to see a Welfare Advisor. The Advisor will help you to clarify the additional support you need and then arrange for this support to be provided - via extra classes, an introduction to different strategies for learning, or some other appropriate support.
Help with using particular University resources can be found in many places - you just have to ask for assistance. Staff in the LRCs can help you with searches for information and with access to the available technology. Staff in the IT suites can help you access information and learning materials from the web and from our ‘Blackboard’ system. They can also help you move material from one piece of software to another. Technicians are also on hand to ensure you get the most out of the equipment available.
Disability support
Specialist study support is available for disabled students. This is arranged via the Disability team. To ensure that there is no delay in establishing your study needs and sorting out the necessary support, contact the Disability team as soon as possible and let the University know about your particular disability. For more information visit the ‘Need help’ section of the student web pages (
www.ljmu.ac.uk/102371.htm), phone on 0151 904 6052 or e-mail to
disability@ljmu.ac.uk
Personal mitigating circumstances (PMC)
LJMU acknowledges that there may be occasions when your performance in assessment may be severely affected by unforeseen or unexpected serious personal circumstances. Such events include sudden acute illness, accidents or close personal bereavement. It may be possible to manage some short term difficulties by adjusting coursework deadlines, or by agreeing waivers for small elements of coursework but in order to put these in place you must discuss issues with your tutor at the earliest opportunity.
Where such action cannot resolve the matter, the University provides a procedure whereby students can request consideration of severe personal circumstances, in relation to their performance in assessment. This is called the Personal Mitigating Circumstances (PMC) procedure.
The PMC procedure will not consider circumstances that arise from minor ailments such as a cold, or circumstances that arise as a result of foreseeable circumstances, such as booking a holiday during an assessment period.
Long-term medical conditions and disabilities are normally dealt with via personal support plans and special assessment arrangements. Advice regarding this is available from School Disability Co- ordinators and the Disability Advisors in the Learning Resource Centre. For more information, visit:
www.ljmu.ac.uk/StudentServices/Welfare/60318.htm
The PMC procedure operates to strict deadlines and you will be required to produce appropriate evidence to support your application. PMC applications are considered by a School PMC committee who will assess each case and the evidence submitted. The PMC committee will then make recommendations to the relevant Module Assessment Board. The PMC process will NOT result in any changes to marks, it can only result in the deferral of assessment until the next
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