POLICIES

This section gives information on a range of policies, protocols and codes of practice which have been endorsed by the Teaching and Learning Committee, or the former Academic Policy Committee and its sub-committees, and approved by Senate.  The list below identifies the title of the policy and date of Teaching and Learning Committee/Academic Policy Committee endorsement.

Policies are also contained in other sections and in the  Assessment Handbook.

A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z

A

Absence - see also Attendance

Absence: Notification (19.10.05)

Absence: Leave of (Policy)  (12.4.06)

Access: Age Regulation (6.2.08)

Access: Award Title (7.12.05)

Access: Exemptions (7.12.05)

Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL) Policy (8.2.06 - modified at Senate 5.4.06 & by TLC 5.12.07) (reviewed 2008 & 2011)

Accreditation of Prior Learning: Guidelines for Staff and Applicants (2011)

Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL) (22.11.00, 24.1.01, 22.10.03, 10.12.03, 8.2.06, 12.4.06, 5.12.07, 15.10.08, 15.6.11)

Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL): Working Group Report (4.5.05, 19.10.05, 18.6.08, 15.6.11)

Admissions, Examining and Assessment, where a Member of Staff has a Personal Interest, Involvement or Relationship with a Student or Prospective Student (Taught Courses) Code of Practice (8.5.02)

Admissions Procedures:  Conduct of Interviews (27.2.02 - revised 22.10.03)

Advisers of Studies:  Code (6.3.00, 17.5.00, 22.6.04, 25.4.07)

Aegrotat (20.10.04, 15.6.11)

Anonymous Marking of Coursework (22.6.01, 23.10.02, 7.12.05)

Anonymous Marking of Written Examinations (9.3.98)

Anonymous Marking of Written Examinations (Partner Institutions) (23.10.02)

Appeals (21.11.01)

Appeals Panels, Chairing (2.3.05)

Archive of Assessment Material (5.5.04)   [See also Examinations: Retention of Material]

Assessment Criteria by Levels (24.6.03)

Assessment Handbook: 2010

Assessment Loads (8.12.04)

Assessment:  Personal Interest (8.5.02)

Assessment, Principles of, and Feedback for Learning (15.6.11)

Athletes, Elite: Approved Absence and Independent Study Programme (24.10.01, 24.6.03, 18.10.06, 17.10.07)

Attendance:  Notification of Absence (5.5.04)

Attendance:  Protocol in Respect of Student Attendance (22.6.04)

Attendance:  Student (2.5.01, 5.5.04, 14.6.06)

Automatic Progression from Semester 1 to 2 (2.5.01, 21.11.01, 23.10.02)

Award Abbreviations (17.1.00)

Awards, Calculation of Summary Mark for (13.10.10)

B

Boards of Examiners:  Chairing (17.5.00, 25.10.00)

Boards of Examiners:  Confirmation of Awards (10.12.03)

Boards of Examiners: Disagreement (28.3.12)

Boards of Examiners:  Extenuating Circumstances (8.3.99)

Boards of Examiners:  Partner Institutions (21.11.01, 25.4.07)

Boards of Examiners:  Minuting (25.10.00)

Boards of Examiners by Videoconferencing (30.3.11)

C

Calculation of Summary Mark for Awards (13.10.10)

Career Development Learning Framework (3.12.08)

Carrying Failure (24.1.01)

Carrying Failure:  Extenuating Circumstances (21.11.01)

Classification Boundaries and Borderline Candidates (2.2.11)

Classification of Awards: Changes from 2009/10

Classification of Awards: Bands in Undergraduate Programmes other than Honours Degrees (20.10.04, 8.4.09)

Classification of Final Award: Weighting of Modules (2.3.05)

Classification of Honours Degree: with more than 120 Credits at Level 6 (23.4.08)

Classification of Honours Degree:  (Level 6) (28.2.01,  23.1.02, 8.4.09)

Classification of Honours Degree:  Classification Bands (21.11.01, 23.10.02, 20.10.04)

Classification of Honours Degree: Classification Bands (Repeating Students) (23.10.02)

Classification of Master's Degrees of More than 200 Points Value (20.6.07, 3.12.08)

Classification of Taught Postgraduate Awards (8.4.09)

Collaborative Learning (Paper received at TLC 3.12.08)

Complaints (Student) (24.1.01)

Condonement (8.4.09)

Condonement: Removal from 2009/10

Consequences of Failure:  Discontinue Studies at the University (10.12.03)

Continuing Professional Development (CPD) (14.6.06, 5.12.07, 18.6.08)

Continuing Professional Development (CPD): Code of Practice - Academic Staff (18.6.08)

