The Academic Quality and Standards Handbook (AQSH) consists of 15 sections, including an introduction, which detail the University's principles and procedures for approving, monitoring and reviewing its courses, programmes and partnerships.
It is anticipated that the AQSH will be of most benefit to those members of staff with day-to-day involvement in the University's quality assurance and enhancement procedures.
View the Academic Quality and Standards Handbook for 2020/21.
Please note that this is a previous version of the AQSH which has now been archived. For the latest version of the handbook, please use the Academic Quality and Standards Handbook for 2020/21.
Section | Title |
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Introduction |
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Section A |
Academic planning |
Section B | Managing higher education provision with others |
Section C | Validation of new fields |
Section D | Internal subject review |
Section E | Internal quality audit (PDF) |
Section F | Annual monitoring and enhancement |
Section G | Changes to fields |
Section H | Accreditation processes |
Section I | External examiners |
Section J | Professional, statutory and regulatory body accreditation or recognition (PSRB) |
Section K | External requirements (PDF) |
Section L | Student engagement and feedback |
Section M | Research degrees (covers Masters by Research, MPhil and PhD) |
Section N | Student mobility |
A series of mini-guides is now available which may be more helpful for members of staff who need to understand a specific area of process but do not require an in-depth knowledge of the information provided in the AQSH. These are:
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