1996 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

Student-at-risk program
Students who do not pass at least fifty per cent of their
enrolled load in any semester will be identified as being 'at
risk' and will be advised of their status by letter within one
week of the publication of results each semester. Students
will be given the opportunity to discuss the situation with
a member of the Student Progress Review Committee.
Attendance at these sessions is highly recommended, but
not compulsory.
The grades N, NA, NWD and PX will count as fail grades
for the purpose of this section.
Unsatisfactory academic
progress
The academic progress of a student will be considered to be
c unsatisfactory if:
in the two most recent semesters in which the student
was enrolled (excluding summer school), the student
fails at least fifty per cent of the workload; or
a Bachelor of Business student fails a mandatory
subject for the third time, or a Bachelor of Arts
student fails a mandatory subject for a second time
(mandatory subjects are those specific subjects required
to be completed for the completion of the degree); or
the student fails to meet the conditions previously
imposed by the Progress Review Committee.
The grades N, NA, NWD and PX will count as a fail for
C?.: the purpose of this section.
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Show cause applications
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0 Students whose progress is considered unsatisfactory will
be advised in writing of their status within one week of
g results being released, and advised that a recommendation
has been made that they should be excluded from the
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g course in which they are enrolled. Such students are
entitled to make a show cause application to the Student
Progress Review Committee stating why they should not
be excluded. No student will be excluded from the course
without first being given the opportunity to show cause to
the Student Progress Review Committee. Failure to make
contact with the Committee will result in the exclusion of
the student before the beginning of the next academic
period.
Show cause applications must be addressed to the Chair of
the Student Progress Review Committee and lodged at the
Divisional Office bv the date s~ecified in the letter to
students advising them of their status.
Student Progress Review
Committee
Composition
There will be one committee for the Bachelor of Arts and
one committee for the Bachelor of Business, Bachelor of
ArtdBachelor of Business and Bachelor of Information
Technology made up of academic staff teaching in the
relevant course or courses.
Chair and at least three members, all from academic
staff teaching in the relevant courses. The Chairs are
nominated by the Divisional Board and members are
nominated by Heads of School.
The Division's International Student Liaison Officer
for cases of show cause involving international
students.
The relevant Course Administrator (Secretary).
Where requested by the student, the President of the
Student Union or nominee may be present at the
Committee for the consideration of that case only.
Procedure
Upon receipt of a show cause application from a student,
the Chair and Secretary of the Student Progress Review
Committee, on behalf of the Committee, will review the case
and decide whether it will be necessary to interview the
student.
Additional information from appropriate academic staff about
the student's academic work may be sought by the Student
Progress Review Committee before a decision is made.
Students will be advised in writing whether their show
cause application has been accepted without interview or
whether an interview with the Student Progress Review
Committee is required.
Powers
The Student Progress Review Committee may, when
considering a show cause application:
accept the student's show cause application and allow
the student to re-enrol without condition;
accept the student's show cause application but place
conditions upon the student's enrolment in the
following semester;
in the case of a Bachelor of Arts student who fails a
mandatory subject for the second time, the Committee
may require the student to select another major course
of study;
require the student to take a leave of absence for a
specified period; or
exclude the student from the course for a minimum of
two academic years.
Enrolment conditions
The academic record of students placed on condition will be
reviewed by the Student Progress Review Committee at the
end of the following semester and a decision made to:
permit the student to continue studying without
further condition; or
impose a further condition on the student for an
additional semester; or
require the student to show cause why they should not
be excluded from the course for a minimum of two
academic years.