Continuing Professional Development (CPD): Code of Practice - Business Support Staff (18.6.08)

Continuing Professional Development (CPD): Policy (5.12.07)

Copyright and Intellectual Property (6.2.08)

Course Closure: Residual Obligations to Students in the Event of Course Closure or Termination of an Agreement with a Partner Institution (25.4.07)

Course File Archive and Syllabus Searches (23.1.02)

Course Revisions:  Requiring University-level Approval (24.1.01)  [Note with establishment of APSC, some changes are considered by that sub-committee]

Course Revisions:  Scrutiny (28.2.01)

Coursework: Ownership (25.4.07)

Coursework Submission Sheet (21.11.01)

Creativity and Innovation in Curriculum (20.6.07)

Credit Rating of Short Courses within the School of Nursing: Procedures (24.6.03)

Criminal Offences:  Students (15.12.97)

D

Data Protection Act:  Retention of Data (17.5.00)

Demonstrating, Postgraduate Teaching Assistants (23.10.02)

DipHE Award (22.6.04, 18.6.08, 15.10.08)

Disabled Students: Protocol for Identifying and Responding to Requests for Reasonable Adjustments (14.10.09)

Dissertations:  Master's Level (22.10.03, 20.10.04, 4.5.05, 14.6.06, 6.2.08, 15.10.08)

Dissertations:  Word Limits

E

E-Learning, Framework for E Learning Standards - withdrawn June 2009 (ADEC 09.56)

E-Learning: Code of Practice (13.10.10)

E-Learning: New Proposals (8.12.04)

E-Learning:  Student Access to Completed Module Areas (10.12.03)

E-Learning:  Tutoring on On-line Courses (25.2.04)

Elite Athletes:  Approved Absence and Independent Study Programme (18.10.06, 17.10.07)

Email Accounts (Students) (15.5.03)

Employability (4.5.05)

Employability Development Opportunities Review Tool (EDORT) (15.6.11)

Employment of Full-Time Students (6.3.00)

English Language Requirements for Admission (non-native speakers) (6.12.06)

Entrepreneurship (28.2.01, 15.5.03, 22.10.03, 5.5.04, 17.10.07, 15.10.08)

Entrepreneurship:  Certifying Achievement (8.12.04)

Entry Requirements for Postgraduate Courses (5.5.04)

E-Tutors:  Code of Practice (2.3.05)

European Credit Transfer Scheme (ECTS):  Transcripts (10.12.03)

Examinations:  Access to Scripts (22.6.01)

Examinations:  Approval of Draft Examination Papers by Faculty Head of Collaborative Courses (20.10.04)

Examinations:  Dyslexic Students (24.6.03)

Examinations:  Moderation of Draft Examination Papers (25.2.04)

Examinations:  Personal Interest (8.5.02)

Examinations: Requirements at Level A/1 [3-4] (6.12.06, 25.4.07, 18.6.08)

Examinations:  Retention of Material (13.10.97, 31.3.10)                                                       

Examinations, Supplementary:  Timing (Placement Student) (19.1.98)

Examinations:  Use of Calculators (17.1.00)

Examinations:  Use of Dictionaries (Overseas Students) (21.11.01, 26.2.03)

Exchange Students:  Transcripts (10.12.03, 25.2.04)

Exit Awards: AB in Combined Honours degrees (17.6.09, 1.12.10, 19.10.11)

Exit Interviews: Withdrawing Students (16.6.10)

Extenuating Circumstances (12.4.06, ISSC 7.12.09)

Extenuating Circumstances: Guidelines (18.10.06) (Revised December 2009, June 2010)

Extenuating Circumstances (Working Group) (5.5.04)

External Examiners:  Attendance at Boards (10.3.97, 21.11.01)

External Examiners:  Extension of Appointment (10.12.03, 15.6.11, 13.12.11)

External Examiners:  Fees/Expenses (11.12.02, 2.3.05)

External Examiners:  Induction (24.10.01, 22.10.03)

External Examiners:  Moderating Levels 3/4/5 (21.11.01, 3.12.08, 16.6.10, 13.12.11, 28.3.12)

External Examiners: Moderation of Coursework Assessment Schemes (25.10.00, 20.10.04)

External Examiners: Publication of Identity (1.4.09. 15.6.11, 13.12.11)

External Examiners: Sharing of Reports with Student Representatives (6.12.06, 20.6.07, 15.6.11, 13.12.11, 28.3.12)

External Examiners: Report Form for Subject Networks (15.6.11)

External Examiners:  Viva Examinations (22.10.03)

External Examiners' Reports:  Response to Reports (Partner Institutions) (23.10.02)

External Examining Arrangements Review (2011) (15.6.11, 13.12.11)

