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• Academic Development
• Assessment and External Examining
• Committees and Groups
• Distance Learning
• e-Learning
• Faculty Advice and Support
  • School Review formerly Departmental Review
  • Annual Programme Review
  • Education Policy & Guidance
  • Faculty Quality Assurance Teams (FQATs)
  • Ethics in Teaching
• Postgraduate Education
• Programme and Unit Approval
• Supporting Student Learning
• Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Programme
• Undergraduate Education

Handbook for Academic Quality and Standards

The handbook contains policy documents with which all staff should be familiar. From time to time documents will be updated and added. Web page locations are listed for all documents.

PLEASE NOTE: The web version of each document is the definitive version

The aim of the handbook is to be a valuable source of information for staff. It endeavours to set out as clearly as possible the University’s policies and procedures related to learning and teaching activities.

Further information can be obtained by contacting the Education Support Unit.

A Framework for Learning and Teaching Activities

A1	University Vision and Strategy 2009-16
A2	Education Strategy 2010-2016
A3	Undergraduate admissions principles and procedures (Home/EU students)
A4	Undergraduate admissions principles and procedures (Overseas)
A5	Widening participation strategy

B Learning, Teaching and Assessment Policies and Guidelines

B1	Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes - rules for assessment, progression and the award of a qualification, including: Principles for designing and providing distance learning Guidance on disability equality and assessment Guidance for faculties on classifying extenuating circumstances Guidance in respect of students who have not completed all required assessment for honours classification (in relation to Ordinance 18) Guidance on student absence due to illness Guidance for faculties on implementing the 'Supplementary Year' Guidance on establishing the grounds for granting a Suspension of Studies and subsequent return to study for undergraduate students Guidance on suspension or extension of study for taught postgraduate students
B2	Guidelines for Direct Feedback From Students
B3	Guidelines on the Conduct of Remote Oral Examinations for Research Degrees
B4	Personal Tutoring at Bristol, including regulations and guidelines
B5	Guidance on Student Placements in Taught Programmes
B6	Teaching and Learning in Higher Education programme for new staff and postgraduates who teach
B7	Guidelines for Student Handbooks for Taught Programmes
B8	University Policy for the Timetabling of Teaching

C Quality Assurance: University Policies and Procedures

C1 & C2	Quality Assurance Framework for Learning and Teaching and Summary of the main features of the University's internal quality assurance procedures
C3	Guidelines for School Review (formerly Departmental Review)
C4	Guidelines for Faculty Quality Assurance Teams
C5	Guidelines for Annual Programme Review for Taught Programmes Guidelines for Annual Programme Review for Research Programmes
C6	Procedures Relating to Programme/Unit Proposals
C7	Guidelines for External Examining of taught programmes at the University of Bristol
C8	Regulations and Code of Practice for Educational Partnerships
C9	Guidelines on Peer Observation of Teaching
C10	Guidelines on the Accreditation of Prior (Certified/Experiential) Learning for all taught programmes
C11	Policy on Student Mental Health
C12	Guidelines for Programme Directors
C13	Responsibilities of Unit Directors
C14	Guidance on formulating Programme Aims and Learning Outcomes
C15	Guidance on formulating Unit Aims and Learning Outcomes

D The Regulatory Framework

D1	University of Bristol Credit Framework
D2	University Statutes, Ordinances, Regulations and Official Record
D3	General Regulations for Undergraduate Programmes and Regulations for Specific Undergraduate Programmes
	General Regulations for Taught Postgraduate Programmes (prev. Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Postgraduate Programmes) and Regulations for Specific Taught Postgraduate Programmes
D4	Rules and Regulations for Students, including Examination Regulations
D5	Regulations and Code of Practice for Research Degree Programmes
D6	QAA Framework for Higher Education Qualifications

Notification of updates to the Handbook will be circulated to the following:

• Heads of Academic Schools
• Learning and Teaching Advisors
• School Administrators/Secretaries
• Deans of Faculties
• Faculty Education Directors
• Faculty Education Managers
• FQAT Chairs
• Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education)
• Student Union Sabbatical Officers
• Director of Student Recruitment and Admissions
• Examinations Officer
• Registrar
• Academic Registrar
• Director of Communications and Marketing
• Educational Partners