Wider Information Sets

The information items listed below form the wider information set (WIS) for the University of Northampton. More information about the WIS is available from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE).

Wider information set values

The wider information set values are:

• to inform the public about the quality of higher education and, in particular, help provide potential st​udents with information that will help them make a choice about what and where to study
• to help provide evidence to contribute to the quality assurance processes in institutions
• to help provide information that institutions can use to enhance the quality of their higher education provision

The WIS is broken down into three categories:

• ​information on institutional context
• information about aspects of courses and awards
• information on the quality and standards of programmes

In conjunction with the University of Northampton Publication Scheme the links below will point you in the direction of information which we hope you will find useful.

Information on institutional context

• Policies, procedures and guidelines
• Learning and teaching ​plan
• Edu​cation with others
• Employability statement
• Student ha​ndbooks
• Student Partnership Agreement
• Enterprise
• Complaints policy and proc​edure

Information about aspects of courses and awards

• Course finder
• Key information sets (KIS) – information available on every course page​

Information on the quality and standards of programmes​​

• Quality and standards
• Annual monitoring
• Periodic subject review (PSR)
• Validation
• External examiner information