F

Failure at the Final Attempt (12.12.05)

Failure:  Repeated Assessments (11.12.02)

Fees:  Postgraduate Courses (28.2.01)

First Sit of Semester One Assessment (5.5.04)

Fitness for Professional Practice (24.6.03, 22.10.03, 5.5.04)

Foundation Degrees: Progression to Honours degrees (20.10.04)

Foundation Degree Progress/Articulation (18.6.08)

Franchised Courses (28.3.12)

G

Graduate Diplomas/Certificates (5.5.04)

Graduate Award, Ulster (30.3.11)

Graduate Qualities (12.10.98, 16.6.10, 15.6.11, 19.10.11)

Graduation:  Debtors (21.11.01)

Group Work (Paper received at TLC 3.12.08)

Group Work: Assessment (16.6.10)

H

Higher Education Achievement Report (17.6.09, 15.6.11)

I

Induction, Retention and Progression Project 2003 - 2006: Report on TQEF-Funded (20.6.07)

Induction, Student:  Guidelines (8.5.02)

Induction, Student:  Implementation Plan (26.6.02)

Induction, Student: Transition Policy (14.6.05) [SEE ALSO T]

Induction, Student:  Writing and Referencing Skills (22.10.03) [SEE ALSO STUDY SKILLS]

Intellectual Property and Copyright (6.2.08)

Invigilation (ISSC 11.5.10)

Irish Language/Ulster-Scots (24.1.01, 28.2.01)

J

Joint Awards (17.6.09)

L

Leave of Absence: Policy (12.4.06)

Level 6 - 8 Modules in Colleges (17.1.00, 6.3.00)

M

Mark for Awards: Calculation of Summary (13.10.10)

Marks, Release of on Web (2.3.05)

Master's Degree: Full-Time: Attendance Requirements (14.10.09)

Moderation (Internal) (12.4.06, 14.6.06, 17.10.07)

Modular Structure:  Combined Honours Degrees (28.2.01, 2.5.01)

Module Co-ordinators:  Duties

Module Database Deadlines (30.3.11)

Module Handouts/Teaching Plans (2.5.01)

Module Outlines, Communication of (7.12.05)

N

Non-Award Bearing Programmes (15.6.11)

O

Occasional Students (11.12.02, 5.12.07)

Oral Examinations (22.6.01)

Oral and Viva Examinations:  Distinction (19.1.96)

P

Parchments and Transcripts (11.12.02)

Part-time Study Definition (15.12.97, 18.6.08)

Peer Observation and Peer Supported Review (12.5.99, 17.1.01, 14.6.06, 18.6.08)

Personal Development Plans (PDP): Policy Statement (8.12.04, 25.4.07, 4.2.09)                          [See also Progress Files]

Personal Development Plans (PDP): Guidelines on the use of WebCT and the PD System

Personal and Professional Development: Certificate (18.6.08, 16.6.10)

Placement: Guidelines for Staff on Bullying and Harassment (25.4.07, 20.6.07)

Placement: Guidelines for Students on Bullying and Harassment (18.10.06)

Placement: Health and Safety (22.10.03)

Placement: Indemnity (25.4.07)

Placement/Intercalary Year (13.5.98)

Placement: Non-Availability (Degrees) (1.4.09)

Placement: Non-Availability (Foundation degrees) (17.6.09)

Placement: Planning (Academic) and Progression from Year 2 (13.12.11)

Placement: Policy: Code of Practice (18.6.08)

Placement:  Policy for/Guide to Good Practice (2.5.01, 17.10.07, 18.6.08) (See also 'Work-Based Learning')

Placement: Policy: Guide (18.6.08)

Placement: Professional Practice (Diploma) (25.10.00)

Placement: Provider Approval (18.6.10)

Placement: Rebranding of University Placement Awards (30.3.11)

Placement: Self-Employed Placement Students (30.3.11)

Plagiarism: Extenuating Circumstances (3.2.10)

Plagiarism in Group Work (1.4.09)

Plagiarism Policy and Procedures

Plagiarism: Working Group (19.10.05, 14.6.06, 6.2.08)

Prizes:  Re-allocation (14.10.96)

Postgraduate, Teaching Assistants (23.10.02)

Professional, Statutory and Regulatory Bodies: Protocol for Management of Links (18.6.08)

Programme Specifications (23.1.02, 5.5.04, 14.6.06, 7.2.07)

Programme Specifications for Access Courses (7.12.05)

Programmes (22.6.04)

Progress Files (15.5.03, 25.2.04, 22.6.04)   

Q

Qualifications and Credit Framework (24.10.01) (18.10.08)

