Student Handbook - The School of Language, Linguistics and Film

Students who qualify for HOME fee status who will be working or studying within the
European Union and/or Switzerland for less than 24 weeks will receive:
A small ERASMUS grant
You or your funding authority will be required to pay half rate tuition fees to Queen
Mary for the academic year 2012-13. If studying under the ERASMUS scheme, you
will not be required to pay any fees to your host institution.
Students who qualify for OVERSEAS fee status who will be working or studying within
the European Union and/or Switzerland will receive:
A small ERASMUS grant
You or your funding authority will be required to pay half rate tuition fees to Queen
Mary for the academic year 2012-13. If studying under the ERASMUS scheme, you
will not be required to pay any fees to your host institution.
All students who will be working or studying outside the European Union or Switzerland
(Latin America or Canada) will be required to pay half rate tuition fees to Queen Mary for
the academic year 2012-13. You will also not be eligible to receive an ERASMUS grant.
If you are going to spend the year studying independently at a university (i.e. not on an
ERASMUS study placement), then you may be liable to fees at that institution as well as
Queen Mary. In these cases, the College will reimburse your fees for studying abroad up to
a limit of half of the home tuition fee for that year. Please note that if this does not fully cover
the actual fees charged by the overseas institution, you must be prepared to meet any
higher cost yourself.
The College is not able to reimburse any fees for part-time modules undertaken by students
spending their year abroad on work placements.
6.2 YEAR ABROAD ASSESSMENT
Modes of assessment for the year abroad are detailed in the School of Languages,
Linguistics and Film Year Abroad Handbook, which is distributed to all second year students
at the beginning of the second semester. The Year Abroad Assessment is an integral and
compulsory part of the year abroad. Progression into the final year of your degree is
dependent upon successful completion of the Year Abroad Assessment, which is worth 120
credits.
There are two modes through which the year abroad is assessed by the School
(ERASMUS/other university examinations or completion of a Year Abroad Assessment). In
order to find out which modes of assessment are available to you, you must consult the
section of the Year Abroad Handbook devoted to your home department. Please remember
that your mode of assessment of the year abroad depends on the regulations of your
individual department(s).
If you are a joint language student and are splitting the year abroad between two countries,
you must complete a Semester Abroad Assessment in each country. You must consult both
Year Abroad Co-ordinators in order to formally agree your assessment.
6.3 VACATION COURSES
Limited funding is available to help subsidise students’ attendance on vacation language
courses in a language which is a substantial component of their degree. This applies where
a student is studying a language ab initio or where a student has been unable to spend a
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