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I've been blogging so much recently that soon students will start wondering if I'm actually doing any work...

The University has decided to rewrite its Code of Practice on 'Reasonable Diligence' and I attended a meeting on this issue yesterday. This is to ensure the institution is in line with statutory responsibilities with regards to the new points-based immigration system. Rather than attendance monitoring for all international (non EEA) students, the University has decided to strengthen its reasonable diligence procedures for all students. This approach ensures that international students are not singled out nor treated differently from their colleagues.

Currently the policy explains the procedures for how a student can be removed from the University for failing to show due diligence. It was felt by all there that the current process should be streamlined. A fine balance needs to be struck however. Many students feel there is a stigma attached to asking their department for mitigations and a student may fail to attend lectures for a perfectly understandable reason. The new policy should recognise this while balancing the need for the university to deal with those students who apply little or no application to their course in a fair and effective way.

I would welcome peoples thoughts on the issue of due diligence.