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The Code of Practice for External
Examining of Taught Programmes of Study and nomination and
report forms have
been revised in line with Chapter 7: External Examining
(October 2011) of the new UK Quality Code for Higher Education. See External
Examiners
(January 2012)
There is a new report form for subject
network examiners.
(June 2011) |
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Revised
Accreditation of Prior
Learning (APL) Policy and
Guidelines for Staff and Applicants are available here
(July 2011) |
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Evaluation/Revalidation |
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The 2011/12 Revalidation Schedule is
available here. (July 2011)
The 2011 Programme Approval, Management
and Review Handbook and the Partnership Handbook are now available.
Updated templates and forms are also available. See
Documents and Forms.
A new CA9
form has been introduced to support the recording of
credit-bearing short courses on the Banner Student Records and
Information System. |
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The Evaluation/Revalidation Briefing
Seminar Presentations are available:
Programme; (1);
(2); (3);
(4); (5);
(6); (7);
(Oct 2011) |
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Assessment Handbook 2011
The 2011 edition of the Assessment
Handbook has been published on the Academic Office website.
The document is not being issued in hard copy to all staff as the
changes from the 2009 edition are minor, to include
Principles of
Assessment and Feedback for Learning (1.3) and the revised Policy
on the Accreditation of Prior Learning (13) approved in June 2011.
2010 Changes
- a paper 'Assessment 2020, seven
propositions for assessment reform in higher education' (D Boud
and Associates 2010); (Section 1.2, Appendix A);
- revised regulations on
retention of examination material (2.9, 3.6);
- University policy on individual
assessment in group work (9);
- revised invigilation policy
(19.2).
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Changes to the
University's Regulatory Framework for Taught Courses
(25 June 2009)
A number of changes
to the University’s regulatory framework have been agreed from
2009/10. These
affect:
These changes have implications for information provided to students and
regulations for awards. For more information follow the links
above.
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Credit Levels (May 2009)
Credit levels have been renamed from
2009/10 in light of the revised national Framework for Higher
Education Qualifications published by the Quality Assurance Agency
in 2008. There is no change to the level descriptors; only the
titles are changed. The new levels and their correspondence to
old levels are set out below: |
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D (Doctoral) |
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8 |
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M |
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3 |
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6 |
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2 |
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5 |
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1 |
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4 |
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A (Access) |
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3 |
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Within University
Access to Higher Education courses offered by Regional Colleges,
levels 1 and 2 are also used for specific modules. |
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External Examiner Nominations (Oct 2011)
The deadline for receipt of External
Examiner nominations for 2012/13 appointments is 25 May 2012. |
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Useful Links
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NICATS |
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QAA |
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Quality
Management & Audit Unit |
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Staff
Development |
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UNISTATS |