Teaching and learning

Section

Description of Information

Academic year dates

• Current, plus (where known), future academic years

External review information

• Programme specifications and course descriptions
• Statement of roles, responsibilities and authority of different bodies within the institution involved in approval and review
• Annual monitoring and reports processes
• Accreditation and monitoring reports by professional, statutory or regulatory bodies
• Outcomes of the Funding Councils’ Research Assessment Exercise

Graduate Information (optional)

• Attendance and ticketing information
• Academic dress information
• Information on honorary fellows
• Dates of ceremonies
• Photographs and video facilities

Honorary degrees (optional)

“This class should include, for example, information on awards, policies, procedures and ceremonies.” *

Information on the institution’s internal procedures for assuring academic quality and standards

• Module and semester structures
• Qualification aims
• Procedures for changing course
• Opportunities and procedures for work experience, developing language skills, and studying overseas
• Programme approval, monitoring and review, programme specifications and course descriptions
• Information on assessment procedures and outcomes
• Information on student satisfaction with their HE experience

Qualitative data on quality and standards of learning and teaching

• Feedback from recent graduates of the institution, collected through the national survey
• Information on internal feedback mechanisms
• A summary statement of the institution’s learning and teaching strategy
• Summary statements of the results of, and the actions taken in response to, periodic programme and departmental reviews
• Summaries of the institution identifies employer needs and opinions, and how those are used to develop the relevance and richness of learning programmes

Staffing structure of schools/departments

• Job titles of academic and support staff
• Contact details for each school/department

Student assessment strategy

• Examination periods
• Examination regulations
• Appeal procedures
• Appointment and duties of external examiners
• Policy on breech of assessment regulations
• Professional accreditation of the institution acts as an external examination body or validates the examinations and qualifications of others
• Information on how students are prepared for external examination

Tuition fees

• Information for home/EU students
• Information for international students
• Information on other charges