Progression is what happens when a student completes an attempt at a stage and moves to the next stage of their programme.  Progression usually occurs at the end of an academic session but it may also occur after the first semester in certain situations, such as where a student has carried repeat modules.  Progression applies to all undergraduate programmes and to graduate taught programmes that are completed in more than one stage. 
(General Regulation 5.15)

A student is normally considered to have completed an attempt at a stage or programme on the first occasion when they have attempted sufficient modules to meet the credit requirements of the stage or programme. The Programme Examination Board examines each student’s overall performance and determines whether the student is entitled to either progress to the next stage (or to graduate), subject to meeting the credit requirements of the stage (or programme) and any additional programme progression and completion requirements. 

Where the Programme Examination Board determines that a student has been awarded credit for modules fulfilling all of the requirements for a stage and meets any additional programme progression and completion requirements, the student may progress to the next stage or graduate. 
(General Regulations 5.1 and 5.15.1)

Some programmes may require that students meet additional requirements beyond the credit requirements, such as passing certain modules or obtaining a minimum GPA, etc., in order to progress to the next stage. 
(General Regulation 5.15.1)

No, students can progress to the next stage with as many as ten (10) credits of non-passed modules, that is modules with grades of E, F, G, NG, I, IX, IP, W, WL, WX and AU.  These modules are referred to as ‘carried modules’. 
(General Regulation 5.15.3)

Where modules are carried forward into the next stage the student must take, repeat, or substitute those modules in that stage. 
(General Regulation 5.15.3)

• For example, if a student progresses to Stage 2 carrying a module from Stage 1, the student must take, repeat, or substitute the carried module during Stage 2; the student cannot postpone repeating this module until Stage 3. 

Also, if any of these carried modules are pre-requisites for modules in the next stage, the student will not be able to take the next stage modules until the carried modules have been passed. 

Full-time undergraduate students who progress to the next stage carrying modules will be faced with taking those modules (up to 10 credits) as well as modules from the stage they are entering (normally, 30 credits per semester), giving them a possible credit surplus.  Students may take as many as 40 credits per semester if they decide to take their carried modules and a full load from the stage they are entering. 
(General Regulation 2.3; please note that General Regulation 2.3 specifies the student workload requirements for all students: part-time, full-time, undergraduate and graduate)

In order to maintain a manageable course load, students may opt to defer modules from the stage they are entering to the next stage, subject to approval of the Programme Board.  This may also be necessary if the module from the stage they are entering has a pre-requisite that has not yet been met or if there is a timetable restriction.  Deferring modules to the next stage is restricted in that the total credit value of the modules deferred cannot exceed the credit value of the modules carried forward.
(General Regulation 5.15.3)

• For example, if a student progresses to Stage 2 with two carried modules from Stage 1 (10 credits), that student may repeat those Stage 1 modules and defer one Stage 2 module (5 credits) until the next academic session.  That student would then only be taking an additional 5 credits, for a total of 65 credits in the stage. 

Where modules are carried forward from a previous stage and completed and passed, these modules contribute to:

• the stage GPA for the stage from which they are carried forward (i.e. the previous stage) (General Regulation 5.15.4)

They do not contribute to the compensation GPA for the stage into which they are carried forward. 
(General Regulation 5.15.4)

• For example, if a student carries forward a module from Stage 1 and completes and passes it in Stage 2, the final grade obtained for the module will contribute to the Stage 2 and the Stage 1 GPA.  It will not contribute to the Stage 2 GPA or the compensation GPA for Stage 2.

A repeat stage is considered a separate attempt at completing the credit and module requirements of the stage.  Students must repeat a stage when they do not earn sufficient credits to progress to the next stage.  They may also register for a repeat stage when they are entitled to progress but cannot pursue the minimum course load in the next stage (i.e. 20 credits in one semester or 50 credits for the year).  During a repeat stage attempt, the student is exempt from taking modules that they have already completed and passed
(General Regulations 5.15.5 and 5.15.6).

If a student registers for a repeat stage, the student can finish the repeat stage in one semester (as opposed to an entire year) provided the student:

• Is not required to repeat more than 30 credits;
• Has met any module requirements; and
• The timetable allows.

(General Regulation 5.15.7)

Taking modules from the next stage in advance of progressing: where a student cannot progress and is registered to a repeat stage, the student may normally register to modules from the next stage in advance of progressing to it where:

• The student complies with the maximum workloads as set down in General Regulation 2.3:
  
  • 40 credits per semester or 70 credits per two-semester academic session for full-time undergraduate students (General Regulation 2.3.1),
  • 40 credits per semester or 90 credits in a full calendar year for full-time graduate taught students (General Regulation 2.3.3)
• Module requirements are met (General Regulation 5.15.8), and
• The modules from the next stage do not conflict with modules from the repeat stage. (General Regulation 5.15.8)