Learning & Teaching Policies & Procedures

The Learning and Teaching Board has institutional responsibility for the setting and implementation of all strategic issues related to learning and teaching. This Handbook aims to provide a comprehensive overview of all aspects of the Learning and Teaching Board, and is intended to be useful for both members and their substitutes in executing their roles on the Board.

Documentation to explain and support the University's approval procedures for programmes, courses and modules is collected here. Proposals for programmes, courses and modules which are being introduced, modified or withdrawn have to go to the Undergraduate/Postgraduate Studies Committee for approval or notification. The approval process is indicated together with the paperwork required and the information that is added to ISS. Schools can approve certain modifications without having to put forward a proposal in particular circumstances.

The University's External Examiners' Handbook covers issues pertaining to the selection and appointment of examiners, responsibility of examiners and reporting and scrutiny of reports. The Guidelines provide a comprehensive guide for examiners, academic staff and administrators and ensure that the correct procedures may be referred to and are followed.

The University acknowledges the importance to the student's family of providing a posthumous award. At the same time, the award of a posthumous qualification can only be justified in cases where either the student has satisfied all of the award requirements or has completed coursework, exams, other assessments or research work at the appropriate standard to merit the award.