Student policies 2023-24

Unlinked policies will be added when they become available.

• Policy and regulations updates for 2023-24
• Summary of key regulations, policies and terms and conditions (PDF)
• Corporate policies

Admissions and student status

• Accreditation of prior learning policy (PDF)
• Admissions policy (PDF)
• Break in study policy (PDF)
• Criminal convictions policy (PDF)
  • List of programmes with restrictions for students with criminal convictions (PDF)
• Data protection policy (PDF)
• Death of a student procedure (PDF)
• Student pregnancy and parental leave (PDF)
• Student support and wellness policy (PDF)
• Termination policy (PDF)
• Terms and conditions of study 2023-24 (PDF)
• Under 18 admissions policy (PDF)

Teaching, learning and assessment

• External examiners policy (PDF)
• Feedback on assessment (PDF)
• Intercollegiate study policy (PDF)
• Late submission of work for assessment (PDF)
• Marking and moderation policy (PDF)
• Mitigating circumstances policy and procedure (PDF)
  • Guidance on mitigating circumstances procedure
• Online and remote assessment policy (PDF)
• Peer review of teaching (PDF)
• Personal tutoring (PDF)
• Plagiarism prevention document
• Recording of lectures and other teaching sessions (PDF) (under review)
• Student engagement and attendance policy (PDF)
• Sub-boards of examiners policy (PDF)
• Supervised dissertations and research projects for taught students (PDF)
• Suspension of regulations (PDF)
• Teaching a module at different academic levels policy (PDF)

Student Conduct, Complaints and Appeals

• Academic integrity and misconduct policy (PDF)
  • AI guidance (PDF)
• Academic integrity statement for students (PDF)
• Appeals policy (taught students) (PDF)
  • Appeals form (taught students) (Word)
• Children on campus policy (PDF)
• Complaints policy and procedure (PDF)
  • Complaints form (Word)
  • Quick guide for complaints (PDF)
• Dignity at Work and Study principles
• Faith, belief and religion statement (PDF)
• Free speech policy and procedure (PDF)
• Safeguarding policy and procedure (PDF)
• Social media principles (PDF)
• Student discipline policy (PDF)
• Supporting transgender, intersex and gender non-binary students (PDF)

Fees and payment

• Fee assessment policy (PDF)
• Fees policy (PDF)
• Income, expenditure and value for money statement

Research students

• Appeals policy (research) (PDF)
  • Appeals form (research students) (Word)
• Distance learning PhD guidance and procedure (PDF)
• Guidance for Statement of Contribution
• Guidelines for online research degree vivas
• Joint registration of research degree programmes (PDF)
• Maternity, paternity, shared parental, and adoption leave for research students (PDF)
• Procedure and guidance for independent chairs
• Postgraduate training and research for MPhil and PhD degrees: code of practice (PDF)
• Writing up policy (PDF)

View policies that were in place for 2022-23.

View policies that were in place for 2021-22.