Academic policies and procedures

The academic regulations below are relevant for students embarking on programmes in the 2018/19 academic year, and will apply for each subsequent year of their study.

Academic regulations 2019/20

• RAU academic regulations for taught programmes 
• Regulations for those research degrees validated by University of Gloucestershire
• Academic misconduct

Marking criteria

• Marking criteria 2019/20

Teaching quality handbook

• Programme validation and review
• Collaborative programme validation and review
• Inclusive practice

Related guidance

• Link tutor role and responsibilities
• Style guide for academic documentation

Template centre

Validation and Review

Validation panel

• Guide to the validation process
• Programme validation report
• Institutional review report
• Revalidation proposal (updated March 2019)
• Crib sheet

Programme(s)

• New Programme First Stage Approval Form
• Business plan
• New programme proposal document
• Programme specification
• Programme specification annex A

Module(s)

• New module approval coversheet
• Module specification template
• Module reference checklist
• Module handbook
• Major change coversheet
• Module leader review sheet
• Module box contents checklist
• Distance / blended learning module materials approval checklist
• Minor module change cover sheet

Annual Monitoring

• Annual programme manager's report RAU
• Annual programme manager’s report (Collaborative Partners)
• Partnership Annual Monitoring Report

Assessment

• Examination paper template
• Internal moderation form
• Dissertation supervisor report form
• Assessment brief template

Admission and transfers

• Transferring to RAU from another University
• Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL) application form
• Special Applications Procedure (SAP) form
• Admissions policy: this is being updated. Please see Academic Regulations