Appendices

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Section 1 - Teaching and Learning at the University of Aberdeen: An Overview

Appendix 1.1: College and School Structures
Appendix 1.2: Framework of Degrees

Section 2 - Quality Assurance in Higher Education: An Overview

Appendix 2.1: Two-minute guide to quality

Section 3 - The Assurance and Enhancement of Academic Quality and Standards in Teaching and Learning

Appendix 3.2: University Committee on Teaching and Learning (UCTL): Remit and Composition
Appendix 3.3: Academic Standards Committees (ASC): Remit and Composition (including Directors of Undergraduate Programmes and College Postgraduate Officers)
Appendix 3.4: Students’ Progress Committees: Remit and Composition
Appendix 3.6: Planning Cycle for Validation of Courses, Programmes of Study, and Changes to Regulations
Appendix 3.7: Annual Course Review: Notes for Guidance of Course Co-ordinators, Heads of School and Members of the Quality Assurance Committee (QAC)
Appendix 3.8: Internal Teaching Review : Information for those preparing for Internal Teaching Review
- Annex A to 3.8: Internal Teaching Review : Self-Evaluation Document
- Annex B to 3.8: Internal Teaching Review : Programme Review Report
- Annex C to 3.8: Internal Teaching Review : Postgraduate Research Student Training and Supervision Report Form
- Annex D to 3.8: Internal Teaching Review: Schedule
Appendix 3.9: Internal Teaching Review : Guidance Notes for Staff invited to meet Visiting Panels
Appendix 3.10: Internal Teaching Review : An Introduction for Students
Appendix 3.11: Internal Teaching Review : Information for Panel Members and Coordinating Reviewers
Appendix 3.12: Institutional Strategy for the Identification and Dissemination of Good Practice in Learning and Teaching
Appendix 3.13: Learning and Teaching Framework (2007-2010)

Section 4 - Student Recruitment and Admissions

Appendix 4.1: Admissions Policy

Section 5 - Student Guidance and Learner Support

Appendix 5.1: Advisers of Studies: Job Description
Appendix 5.2: Code of Practice for Undergraduate Teaching
Appendix 5.3: Code of Practice: Postgraduate Taught Students
Appendix 5.4: Code of Practice: Postgraduate Research Students
Appendix 5.5: Information for Students with Disabilities and Medical Conditions (Disability Statement)
Appendix 5.6: Policy on permitting disabled students to tape-record lectures
Appendix 5.7: Flow Chart on procedures for students with disabilities and medical conditions
Appendix 5.8: Procedures for Students with Disabilities
Appendix 5.9: Recommendations Concerning Students with Dyslexia
Appendix 5.15: Code of Practice on Student Discipline
Appendix 5.16: Procedures for Dealing with Allegations of Plagiarism against Graduates of the University
Appendix 5.17a: Policy on Undergraduate Student Progress
Appendix 5.17b: Policy on Fitness to Practice
Appendix 5.17c: Guidance Notes for:(a) Students whose studies as a candidate for the Degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB);
(b) Students whose studies for an intercalated degree within the Degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and
Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB);
(c) Students whose studies as a candidate for the Degree of Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS);
(d) Graduates of the University with the Degrees of MBChB during their pre-registration period of
training;
who are being considered for suspension or termination on the grounds that they are not “Fit to Practise”.
Appendix 5.17d: Guidance Notes for Students whose studies as a candidate for the Degrees of Bachelor of Education (BEd) and Bachelor of Music (BMus) with Honours (Education), or the Professional Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) are being considered for suspension or termination on the grounds that they are not “Fit to Practise”
Appendix 5.17e: Guidance Notes on Undergraduate Student Progress.
Appendix 5.17f: Guidance Notes for Students who are studying as a candidate for the Postgraduate Diploma n Physician Assistant Studies; who are being considered for suspension or termination on the grounds that they are not "Fit to Practice".
Appendix 5.18a: Policy on Academic Appeals and Complaints
Appendix 5.18c: Student Appeals and Complaints Process Form
Appendix 5.20: Status of Students Pending the Outcome of Consideration of (a) an Academic Appeal or Complaint; (b) Undergraduate Student Progress, or Fitness to Practice
Appendix 5.21: The Payment of Expenses Incurred by a Successful Appellant or Complainant: Guidance Note
Appendix 5.22 Guidelines for Dealing with Unsatisfactory Student Progress: Postgraduate Research Students
Appendix 5.23: Guidelines for Dealing with Unsatisfactory Student Progress: Postgraduate Taught Students
Appendix 5.24: Code of Practice to Ensure Compliance with the 1994 Education Act
Appendix 5.25: Policy on Complaints by Members of the Public

