The Fitness to Practise Policy applies to students on regulated courses. These are courses that lead to professional qualifications. The Fitness to Practise Policy is used if there is a concern that a student’s conduct, health or professional competence is impacting their fitness to practise their chosen profession.
Read the full Fitness to Practise Policy.
Read your department’s specific Fitness to Practise Procedure here:
- Social and Policy Sciences – Fitness to Practise Procedure
- Life Sciences (Pharmacy) – Fitness to Practise Procedure
- Psychology – Fitness to Practise Procedure
Advice and Support
We understand that involvement in a Fitness to Practise procedure can be difficult. There are several services that can support you before, during and after this process, and we strongly recommend you access one or more of these services.
Support and advice is available from the Student Support Advice Team, by email to studentsupport@bath.ac.uk.
All students can contact an SU Advisor in confidence who is separate to the University (suadvice@bath.ac.uk).
Postgraduate Research students can contact the PGR Independent Advisors, who are able to provide independent support to PGRs and assistance in navigating University processes.
Students will be offered the opportunity to bring a friend, family member or other support person, who may be a legal representative, to Fitness to Practise meetings.
Students with a disability, long term condition or any specific needs that require adjustments to this process are encouraged to email the Student Casework Team in order for arrangements to be made.