Regulations
Please note these regulations are for students studying with AUB Online. If you’re studying a course on campus through Arts University Bournemouth, there are separate regulations you’ll need to refer to.
In becoming a student of Arts University Bournemouth (AUB) Online, you agree to the various terms and conditions of enrolment for online study at the university. This includes accepting the University’s regulations, and you will be required to confirm this when you formally enrol with us. We have identified these key policies and regulations below.
Some of these regulations may have limited application to you as you are studying remotely. For example, while you need to sign up to the library rules, we recognise that some of these will only apply if you choose to visit the AUB campus.
The following policies and regulations apply to you as a student of AUB Online:
All members of the University’s community including staff, students, visitors and contractors have a responsibility to treat others fairly and respectfully regardless of the characteristics which may define their identity. These include the legally protected characteristics which are: Age, Disability, Gender reassignment, Marriage and Civil partnership, Pregnancy and Maternity, Race, Religion or Belief (including lack of belief), Sex and Sexual Orientation.
The University has committed to provide a working and learning environment founded on dignity, respect and equality where discrimination of any kind is treated with the utmost seriousness.
You will be given an account on enrolment, which provides both an email address, and a login to the student portal. It is important that you abide by the Acceptable Use Policy, key provisions of which include:
- Don’t share your network password with anyone or let them use your account. You will be held responsible for any activity on your account – whether that’s email, or sites you have visited or posts you have made. Make sure you keep your password confidential.
- Don’t access websites which contain offensive, obscene or abusive material, or promote illegal activity. In general, this is common sense, and it’s easy to click on a website by mistake, especially if it has a misleading name, but you should take care not to go to sites which may contain this kind of material.
- Peer-to-peer sharing is not permitted on the University network. This is part of the condition of our own service provider.
The Acceptable Use Policy summary gives further details.
- You must abide by any legislative or licence restrictions laid down in relation to print, digital or audio-visual information. This includes not sharing your login details with any other person or organisation.
- The law restricts what you can photocopy and copy. Notices about this are displayed by the photocopiers, DVD players and VHS machines.
- If you do not return items issued to you on time, you will be charged fines.
- If you remove any item from the Library that is not issued to you, or if you damage Library property, you will face disciplinary procedures and may be banned from using the Library and its facilities.
- Do not lend your Library card, or take items on your card for other people, you will be liable for any fines incurred. You will also be liable to pay the replacement cost of any item lost or damaged whilst on loan under your name.
- Please note that if you are based outside the UK, there may be some restrictions on the online resources you are able to access. These are conditions of the database licences we hold; you may be able to find the same resource from an alternative source.
The Student Disciplinary Policy explains that the University reserves the right to take disciplinary action against you if you breach any of its regulations. There is a range of possible sanctions; in the most serious cases, your studies at the University may be terminated, especially if we consider that you have brought the University into disrepute, or if there is a risk of harm to other members of the University community.
The University has a Student Charter, which sets out the respective responsibilities of the University, students and the Students’ Union in creating the kind of learning community we wish to be.
If you are unhappy about some aspect of your experience at AUB, or you feel that you have been treated unfairly, you have the right to make a formal complaint. The best thing to do is to speak to the person involved – most situations can be resolved quickly and easily. If you have been unable to resolve an issue, there is a formal way of pursuing your complaint through the AUB Online complaints procedure. This is distinct from the Appeals Policy, which deals with academic issues.
As part of day-to-day business, we handle and collect student data. Find out what data we collect, how we use it and your rights in our student privacy policy.