<p>Here is a page from the Oxford University Student Union which discusses Academic Disciplinary Procedures:</p>
<p>[College</a> Academic Disciplinary Procedures — Oxford University Student Union](<a href=“http://www.ousu.org/acaff/regulations/college-academic-disciplinary-procedures/]College”>http://www.ousu.org/acaff/regulations/college-academic-disciplinary-procedures/)</p>
<p>It mentions that each college has its own procedures, with no university wide policy, so it can be difficult to generalize. But basically, the faculty will discuss with a student when they think their work has fallen below acceptable standards, and will give the student a chance (actually, it seems like a student is given at least a couple chances) to bring their work back up to where it needs to be. If the student is repeatedly unable to do this, they will be “sent down” (what we Yanks call “expelled”). Note however there is also “rustication” where a student is allowed to take a year or so off to deal with something like personal issues or health problems and then return to Oxford and start up again right where they left off.</p>
<p>Oxford uses a tutorial system which is about faculty working closely and individually with each student. Under this system, the student will constantly get feedback about their work, and if it starts to slip the tutor and other faculty will notice right away. So as cupcake says, it’s not like an American university. In an American university a professor just gives a grade to a computer that then calculates a number, a GPA, and then some decision is made based on that number. Oxford has much more human contact between faculty and students.</p>
<p>College972, you are STILL thinking that Oxford is like an American university. It isn’t like that at all.</p>
<p>KEVP</p>