Education Regulations, Policy and Guidance

To supplement the University's Charter, Acts, Statutes and Ordinances and University Strategy and Regulations, wide-ranging and detailed regulations, policy and guidance has been established, covering learning, teaching and assessment.

Strategy and Vision

Education and Student Experience sub-strategy (access for staff only)
Assessment and Feedback Strategy
Student Partnership Vision (PDF, 333kB)
‌Student Protection Plan 2023-24 (PDF, 220kB)

Principles

Institutional Principles for Assessment and Feedback in Taught Programmes
Framework for the return of feedback to students on their work

Regulations

Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes 
Annex 2: Regulations for Specific Programmes (PDF, 330kB)
Dissertations in taught postgraduate programmes
Examination Regulations
Intercalation
Recognition of Prior Learning
Student Transfer between Undergraduate Programmes and Units of the University
Study abroad in Undergraduate Programmes
Regulations and Code of Practice for Research Degree Programmes
Postgraduate Research Students Who Teach
Regulations and Code of Practice for Educational Collaborative Arrangements

Quality Framework Policy and Guidance

 

University Quality Team
Policy for Education Action Planning (PDF, 117kB)

‌Guidance for Conducting Annual Review of Taught Programmes (PDF, 297kB)

‌Guidance for Conducting Annual Review of Research Programmes (PDF, 252kB)
External Examining of taught programmes
 Policy for Programme Approval (PDF, 193kB)
Transition Policy for Programme Simplification (PDF, 239kB)
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Policy for Periodic Programme Revalidation (PDF, 138kB)
Policy for Unit Evaluation ‌
Code of Practice for Surveying UoB Students (PDF, 280kB)
Code of Practice for Student Representation for Taught Students (PDF, 250kB)
‌PGR Student Representation Code of Practice (PDF, 151kB)

Education Policy and Guidance
Policy on Academic Integrity (PDF, 232kB)Policy on Academic Integrity (PDF, 232kB)Policy on Academic Integrity (PDF, 232kB)Policy on Academic Integrity (PDF, 232kB)Policy on Academic Integrity (PDF, 232kB)
Policy for Academic Personal Tutoring (PDF, 157kB)‌
Policy for Peer Observation (PDF, 87kB)Policy for Peer Observation (PDF, 87kB)Policy for Peer Observation (PDF, 87kB)Policy for Peer Observation (PDF, 87kB)
Policy for Student Engagement and Attendance (PDF, 103kB)
Policy on Exam Script Access (PDF, 320kB)
Policy on Study Costs for Taught Programmes 2023-24 (Office document, 46kB)Policy on Study Costs for Taught Programmes 2023-24 (Office document, 46kB)Policy on Study Costs for Taught Programmes 2023-24 (Office document, 46kB)
Accompanying Guidance on Study Costs for taught programmes (PDF, 122kB)Accompanying Guidance on Study Costs for taught programmes (PDF, 122kB)Accompanying Guidance on Study Costs for taught programmes (PDF, 122kB)


A repository of documents from the University's quality assurance framework is available on an internal SharePoint site.