Policies and regulations for Kingston University
This page holds all our student-facing policies and regulations including those related to your academic experience and also your wider university life. Please note that these are our standard regulations and policies and so you should also refer to your programme documentation where any non-standard regulations will be explained.
On this page you will find policies and regulations for 2022/23 as well as an archive of policies and regulations from previous years.
If you have any queries how any of these policies or regulations apply to you, you can seek advice from the Union of Kingston Students at support@kingston.ac.uk or speak to your personal tutor or course leader.
If any employee or worker of the University wishes to report any concerns or issues with the implementation of any of the University's policies or regulations they should refer to the University's Whistleblowing Policy.
Accessible documents: Please contact the Information Centres (in each campus library) or the Union of Kingston Students' Advice Centre if you find any aspect of these regulations difficult to understand or if you need an accessible version.
Key student policies 2022/23
For a full list of student polices and regulations, please browse our academic and non-academic policies and regulations.
General Student regulations (GR1)
Condition of enrolment
All students should read, accept and agree to abide by the regulations outlined in GR1 as it forms a part of your contract with the University.
Student complaints (GR2)
We aim to provide excellent and supportive learning environments and high standards of service. While we don't expect things to go wrong, we accept that sometimes things do.
Let us know as soon as you can if you experience an issue.
Mitigating circumstances (AR5)
The University wishes to be fair to all its students and recognises that there may be significant factors that can have an adverse effect on students' performance in assessments.
Find out how we can support you.
Key policy and regulations changes
We regularly review our policies and regulations to make sure that these continue to be in the best interests of our students and continue to safeguard our academic standards.
Find out what has changed for 2022/2023.
Academic policies and regulations 2022/23
- General regulations
- Academic regulations
- Academic policies
- Academic guidance
- Academic quality and standards handbook (to come)
- Other policies
General regulations 2022/23
Academic regulations 2022/23
Academic policies 2022/23
| Code | Document |
|---|---|
| AP1 | Admissions Policy 2022/23 (PDF) |
| AP2 | Student Pregnancy, Maternity and Becoming a Parent during Study Policy 2022/23 (PDF) |
| AP3 | Academic Quality and Standards Policy 2022/23 (PDF) |
| AP4 | Audio recording of lectures by students 2022/23 (PDF) |
| AP5 | Placement Learning Policy 2022/23 (PDF) |
| AP6a | Academic Flexibility – Sporting Activities 2022/23 (PDF) |
| AP6b | Academic Flexibility – Arts and Culture 2022/23 (PDF) |
| AP8 | Timetabled Student Activity Cancellation Policy 2022/23 (PDF) |
| AP10 | Examinations Scheduling Policy 2022/23 (PDF) |
| AP11 | Religion and Belief 2022/23 (PDF) |
| AP12 | Timetabling and Scheduling 2022/23 (PDF) |
| AP13 | Student Transfer Policy 2022/23 (PDF) |
| AP14 | Fairness in Assessment 2022/23 (PDF) |
Academic guidance 2022/23
| Code | Document |
|---|---|
| AG2 | University Level Descriptors 2022/23 (PDF) |
| AG3a | Plagiarism – A Staff Guide 2022/23 (PDF) |
| AG3b | Plagiarism – A Student Guide 2022/23 (PDF) |
| AG4 | Guide to Good Research Practice 2022/23 (PDF) |
| AG5 | Provision of Academic References for Students 2022/23 (PDF) |
| AG7 | University Grade Descriptors 2022/23 (PDF) |
| AG8 | Procedures for dealing with misconduct in research staff 2022/23 (PDF) |
| AG10 | Trailing credit Guidance and FAQs for Students 2022-23 (PDF) |
Other policies 2022/23
- Commitment to the Bologna Process (PDF)
- Ethical Review of Research Projects involving Human Participants - Pre-application Checklist (PDF)
- Ethics: Guidance and Procedures for Undertaking Research involving Human Subjects (PDF)
- Freedom of speech and external speakers (PDF)
- Intellectual Property Rights: Staff (PDF)
- Intellectual Property Rights: Students (PDF)
- Police protocol (PDF)
- Research data management policy (PDF)
- Research metrics principles (PDF)
- Student visas: a guide for all students
Non-academic policies 2022/23
Anti-bribery
Corporate social responsibility
Ethics
Gift acceptance
Human resources
Information regulations
- Acceptable use policy – Email (PDF)
- Acceptable use policy – Facilities (PDF)
- Acceptable use policy – Mobile and BYO devices (PDF)
- Acceptable use policy – My Data Box (PDF)
- Acceptable use policy – Social media (PDF)
- Copyright infringement policy (PDF)
- CCTV code of practice (PDF)
- Data Protection Policy (PDF)
- Data Protection Privacy Notices
- Data Quality Policy (PDF)
- Data Subject Request form
- Freedom of Information Policy (PDF)
- Information security policy (PDF)
- IT Security Policy (PDF)
- Linking to our website policy (PDF)
- Multi-Function device policy (PDF)
- Policy for Processing Special Category and Criminal Offence Data (PDF)
- Retention policy (PDF)
- Retention schedule (PDF)
- Third party requests for crime and taxation, code of practice (PDF)
Internal financial procedures
Prevent
Procurement
Safeguarding
Student life
- Electoral registration of students (PDF)
- Refund and compensation policy (PDF)
- Safety and security page on My Kingston (available to current students only)
- Safety and security Statement (PDF)
- Student Intellectual Property Rights Appeals Panel (PDF)
- Student Partnership Agreement – to follow
- Student substance use and misuse policy (PDF)
- Wellness to study – compulsory study break and withdrawal procedure (PDF)
Sustainability
Whistleblowing
- Whistleblowing policy (PDF)