QAA Code of Practice: Assessment (Section 6) (25.10.00, 7.2.07)      (Commentary - 25.10.00)      (Commentary - 7.2.07)

QAA Code of Practice: Careers, Education, Information and Guidance 2010 (Section 8) (13.10.10)

QAA Code of Practice: Collaborative Provision and Flexible and Distributed Learning (Section 2) (17.5.00, 4.5.05)

QAA Code of Practice: External Examining (Section 4) (25.10.00, 8.12.04)

QAA Code of Practice: Programme Approval, Monitoring and Review (Section 7) (24.1.01, 6.12.06)

QAA Code of Practice: Recruitment and Admissions (Section 10) (4.5.05)

QAA Code of Practice: Student Appeals and Complaints (Section 5) (25.10.00, 18.6.08)    

QAA Code of Practice: Work-Based and Placement Learning (Section 9) (23.10.02, 18.6.08)

Questionnaire Student: Assessment of Teaching (25.4.07, 18.6.08, 17.6.09, 14.10.09)

R

Receipting of Coursework (21.11.01)

Recognised Teachers (17.10.07, 15.10.08, 14.10.09, 2.12.09, 2.2.11, 19.10.11)

Recognised Teachers: Part-Time Lecturers and Recognised Teachers (12.5.99, 13.10.93)

Regulatory Framework - Review (18.6.08)

Regulations:  Commendation and Distinction Awards in PG Courses (10.12.03)

Regulations:  Parity (10.12.03)

Regulations:  Working Group Report (SCTC, 11.4.00) (APC, 17.5.00)

Research on Human Subjects (7.12.05, 12.4.06)

Residual Obligations to Students in the Event of Course Closure or Termination of an Agreement with a Partner Institution (25.4.07)

S

Safe Practice as Part of Clinical and Social Care Governance (6.2.08)

Semester Dates (6.12.06)

Short Courses (15.6.11)

Short Courses:  Accreditation (12.10.98, 5.12.07)

Short Courses: Attendance Certificates (27.4.99)

Slow Tracking (11.4.00)

Small Group Teaching (20.10.04)

Special Educational Needs and Disability (NI) Order 2005 (SENDO) (19.10.05)

Special Educational Needs and Disability (NI) Order 2005 (SENDO): Draft Risk Assessment (6.12.06, 3.12.08)

Standards:  Principles of Standards and Quality Management (8.12.04)

Student Attendance (5.5.04, 19.10.05, 14.6.06, 6.12.06)

Student Complaints Procedure:  Introduction (19.1.96)

Student Survey on the Quality of Teaching - see Questionnaire Student: Assessment of Teaching

Study Abroad: Module (13.12.11)

Study Abroad:  Protocol for Quality Assurance in Respect of University or other Study Experience outside the UK (8.5.02)

Study Abroad: Staff Guidelines on Bullying and Harassment (20.6.07)

Study Load (18.6.08)

Study Skills Support for Learning in Higher Education: Provision of (16.6.10)

Subject Management:  Honours Degrees (26.6.02)

Summary Mark for Awards: Calculation (13.10.10)

Supplementary Examinations (22.11.00)

Sustainable Development (6.3.00)

T

Teaching: Policy for First Year Undergraduate Teaching  (23.4.08)

Teaching and Learning Support Charter (4.2.09)

Teaching Day:  Extension (17.5.95, 30.3.11)

Teaching Staff who are not Employees (13.10.97)

Ten Point Modules (19.1.96, 2.5.01)

Termination: Residual Obligations to Students in the Event of Course Closure or Termination of an Agreement with a Partner Institution (25.4.07)

Timetabling Principles: Working Group  (30.3.11)

Transcripts:  For College Courses (8.5.02)

Transition Policy (14.6.05, 18.6.08, 17.6.09)

Tutoring and Demonstrating by Postgraduate Students:  Code of Practice (23.10.02)

U

UCAS Asking Grades:  Contribution of Step-Up and Elite Athlete Points (11.12.02, 24.6.03)

Ulster Graduate Award (30.3.11)

V

Viva Voce Examinations (8.2.06)  (see also 'Oral')

W

Wednesday Afternoons (19.1.96, 4.2.09, 17.6.09)

Widening Participation Strategy (Draft) (26.2.03)

Word Limits (15.5.03, 22.6.04)

Work-Based Learning (Assessing): Guidelines to Promote Best Practice (19.10.05) (See also 'Placement')

Work-Based Learning/Placement: Guidelines for Staff on Bullying and Harassment (25.4.07, 20.6.07)

Work-Based Learning/Placement: Guidelines for Students on Bullying and Harassment (18.10.06)

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