Consumer Disclosure Information (for US Federal Loans)

Consumer Disclosure Information

The University is listed in the Education (Recognised Bodies) (Scotland) Order as a recognised degree-awarding body.

Completion/Graduation and Transfer Out Rates:

Information on the University’s completion and transfer-out rates is available from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). Due to the very low non-continuation rate, the University is unable to supply a breakdown of completion or transfer-out rates by gender, ethnicity or recipients of need-based Subsidised loans, as this may reveal personally identifiable information about an individual student, which would break the Data Protection Act.

For the latest rates please refer to the links below. In tables where information is available at an institutional level you will find data for the University of Dundee in the Total Scotland section.

• HESA Non-Continuation Rates

Data Protection

Disability Services

Disbursements:

Loans for undergraduate and postgraduate students will be disbursed in two instalments at the start of each semester September and January. Loans for research students will be disbursed in two instalments six months apart depending on the start date of their course.

Loans will be paid into your nominated UK bank account (please see section headed Other Information for guidance on opening a UK Bank Account). This process is administered by our Cash Office cashoffice@dundee.ac.uk.

Drug Policy:

Drug related offences will be subject to our Student Discipline Procedure: https://www.dundee.ac.uk/corporate-information/student-discipline-procedure

And our safe guarding protocol which deals with any issues raised https://www.dundee.ac.uk/corporate-information/safeguarding-protocol

Equality and Diversity: https://www.dundee.ac.uk/guides/protected-characteristics-explained

Financial Assistance Available:

The Scholarships and Financial Support team provides information on a wide variety of funding sources.

Gainful Employment:

The University of Dundee is approved only to provide Federal lending for students on a degree programme. Therefore there are no Gainful Employment Disclosures to report.

Ineligible programmes:

Students undertaking the following courses are NOT eligible to receive Federal Direct Loans:

• Certificate and Diploma Programmes
• Distance Learning/Online Programmes
• Medicine/Dentistry/Nursing Programmes
• Programmes which have a compulsory year abroad, unless the abroad school is a Federal Loan approved institution, and the study abroad is not in the US
• Incoming study aboard and exchange programmes (non-graduating), students should apply for financial aid through the home university
• PhD students who carry out periods of research in the US
• Courses that are taught or part taught with another institution that is not eligible or not certified to participate in the William D Ford Direct Loans (Direct Loan) programme.
• Joint programmes taught with Dundee & Angus College and University of Toulouse
• Placements (including internships and externships) cannot be undertaken in the United States.

Postgraduate students - If you wish to return to the US before the end of the academic year and complete your dissertation at home this makes you ineligible for federal loans. Dependent on the date that you leave the UK, funds from your previous disbursement may have to be returned to the US Dept. of Education and any subsequent disbursements will not be released to you.

Loan Disclosures:

1. For information about US loans, please visit our US loans page www.dundee.ac.uk/registry

2. Code of Conduct for Educational Loans

In order to prohibit a conflict of interest with the responsibilities of an agent with respect to Private Education Loans, staff at the University with responsibility for Federal and Private Education Loans from the United States are prohibited from the following:

• Revenue sharing arrangements with lenders
• Receiving gifts from a lender or loan servicer
• Obtaining financial benefits from lenders or loan servicers
• Providing a preferred list of lenders.
• Offers of funds for private loans

3. Preferred Lenders List

The University does not have a preferred Lenders List but will, where possible, work with whichever private lender a prospective borrower decides to use. Students should be aware that the majority of private lenders choose not to offer loans when borrowers are studying outside the USA. This is why, on our US Loans information the only loans we list as being accessible are the US Federal Direct Stafford and PLUS loans or the private Sallie Mae loans.

Information Security policy: https://www.dundee.ac.uk/corporate-information/information-security-policy

Mature Student Information: https://www.dundee.ac.uk/student-services/student-community/mature-students/

In order for U.S. students to be eligible to receive federal financial assistance, they must possess a secondary school completion credential or its equivalent (See 34 CFR 600.54). Regardless of age, the same minimum entry requirement under our admission selection criteria will apply to all applicants. Whereby, Dundee University will always require a student to possess a secondary school completion credential or its equivalent at the very least. For a Postgraduate programme, a student will normally be expected to have a bachelor’s degree. Applicants with alternative qualifications and/or relevant experience may also be considered. Please refer to the Entry Requirements details on the relevant course page https://www.dundee.ac.uk/

Misrepresentation:

The University is approved by the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) and The Scottish Further & Higher Education Funding Council (SFC) to deliver education to the required standards.

The University is responsible for its academic standards and the quality of the student learning experience. It is committed to reflecting on and systematically reviewing its provision and taking action to enhance it. The Quality Framework supports the management of academic standards and the student experience across the University’s academic provision and student services and aligns with external body requirements, including the Scottish Quality Enhancement Framework (QEF).

Scottish Quality Enhancement Framework (QEF)

View the latest QAA report on the University of Dundee https://www.dundee.ac.uk/stories/publication-universitys-elir-report-2019

Missing student guidelines:

Students are requested to provide an emergency contact person via their eVision account. This information is confidential and covered by the UK Data Protection Act.

Reports of missing students can be made to the University’s Campus Security Emergencies: telephone 01382 384141 who will either call emergency services or if appropriate will call a senior member of the Student Services Team for advice and support.

Online support services are also available at https://www.dundee.ac.uk/student-services/counselling/self-help/

Or alternatively by contacting the Scottish Police

• By Phone: If it is an emergency and you feel the person maybe at risk of harm, immediately call 999. In other circumstances dial 101
• By a visit to a police office
• Contact with a police officer

Out of hours emergency services and support is available:

· Campus Security Emergencies: telephone 01382 384141

· Campus Security Office: telephone 01382 385850

· Residences (Sanctuary) emergency repairs and security: 24 hour mobile number 07776 298 696

· NHS 24 (Doctor): telephone 111

· Emergency Services (Police, Fire, Ambulance): telephone 999

· Police Scotland (non-emergency): telephone 101

· Samaritans: telephone 116 123 (UK)

· Breathing Space: telephone 0800 83 85 87

Study Abroad:

if you intend to complete a Study Abroad period while at Dundee you cannot do this back in the US. The abroad school must be a Federal Loan approved institution. You must check this with Registry prior to accepting a Study Abroad place. Please also refer to the following website for further information: https://studentaid.gov/understand-aid/types/international