Student regulations

• Be aware of how behaviour may be perceived: intention is not the same as impact. • Avoid any professional or personal behaviour which could risk damaging ArtsEd’s reputation within the industry or the local community.

STUDENT REGULATIONS

1. Students must sign in by the stated time each day. Penalties for lateness or absence are set out in the Lateness/Absence Regulations below which also form part of these regulations. Students may be required occasionally to work in the evening or at the weekend. Students must bear this in mind if considering taking paid work during the term. 2. Student performance is monitored constantly. Academic Warnings are given to students for unsatisfactory progress or if attendance is poor. If progress and attendance continues to be unsatisfactory, the Director of the School of Musical Theatre will ask the student to withdraw from the course. See Academic Warnings below. 3. Assessment. Any student whose performance at the assessments and whose overall progress through the year is unsatisfactory will be asked to discontinue the course. More detail about assessments can be found in the module specifications section of the student handbook. 4. Students are required, from time to time, to act as stewards on 3rd year productions. This will involve evening work. 5. Students have no right to any part in any particular performance or project, and must agree to play “as cast”. 6. Students may not audition or arrange to meet agents/casting directors without prior agreement with the Director of the School. Only 3rd Year Students are allowed to attend auditions after the Showcase, and this must be cleared by the Head of Year. 7. Students may not accept any professional or amateur engagements during the course, (even during the holidays) without prior approval of the Director of the School. 8. If a student is deemed incapable of work because of the effect of drink or drugs he/she will be suspended immediately pending an inquiry (see

Misconduct and Drugs and Alcohol below). 9. ArtsEd disclaim responsibility for loss, accident or damage of any kind that may occur to the property of students, wherever it occurs - private arrangements are advised, if insurance is desired. 10.Misconduct. Misconduct will lead to disciplinary action, which could result in the dismissal of a student from ArtsEd. Examples of misconduct

are provided below, although the list is not exhaustive. ArtsEd may choose to investigate and take action on misconduct offences whether they take place on ArtsEd premises or elsewhere, including online and in social media. a. Disrupting any ArtsEd activities; b. Violent, indecent, disorderly, threatening or offensive behaviour or language (whether expressed orally, in writing or electronically) including harassment; c. Conduct which unjustifiably infringes freedom of thought or expression whilst on ArtsEd premises or engaged in ArtsEd activity; d. Possession or use of illegal drugs or weapons on the premises; e. Fraud, deceit, falsification of documents, deception or dishonesty; f. Behaving in a way likely to cause injury to any Person or to impair safety; g. Harassing, victimising or discriminating against any Person on grounds of age, disability, race, ethnic or national origin, religion or beliefs, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy, maternity, marriage or civil partnership, colour or socio-economic background; h. Failing to comply with any ArtsEd rule, regulation or policy; i. Damaging, defacing, stealing or misappropriating ArtsEd property or the property of any student, member of staff or visitor to ArtsEd; j. Misusing or making unauthorised use of ArtsEd premises or items of property, including IT facilities or safety equipment; k. Deliberately doing, or failing to do, anything which thereby causes ArtsEd to be in breach of a statutory obligation; l. Behaving in a way which brings ArtsEd into disrepute; m. Making false, frivolous, malicious or vexatious complaints; n. Any misconduct prior to a student’s enrolment at ArtsEd, which was not previously known, which raises questions about the fitness of the student to remain a member of the ArtsEd community. 11.Misconduct and the Law a. ArtsEd may report to the police any allegation that a criminal offence has been committed. b. ArtsEd encourages any student who has been the victim of an alleged criminal offence to report this to the police. 12.Students must be correctly attired in the communal areas of the building 13.Students are not permitted to park their cars on the facilities at any time. Any student found parking will be barred for the day. 14.The building, including its outside spaces, is non-smoking. Students are not permitted to smoke by the front door of the school.