EDUCATION SUPPORT UNIT

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INFORMATION ABOUT

• Academic Development
• Assessment and External Examining
• Committees and Groups
• Distance Learning
• TEL
• Faculty Advice and Support
• Postgraduate Education
• Programme and Unit Approval
  • Programme and Unit Approval Guidance
  • Timescales for Approval
  • Educational Partnerships
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • New Policy 2012/13
  • The Online Approval Tool
  • Unit and Programme Catalogues
• Student Surveys
• Supporting Student Learning
• Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Programme
• Undergraduate Education

Programme and Unit Approval

The University has a process to ensure that any new or revised units or programmes are academically appropriate and sound, and that sufficient resource can and will be made available to ensure their successful delivery. To ensure this, all proposals to introduce or change units or programmes must be formally approved before being implemented.  The Education Support Unit facilitates and supports this process.

We are available to provide advice to staff at an early stage of putting together a proposal, negotiating the approval process and using the online approval tool.  Please email approval-help@bristol.ac.uk or your faculty liaison contact in the Education Support Unit in the first instance or use the links below to find out more about how to put a proposal forward.

To manage the approval process, the University has implemented an Online Approval Tool for editing or creating new units and programmes. We will be continuing to use the tool through 2012/13.  Please see the link below for more information.

The University is in the process of implementing a new policy for the approval of new and revised units and programmes during 2012/13. This policy is being phased in and queries regarding proposals currently in development should be directed to Elinor Davies (extn.14204) or Sophie Billings (extn.14203) or email approval-help.

Further information about the new policy is available here.

Timescales for Approving Units and Programmes

For guidelines on the University approved set of timescales for the administration of all unit and programme information.

Guidance on the Approval Process and Forms

For all information on making changes to your units and programmes, including guidance for unit and programme directors and guidance for Faculty Education Directors.

Online Approval Tool

For information on the new Online Approval Tool, guidance notes and training dates.

Unit and Programme Catalogues

The Catalogues are where you can view the current unit and programme information that is held centrally for your School/Faculty.

The list of current programmes, as approved by Senate, is recorded in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.

Please regularly check the information held in the Catalogues to ensure that it is up-to-date. The information shown here reflects which is used in other systems, including SITS and Syllabus+.

If you spot any errors in your unit or programme data please contact the Student Systems and Information Office on unitprog-setup@bris.ac.uk and include information on when the changes were approved and at what committee.

Educational Partnerships

For information on setting up new Educational Partnerships.