Section 6 - Teaching and Learning Policies and Academic Administration

Appendix 6.1: Guidance Note on Placement Learning
Appendix 6.2: Disclosure Check Flow Chart

Section 7- Assessment and Examination Policies and Practices : Taught Courses and Programmes

Appendix 7.1: Rules for the Conduct of Prescribed Assessments and Written Examinations for Degrees or Diplomas
Appendix 7.2: Notes of Guidance for Those with Responsibility for Making Examination Arrangements for Candidates with Disabilities
Appendix 7.3: Common Assessment Scale (CAS)
Appendix 7.4: Honours Classification (Grade Spectrum)
Appendix 7.5: Certification of Absence for Medical Reasons or other Good Cause
Appendix 7.6: Guidance Note for Students who either Fail, or who Fail to Attend or Complete, an Element of Prescribed Degree Assessment
Appendix 7.7: Procedures for Determining Progression and Award in Modularised Postgraduate Taught Programmes of Study (Grade Spectrum)
Appendix 7.8: Institutional Framework for the Provision of Feedback Assessment

Section 8 - Research Students

Appendix 8.1: Admissions Protocol for Postgraduate Taught and Postgraduate Research Applications
Appendix 8.2: Postgraduate Structured Management Framework (36 month full-time PhD Programme)
Appendix 8.3: Postgraduate Structured Management Framework (60 month part-time PhD Programme)
Appendix 8.4: Postgraduate Structured Management Framework (24 month full-time MPhil Programme)
Appendix 8.5: Postgraduate Structured Management Framework (42 month part-time MPhil Programme)
Appendix 8.6: Postgraduate Structured Management Framework (12 month full-time Master’s Programme)
Appendix 8.7: Postgraduate Structured Management Framework (24 month part-time Master’s Programme)
Appendix 8.8: Examining Research Degrees

Section 10 - Collaborative Arrangements: Quality Assurance Procedures

Appendix 10.1: Collaborative Awards: Definition
Appendix 10.2: Memoranda of Understanding: Guidelines
Appendix 10.3: Signed Copies of Formal Collaborative Arrangements: Document Retention
Appendix 10.4: Duration, Review and Termination of Agreements
Appendix 10.5: Checklist for Schools Considering Collaborative Arrangements
Appendix 10.6: Collaborative Arrangements: Preparing a Position Paper for UMG
Appendix 10.7: Framework for Consideration of Proposals for Collaborative Arrangements Leading to Awards or Joint Awards of the University
Appendix 10.8: Documentation Required to Support a Proposed Collaborative Arrangement
Appendix 10.9: Guidelines for Members of Panels Appointed to Scrutinise Prospective Collaborative Arrangements Leading to Awards or Joint Awards of the University
Appendix 10.10: Formal Agreements and Regulations for Collaborative Arrangements Leading to Awards or Joint Awards of the University
Appendix 10.11: Review Procedures for Collaborative Arrangements Leading to Awards of the University
Appendix 10.12: Review Procedures for Collaborative Arrangements Leading to Joint Awards of the University
Appendix 10.13.a: Accreditation Agreement: Guidance
Appendix 10.13.b: Articulation Agreement: Guidance
Appendix 10.13.c1: International Student Exchange (ERASMUS) Application Form
Appendix 10.13.c2: International Student Exchange (ERASMUS) Guidelines for Completing the Application Form
Appendix 10.13.d: International Student Exchange (non-ERASMUS): Guidance
Appendix 10.13.e: Joint Degrees: Guidance
Appendix 10.13.f: Joint Supervision of Research Students: Guidance
Appendix 10.13.g: Validation Agreement: Guidance
Appendix 10.14: Shared Module Arrangements
Appendix 10.15: Collaborative Arrangements Leading to Awards or Joint Awards of the University: Assessment Requirements; External Examining; and the Provision of Certificates and Transcripts
Appendix 10.16: Information for Students
Appendix 10.17: Flexible and Distributed Learning: Delivery of FDL; and Learner Support for and Assessment of FDL Students

Academic Quality Handbook

Appendices