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Deferrals, Withdrawals and Cancellation

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Deferrals, Withdrawals and Cancellations
Cancellations, Deferrals and Withdrawals
Withdrawals, Deferrals and Cancellations
Assessment banking
Banking your assessment

This document explains the rules that apply if you want to defer or withdraw from your studies or want to change your choice of module or qualification.

This document explains the procedure you must follow to defer or withdraw from your studies or to change your choice of module or qualification.

The Assessment banking rules set out the conditions you will have to meet if, when you defer a module, you wish to retain the scores from assessments you have completed, carry these forward to a future presentation of the same module, and complete the assessment requirements during that future presentation. This process is called 'assessment banking'.