Fitness to practise procedure

What is the fitness to practise procedure?

If you are registered on a programme leading to a professional qualification or conferring practitioner status, you are required to maintain an appropriate level of professionalism.

The fitness to practise procedure is used when staff have concerns about a student meeting the required professional standards.

A student may be considered unfit to practise for one of a variety of reasons.

Grounds for determining that a student is unfit to practise include:

• failure to meet or comply with the professional requirements related to the programme
• failure to adhere to the professional standards specified for training purposes
• failure to abide by specified codes of practice
• unsuitability to undertake professional practice or placement, for example receipt of a criminal conviction which rendered the student unable to practise
• inappropriate use of social media
• evidence of being unfit to practise, for example as a result of inappropriate conduct or health issues
• acquisition of a status such as a relevant criminal conviction or serious contravention of the University student code of conduct, which renders continuation on the programme or award inappropriate.

For further details, see the fitness to practice procedure.

Contact

If you have any questions about the fitness to practise procedure:

• email scm@mmu.ac.uk
• call 0161 247 1095