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 24/25 (PDF, 310kB)
University approach to education at Bristol in 2024/25

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 2024/25 (PDF, 348kB)
       Annex 3: University Assessment Regulations 2024/25 (PDF, 355kB)
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)

Policy for Periodic Programme Revalidation (PDF, 138kB)
Policy on Unit Feedback From Students ‌
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)
Policy on Construction of Optional Unit Lists (PDF, 85kB)

Education Policy and Guidance
Policy on Academic Integrity (PDF, 232kB)
Policy for Academic Personal Tutoring (PDF, 103kB)
Policy for Peer Observation (PDF, 87kB)
Policy on Exam Script Access (PDF, 320kB)
Policy on Study Costs for Taught Programmes 2024/25 (PDF, 156kB)
Accompanying Guidance on Study Costs for taught programmes (PDF, 122kB)
Guidance on the provision of material in advance of teaching (PDF, 502kB)
Principal Tasks for Boards of Examiners (PDF, 159kB)

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