Student policies 2026-27
Unlinked policies will be added when they become available.
Admissions and student status
- Accreditation of prior learning policy
- Admissions policy
- Admission of students aged under 18 years policy
- Criminal convictions and probation conditions policy and procedure
- Criminal convictions disclosure form (Word)
- List of programmes with restrictions for students with criminal convictions (PDF)
- Data protection policy (PDF)
- Discontinuation of a student's registration policy and procedure
- Fitness to study policy
- Interruptions policy
- Procedure in the event of a student death
- Student pregnancy and parental leave policy
- Terms and conditions of study 2026-27 (PDF)
Teaching, learning and assessment
- External examiners policy
- Feedback on assessment policy
- HyFlex and online learner engagement expectations
- Intercollegiate study policy
- Late submission of coursework policy
- Marking and moderation policy and guidance
- Mitigating circumstances policy
- Online and remote assessment policy (PDF)
- Operation of boards and sub-boards of examiners policy
- Peer review of teaching policy (PDF)
- Personal tutoring policy
- Placements policy
- Reasonable adjustments policy
- Recording of lectures and other teaching sessions policy
- Student engagement and attendance policy
- Supervised dissertations and research projects for taught students
- Suspension of regulations policy
- Teaching modules at different academic levels policy
Student conduct, complaints and appeals
- Academic integrity and misconduct policy (PDF)
- Appeals policy and procedure (taught) (PDF)
- Appeals form (taught students) (Word)
- Quick guide to appeals
- Children on campus policy
- Complaints policy and procedure (PDF)
- Complaints form (Word)
- Quick guide to complaints
- Dignity at Study principles
- Faith, philosophical belief and religion statement
- Free speech policy and procedure
- Plagiarism prevention document
- Safeguarding policy and procedure
- Social media principles (PDF)
- Student academic integrity statement
- Student discipline policy (PDF)
- Supporting good academic practice
- Supporting transgender, intersex and gender non-binary students
Fees and payment
Research students
- Appeals policy and procedure (research) (PDF)
- Appeals form (research students) (Word)
- Code of Practice for Postgraduate Training and Research for Research Degrees
- Distance learning PhD guidance and procedure
- Extraordinary research degree outcomes policy
- Guidance for Statement of Contribution
- Guidelines for online research degree vivas
- Joint registration of research degree programmes (PDF)
- MPhil to PhD upgrade expectations
- Other leave policy
- Procedure and guidance for independent chairs
- Reasonable adjustments policy for research students - practice and guidance
- Student parental leave policy
- Writing up status for research students policy
View policies that were in place for 2025-26.