University Policies, Procedures and Regulations

The regulations are reviewed and reissued annually in line with the start of the new academic year. Please find the University’s Academic Regulations for 2024/25 below. The links below will take you to the general Academic Regulations and for courses which have additional requirements, the Course Specific Regulations.

• Academic Regulations 2013/14
• Academic Regulations 2014/15
• Academic and Supplementary Regulations 2013/14
• Academic and Supplementary Regulations 2014/15
• Academic and Supplementary Regulations 2015/16
• Academic and Supplementary Regulations 2016/17
• Academic and Supplementary Regulations 2017/18
• Academic and Supplementary Regulations 2018/19
• Academic and Supplementary Regulations 2019/20
• Academic and Supplementary Regulations 2020/21
• Academic and Supplementary Regulations 2021/22
• Academic and Supplementary Regulations 2022/23
• Academic and Supplementary Regulations 2023/24
• Academic and Supplementary Regulations 2024/25

• Ecology Policy
• Energy Policy
• Environment Policy​ (PDF, 243 KB)
• Single Use Plastic and Disposable Item Policy
• Sustainable Construction Policy
• Waste Policy
• Water Consumption and Reduction policy

• Health and Safety Policies
• Health and Safety Procedures and Guidance

• • HR policies and procedures [Please note: staff login required]
  • Staff Privacy Notice

• Acceptable Use Policy (PDF, 193 KB)
• Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Policy (PDF, 171 KB)
• Information Security Policy (PDF, 132 KB)
• Web Accessibility

Research Policies

• Code of Practice
• Equality and Inclusion Procedure
• Equality Diversity and Inclusion Policy
• Peer Review Policy for Research Funding Applications
• Professorship Criteria
• Publications Policy
• Research Data Management Policy
• Research Ethics Code and Procedures (Word, 696 KB)
• Research Integrity Policy
• Research Misconduct Policy
• Responsible Metrics Policy
• Visiting Professors and Fellows Policy

Application and admissions

• Admissions
• Accreditation of prior (experiential) learning
• Third Party Consent Form (Word, 32KB)

Estates and Campus Services

• Accommodation
• Residential life

Student Finance

• Financial implications of repeating modules
• Partner Sanctions Policy (PDF, 460 KB)
• Student Debt Management Policy (PDF, 224 KB)
• Tuition Fee Policy
• Withdrawal policy 2017/18 (Word, 19 KB)
• Withdrawal policy 2018/19 (PDF, 190 KB)
• Withdrawal policy 2019/20 (PDF, 113 KB)
• Withdrawal policy 2020/21 (PDF, 131 KB)
• Withdrawal policy 2021/22 (PDF 123 KB)
• Withdrawal policy 2022/23 (PDF 119 KB)
• Withdrawal policy 2023/24 (PDF 146KB)

Student Issues

• Academic Integrity and Misconduct
• Academic Appeals
• Academic References
• Termination Appeals
• Student Complaints
  • Student Complaints guide and policy
  • Student Complaints Form
• Fitness to practice
• Health, Wellbeing and fitness to study
• Mitigating circumstances
• Misconduct Policy (Bullying, Harassment, Discrimination and Sexual Violence)
• Student Disciplinary
• Study break
• Transfers, Restarts and Withdrawals
• UKVI-related policies

Student services

• Code of Practice between the University and the Students’ Union
• Student support
  • ASSIST
  • Financial guidance
  • Safeguarding
  • Mental Health

Teaching, learning, assessment and feedback

• Assessment and Feedback
• Grade criteria
• Lecture Capture Policy
• Teaching
• Student engagement
• Integrated Learner Support and Personal Academic Tutoring
• Student representation
• Placements and Work-based Learning
• Guidance on the construction of effective learning outcomes
• COGS Learning Outcomes Toolkit (Constructing Outcomes for Graduate Success)
• Guidance on assessment volume
• Principles for the setting of group assessments
• Marking to learning outcomes fact sheet

Postgraduate Research Policies

• PGR Supervision Policy
• Framework for Postgraduate Researcher Development
• PGR Thesis and Examination Policy
• PGR Code of Practice
• PGR Satisfactory Progress Policy

Student Perk Terms and Conditions

• 2020 – 2021 entry (PDF, 138 KB)
• 2021 – 2022 entry (PDF, 229 KB)
• 2022 – 2023 entry (PDF, 138 KB)
• 2023 – 2024 entry (PDF, 216 KB)
• 2024 – 2025 entry (PDF, 156 KB)

• Health and Wellbeing Framework
• Student partnership agreement (between the University, students and the Students’ Union)
• Student Code of Conduct
• Student Protection Plan
• Student Terms and Conditions

• Modern Slavery Statement
• Data protection and information governance
• Strategy
• External Speaker and Events Policy
• Intellectual Property Policy
• Donor Relations and Acceptance of Donations policy and procedure (PDF, 251 KB)
• Naming of Assets by Donation (PDF, 167 KB)
• University governing documents
• Ethical and Sustainable Procurement Policy (PDF, 164 KB)
• Harm Reduction statement (Word, 204 KB)
• Data Protection Policy