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Programme support-related policies

Find information to help support students on their programmes of study.

Accreditation (taught programmes)

A number of our programmes have external accreditation.

Attendance code of practice (taught students)

Students are expected to attend all timetabled sessions. The University is clear about its expectations of students and in the information that schools provide to students to enable them to attend regularly.

Attendance monitoring (postgraduate Research students)

This document includes policy, guidance and examples of good practice in relation to attendance monitoring by staff in schools.

Attendance monitoring (taught students)

This document includes policy, guidance and examples of good practice in relation to attendance monitoring by staff in schools.

Audio and visual in student education

This policy relates to recording of activities with an educational purpose by the University, its students or others.

Blended learning strategy

Refreshed strategy to reflect advances which are transforming the tools available for blended learning, including MOOCs, lecture capture and multimedia management capabilities, social media, Open Educational Resources and mobile devices.

Committees of the University

The Secretariat (via its Governance Support and Corporate Affairs teams) is responsible for servicing several of the University's key governing and operational committees.

Data protection

The University needs to process certain information about its employees, students and other individuals. In so doing, the University must comply with the Data Protection Act 1998.

Digital strategy for student education

This strategy document sets out the University's expectations for the provision of digital technologies and services for taught students aimed at enhancing the quality of the student experience.

Distance learning (taught students)

There are some additional considerations for distance learning provision during both programme approval and ongoing review stages. These are described in this policy.

Equality and inclusion

Inclusiveness is one of the core University values. This framework explains how we will incorporate inclusiveness throughout our cultures, business and day-to-day organisational practice.

Joint honours definition (taught students)

A joint honours programme is an interdisciplinary programme where students combine two different subjects in approximately equal proportions in line with the University definition of joint honours.

Online enrolment guides

Guides for staff who support students through the module enrolment process.

Open Educational Resources (taught students)

This document sets out the University’s position and guidance on the use and publication of Open Educational Resources within educational situations at the University.

Ordinances

Ordinances define the qualifications the University awards and the associated regulations. They form part of the University Constitution.

Postgraduate research students engaged in teaching

This code of practice applies to postgraduate research students registered at the University of Leeds who are engaged in teaching at the University and paid on an hourly rate.

Programme title changes (taught students)

Titles of programmes on which students have already been accepted or are currently registered can only be changed if this is unavoidable. A change in programme title affects the validity of student visas for students outside the EEA.

Rearranging scheduled teaching

Teaching should only be rearranged where unavoidable. Taught Student Education Board has outlined how changes should be made and communicated to students.

Religious observance

Our institutional timetable is set to accommodate religious observance where possible. Sometimes issues feel or become more complex at an individual school or service level.

Risk assessment of fieldwork

Fieldwork is an essential part of University teaching and research, enabling and inspiring many staff and students’ academic and personal development.

Special Cases Committee

The Special Cases Committee takes decisions relating to student progression in cases which fall outside the normal institutional regulations.

Student Staff Forums

Student Staff Forums are the primary means by which the student body within a school is consulted on issues relating to the development of the School and, in particular, its taught provision.

Supernumerary modules

Supernumerary modules are modules chosen by students for interest only and are taken as extra credits on top of the normal amount of credits for the year of study (usually 120 credits for an undergraduate Programme Year or 180 for a postgraduate Programme Year).

Timetabling and central space management

The policy sets out the University's approach to constructing the teaching timetable, booking rooms and teaching space facilities and support.