Student Conduct, Complaints and Appeals (SCCA) provides help and advice on Fitness to Practise procedures, documentation, and legislation.
The University recognises that academic success in these programmes of study does not necessarily mean a person meets the professional standards of conduct required by that award.
When registering for a programme of study subject to Fitness to Practise legislation, students have to sign a programme-specific Code of Professional Conduct and Fitness to Practise. All programmes subject to Fitness to Practise legislation must be clearly advertised as being so.
Information for students (including relevant guidance documents) are available on the publicly available Fitness to Practise webpage.
Staff Guidance
Information for staff can be found on the Fitness to Practise Community SharePoint page. The staff SharePoint page includes information and templates related to:
- Academic Integrity (Examination irregularities and plagiarism)
- Health and fitness to practise
- Investigations
- Interviews and Witnesses
- Low-level outcomes
- Investigating Officer's Reports
- Referring a Case to a College Misconduct and Fitness to Practise Committee
- Suspensions and Restrictions
The SharePoint page also includes information on regular drop-in meetings for queries about cases.
To request access to the FTP SharePoint page, please email ftp@contacts.bham.ac.uk outlining your role, and why you wish to join the FTP Community of Practise.
The following templates are currently available directly from Student Conduct, Complaints and Appeals:
- Case Presenter Training for College/University Misconduct and Fitness to Practise Committee
- Panel Member Training for College/University Misconduct and Fitness to Practise Committee
- Chair Training for College Misconduct and Fitness to Practise Committee
- Secretary Training for College Misconduct and Fitness to Practise Committee
- Committee Training for Sensitive Cases
- Initial Overview of FTP Processes and Investigations (primarily for Professional Services Staff
If there are other areas where it may be helpful to have further training documents, please let us know.
Contact us
If you cannot find what you need, or you need some further advice or assistance, please contact Student Conduct, Complaints and Appeals by emailing: ftp@contacts.bham.ac.uk