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Taught programme design

Key documents

Frameworks for Programme Design from 2025/26

• Policy on Taught Programme and Module Design
• Policy on Undergraduate Programme Design
• Policy on Taught Postgraduate Programme Design
• Pre-Masters Programmes
• Foundation Certificate Programmes
• Online/Distance Learning Taught Postgraduate Programme Design Policy Statement
• Taught Postgraduate Credit Accumulation Policy

Frameworks for Programme Design from 2023/24 to 2024/25

• Institutional Framework for Taught Programme Design 
• Undergraduate Programme Design Policy Statement
• Taught Postgraduate Programme Design Policy Statement
• Module Design Guidance V1.1

Frameworks for Programme Design up to 2022/23

These documents set out the award, stage and module requirements of the modular schemes for programmes operating up to and including 2022/23. They have been superseded by the above policies for 2023/24 onwards.

• Framework for Programme Design UG
• Framework for Programme Design PGT
• Graduate Programmes
• Pre-Masters Programmes
• Foundation Certificate Programmes

Other policy and guidance‌‌‌‌

• Policy on Combined Degrees
• Policy Statement on Study Abroad
• Policy Statement on Visiting Students
• Study Abroad Schemes and Visiting Student Programme: Guidelines on Responsibilities (Annex 1)
• Procedure for Establishing a Programme ‘with a year abroad’ (Annex 2)
• Policy Statement on Work-Based Learning (WBL)
• Programme characteristics for online programmes delivered with Higher Ed Partners UK (HEP)
• Examples of Programme Structures for Part-Time Postgraduate Programmes
• Work Placement - Procedure for Work Based Learning
• Work Placements and Students with Disabilities, Staff Guidelines
• Policy on Reasonable Adjustments in Teaching, Learning and Assessment

Related links

• Undergraduate and Postgraduate Rules of Assessment are set out in the University's Assessment and Feedback policies.

Who to contact

• Departmental QA contact