Student Policies and Procedures
The University's Senate approved the following student-facing procedures for implementation from 1 August 2012:
- Academic Appeals Procedure
- Academic Misconduct Procedure
- Fitness for Professional Practice Procedure (College of Health and Social Care)
- Student Complaints Procedure
- Student Disciplinary Procedure
These procedures have been revised or developed by the Governance Services Unit (GSU) consulting widely across the institution. They seek generally to remove unnecessary layers of consideration and to devolve responsibility, when appropriate, to a more local level. The procedures are intended to be internally consistent and as plainly worded as the complexity of their respective processes allows.
The documents setting out the procedures are available here and are accompanied by supporting material below
The supporting material comprises:
General
- Glossary of Terms (updated 31 May 2013)
Student Disciplinary Procedure
- Case Studies with outcome
- Case Studies without outcome
- Proforma for a Record of Consideration of an Allegation by a Head of School or Nominee
- Frequently Asked Questions
Academic Misconduct Procedure
- Submission receipt for assessments which cannot be submitted electronically
- Proforma for a Record of Consideration of an Allegation by the Academic Misconduct Panel
- Notification of Suspected Cases of Academic Misconduct
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Bought or commissioned work - guidance to support the Academic Misconduct Procedure
- Guidance Notes for Secretaries to Academic Misconduct Panels
- Letter Template - Academic Poor Practice
- Letter Template - Outcome - Not Guilty
- Letter Template - Outcome - Zero for Component
- Letter Template - Outcome - Zero for Module
- Letter Template - Outcome - Zero for Module and Level Cap
- Letter Template - Referral to Academic Misconduct Panel
- Letter Template - Referral to Disciplinary Panel
- Case Studies
- Case Studies with outcome
- Cases Referred to Disciplinary Panel
Fitness for Professional Practice Procedure
- Frequently Asked Questions (to follow)
Academic Appeals Procedure
- Case Studies with outcome
- Proforma - Formal Procedure Stage 2 and Above
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Guidance Notes for Consideration of Appeals Within Schools for Students on Taught Programmes
- Record of Consideration for Academic Appeals
Student Complaints Procedure
- Case Studies A with outcome
- Case Studies B with outcome
- Stage 2 Complaint Form
- Stage 3 Complaint Form
- Group Complaint Consent Form
- Letter Template - Receipt of Stage 1 Complaint
- Letter Template - Stage 1 Outcome
- Letter Template - Receipt of Stage 2 Complaint
- Letter Template - Stage 2 Outcome
- Guidance Notes for Investigators Appointed at Stage 2
- Stage 2 Investigator's Report Template
- Frequently Asked Questions
In addition, a Fitness for Study Procedure, developed by the Student Life Directorate, has been approved by Senate for implementation from 1 August 2012. This is an intervention procedure for students causing significant concern and/or presenting risk of harm to self or others.