Academic Quality System
INTRODUCTION
SECTION 1 — INSTITUTIONAL STRATEGIES AND STRUCTURES
Institutional Strategies and Regulations:
- Learning and Teaching Strategy
- Assessment Strategy
- Learning Environment Strategy
- Academic Regulations Handbook
- Research Degrees Code of Practice
Constitutions of Committees (available from the 'Resources' section of the following pages):
- Senate (Statutes, Statute X)
- Academic Strategy Committee (see Section C of Ordinance 10)
- Academic Standards and Quality Committee (see Section B of Ordinance 10)
- Graduate Development Committee (see Section H of Ordinance 10)
- Learning Teaching Committee (see Section K of Ordinance 10)
- Awards Committee (see Section E of Ordinance 10)
School Structures and Responsibilities
- Awards Committee (Ordinance 7)
- Academic Regulations Handbook
- Academic Management and Decision Making [53.5 Kb]
SECTION 2 - INTERNAL QUALITY AND STANDARDS
- Diagram of Lifecycle of Quality Procedures for Taught Programmes [60.1 Kb]
- Programme Approval Procedure
- Procedure for Making Amendments to Existing Programmes
- Programme Specifications (Guidance and templates)
- Annual Programme Review and Enhancement (APRE)
- Annual Review & Evaluation of Postgraduate Research Activity
- Periodic Review and Revalidation
- Quality Progress Review
- Involvement of Students
- Peer Review of Learning & Teaching
- Externality
- Plagiarism and Unfair Practice
- Framework for Collaborative Provision
- Framework for Flexible and Distributed Learning
SECTION 3 — EXTERNAL QUALITY AND STANDARDS
- Institutional Review
- Professional and Statutory Bodies (PSB’s) : Accreditation/Validation
- Handbook for Institutional Review : Wales (external site)
- National Qualifications Framework (external site)
- Credit and Qualifications Framework for Wales (external site)
- QAA Code of practice (external site)
- QAA Subject benchmarks (external site)
SECTION 4 — ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES AND OUTCOMES
- Assessment Strategy
- Senate Regulations (Academic Regulations Handbook)
- External Examiners Handbook
- Annual Assessment Report
SECTION 5 — STUDENT RELATED MATTERS
- Academic Progress Procedure - Taught Programmes
- Academic & Personal Tutors Handbook
- Policy Framework for the Provision of Personal Development Planning
- Placements/Study Away from the Institution
- Jointly Taught Programmes
- Information supplied to students
- see also Student Handbook