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Education Policy and Guidance

Regulations | Strategy documents | Guidance / Guidelines

To supplement the University's Charter, Acts, Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations of the University and University Strategy and Regulations, wide-ranging and detailed regulations and guidance has been introduced, covering learning, teaching and assessment policy. The purpose of these documents is to provide reference points of good practice to guide members of staff through various aspects of their work, indicating the University's preferred practice in each area. If you have a query about any aspect of the University's learning, teaching or assessment policies, please contact a member of the Education Support Unit.

The Education Support Unit also co-ordinates responses from the University to external consultations, such as those issued by HEFCE.

Regulations

Such as those within the Charter, Acts, Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations of the University

Document Owned / Updated by Last approved / updated
Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes - rules for assessment, progression and the award of a qualification**, including the: Assessment Steering Group, on behalf of Education Committee Senate, May/June 2011, for 2011-12
Regulations and Code of Practice for Research Postgraduate Programmes University Graduate Studies Committee Education Committee, for 2011-12
Regulations and Code of Practice for Educational Partnerships Education Support Unit Senate, Feb 2009
Regulations for Personal Tutoring [pdf] Education Support Unit Education Committee, 2011
Rules and Regulations for Students Secretary's Office for 2011-12
Examination Regulations Secretary's Office Senate, Aug 2011

Strategy documents

Document Owned / Updated by Last approved / updated
Education Strategy (2009-16) Education Committee Council, July 2010

Guidance/Guidelines

Document

 Owned / Updated by Last approved/ updated
Admissions Principles and Procedures: Undergraduate Home/EU and Undergraduate Overseas Office of Student Recruitment, Access and Admissions Dec 2009
Admissions Principles and Procedures for postgraduate taught programmes Office of Student Recruitment, Access and Admissions Dec 2009
Guidelines on the Accreditation of Prior Learning for taught programmes Education Support Unit Education Committee, Aug 2010
Guidelines for Annual Programme Review - taught and research programmes  Education Support Unit Education Committee, May 2009
Guidelines for Current Students with Criminal Convictions Secretary's Office Sept 2009
Guidelines for the Recruitment of Students who have Criminal Convictions Secretary's Office Sept 2009
Guidelines for Direct Feedback from Students Education Support Unit Senate, March 2001
Guidance on Disability Equality and Assessment * Human Resources (Equality and Diversity team) Education Committee, July 2011
Dissertation Guidelines for Taught Postgraduate Programmes * University Graduate Studies Committee Education Committee, July 2011
Principles for designing and providing Distance Learning * University Undergraduate / Graduate Studies Committee Senate, May 2011
Guidance for Faculties on Classifying Extenuating Circumstances * University Undergraduate / Graduate Studies Committee Education Committee, May 2011
Guidelines for External Examining of taught programmes at the University of Bristol * Education Support Unit Education Committee, October 2008
Guidelines for Faculty Quality Assurance Teams Education Support Unit Education Committee, June 2011
Guidance in respect of students who have not completed all required assessment for honours classification (in relation to Ordinance 18) * University Undergraduate Studies Committee Education Committee, Sept 2009
Guidelines for Peer Observation Education Support Unit Senate, June 2005
Guidelines for Personal Tutoring [pdf] Education Support Unit Education Committee, April 2011
Guidance on formulating Programme Aims and Learning Outcomes Education Support Unit November 2002
Guidelines for Programme Directors * Education Support Unit Minor amendments approved by Chair’s powers, July 2011
Guidance on Programme Specifications Education Support Unit
Guidance on Student Absence due to Illness * University Undergraduate / Graduate Studies Committee Education Committee, Jan 2011
Guidelines for Student Handbooks for Taught Programmes Education Support Unit Education Committee, April 2011
Guidelines on Student Placements in Taught Programmes Education Support Unit Senate, Feb 2009
Guidance for Faculties on Implementing the 'Supplementary Year' * Academic Registry Education Committee, June 2010
Guidance on establishing the grounds for granting a Suspension of Studies and subsequent return to study for undergraduate students * University Undergraduate Studies Committee Education Committee, June 2010
Guidance on Suspension or Extension of Study for Taught Postgraduate Students * University Graduate Studies Committee Education Committee, July 2011
University Policy for the Timetabling of Teaching University Undergraduate / Graduate Studies Committee Senate, Feb 2010
Guidance on formulating Unit Aims and Learning Outcomes Education Support Unit Nov 2002

Procedures for occasional students, visiting students and non-Bristol (franchise) students

 Academic Registry Feb 2011
Responsibilities of Unit Directors University Undergraduate / Graduate Studies Committee March 2006
Weightings to be applied for the purposes of calculating the final programme mark and degree classification in undergraduate programmes * University Undergraduate Studies Committee Senate, May 2010 and Education Committe, July 2011

* denotes the guidance is an annex to the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.

** The Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes has, from 2011-12, incorporated the 'General Regulations for First Degree Programmes in Modular Form' and the 'Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Postgraduate Programmes'.