IOS STUDENTS
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Withdrawal of Study

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RESPONSIBILITIES AND PROCEDURES FOR

REQUESTING a withdrawal from study

You can withdraw from your studies at any time or any reason, such as if Betonica School of Medicine doesn't feel right for you at the moment or you may be experiencing personal, medical or other difficulties that are impacting on your studies. 

When you withdraw from study you cease being a student of Betonica School of Medicine and as such it is important that you have explored the available support options and understand all implications of this decision to be satisfied that this is the correct decision for you or whether an interruption of study is a more suitable option. See DEFERRAL AND IOS OPTIONS.

Note: If you withdraw and later wish to return, you will have to re-apply for admission.

WHO TO SPEAK TO

If you are struggling with your studies there is support information available to help you:

  • If you're struggling with your work and need academic advice, contact your Head of Year or your Personal Tutor.

  • If you haven't been able to submit coursework or attend some exams due to illness, our mitigating circumstances process exists to ensure that you're not disadvantaged in your studies by serious, unforeseen and unpreventable circumstances.

  • If you're having personal difficulties that you don't want to discuss with your Head of Year or Personal Tutor, make an appointment with the Lead of Betonica to talk about the issues in confidence.

  • If your problems relate to your finances, speak to our Lead of Finance.

  • If you have an ongoing health issue/disability/Specific Learning Difficulty that's affecting your studies, contact your Head of Year and find out whether Betonica can help you find a suitable individual assessment arrangement.

  • Individual assessment and exam arrangements are there to help compensate for the difficulties that students with particular disabilities face, but they are not automatic – you must apply for them through your Head of Year.

guidance notes

If would like to proceed with withdrawing from the programme, please ensure that you have spoken to your Head of Year and Personal Tutor before completing the form below.

    • Read all the information on this page, including the section on outstanding fees

    • Complete the form below and provide feedback on your experience at Betonica on form below

    • Notify the Lead of Finance of your withdrawal from studies and if applicable, organise to pay outstanding fees

    • Return any library materials, otherwise you will be charged for their cost

  • You will need to agree with your Head of Year your "last date of attendance". This will be last date of your engagement with study (whether that is online study or in person classes) and this should not be a date in holiday periods or during periods of assessment.

    You should not be backdating your last date of attendance beyond 4 weeks prior to you completing the form unless in exceptional circumstances that may be supported by the wellbeing team or your Head of Year. 

    Your student learning platform and forum account and all School resources will end once your withdrawal has been processed and you will no longer have access to your accounts. It is your responsibility to contact the Programme Admin Manager to organise the return of any books you have borrowed from the Betonica library and clear your library record before withdrawing.

  • As agreed in Section 12 of the Students Terms and Conditions which you signed upon enrolment onto the Professional Herbalist Training Programme with Betonica, you are liable to pay all outstanding fees:

    12. Effects of cancellation or termination

    12. 1 Upon cancellation or termination of the Agreement under Clauses 10 or 11 above, for any reason:

    12.1.1 any outstanding Fee due from You to Us in accordance with these Terms & Conditions shall become immediately due and payable;

    12.1.2 the licence granted to You by Us under Clause 8.2 shall terminate immediately;

    12.1.3 all clauses of the Agreement which, either expressly or by their nature, relate to the period after the expiry or termination of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect;

    12.1.4 termination or cancellation shall not affect any remedy which the terminating party may have in respect of the event giving rise to the termination or cancellation or in respect of any breach of the Agreement which existed at or before the date of termination; and

    12.1.5 subject as provided in this Clause 12, and except in respect of any accrued rights, neither party shall be under any further obligation to the other.

how to REQUEST TO DEFER OR

INTERRUPT STUDIES

  • Read all the information on this page, including the section on outstanding fees

  • Discuss with your PAT and Head of Year your reasons to withdraw from the programme, and they will direct you to the Withdrawal from Study Form.

  • COMPLETING A WITHDRAWAL FROM STUDY FORM - Once you have completed the withdrawal form it will pass through a number of approval routes before being passed to Student Records for processing. Your withdrawal is not completed until you have received confirmation it has been processed. 

  • Return any library materials, to avoid charges for their replacement cost.