Programme Cycle

Students may enrol at any time during the year. The date of enrolment determines the academic cycle that will be followed. (For further information see section 18: Enrolment for the BEdHons programme.)

The academic programme runs in six-month cycles: October to March and April to September. During these months, students are actively engaged in the academic content and activities of their relevant modules.

The table below depicts the activities of two typical programme cycles for new students. It comprises the core elements of the academic programme, as well as the important dates preceding, during and following a typical academic programme cycle.

Dates and activities of a typical programme cycle – Example 1:

September	Orientation session
October	Students enrol and gain access to their first learning material, administrative information and assignment guidelines online A short academic contact session is offered for programme orientation
October – February	Online tutorial support and submission of assignments
March	A short academic contact session is offered for assessment preparation
April	Assessment
August	Students receive assessment guidelines in ClickUP.
September/October	Assessment

Dates and activities of a typical programme cycle – Example 2:

March	Orientation session
February	Closing date for applications
April	Students enrol and gain access to their first learning material, administrative information and assignment guidelines online A short academic contact session is offered for programme orientation
April – August	Online tutorial support and submission of assignments
September	A short academic contact session is offered for assessment preparation
October	Assessment

The modules for each programme are grouped into blocks. Students do not have access to all the learning material for the programme at the start of their studies. The learning material is accessible in blocks and so a student gains access to new learning material for subsequent blocks after each examination session. The University gives access to learning material in blocks to help students organise their learning: it is better to focus on fewer modules per examination, rather than taking more modules at a time and increasing the possibility of failure.

Although a student has five years in which to complete the BEdHons programme, it is much better to work hard and finish one’s studies in the shortest period of time.

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