Annual Review of Curriculum
The Education and Student Experience Committee has approved an out of cycle change process for curriculum updates in 2026/27. The temporary process is in response to academic feedback that an agile alternative to the late change process would maintain focus on continuing to encourage ‘right first time and on time’ curriculum change whilst supporting decisions arising from university-wide change in 2026.
Annual Review of Curriculum
New course approval
The temporary restriction on new course creation has been extended by 12 months
Course design, development and approval
New Course by Change
Minimum English language entry requirements
The minimum English language entry requirements listed under 2.4.5 'Integrated foundation courses' has been updated to reflect updated Centre for English Language Education (CELE) grading terminology.
Minimum English language entry requirements
Student Complaints Code of Practice
The Student Complaints Code of Practice – Industrial Action document has been amended to remove references to the 2025–26 academic year, make minor formatting amendments, and provide clearer signposting to the complaints webpages.
Student Complaints Code of Practice
Partnerships and Placements
Page amended to enable low-risk Progression Partnerships to be governed through a Memorandum of Understanding rather than requiring a full Memorandum of Agreement. All existing approvals, due diligence and admissions requirements remain unchanged.
Partnerships and Placements
Credit and Grade Transfer Policy
Following Credit and Grade Transfer Advisory Group approval, Credit and Grade Transfer Policy has been updated.
Partnerships and placements
Academic Misconduct Code of Practice
A new Academic Misconduct Code of Practice has been published, coming into effect from the start of the 2026/2027 academic year. The Code of Practice consolidates the previous Academic Misconduct Regulation and Academic Misconduct Procedure. In addition, it has been updated to allow allegations of false authorship to be considered at school level in the first instance.
The current Academic Misconduct Regulation and Procedure will remain accessible to support ongoing cases ahead of the new Code of Practice coming into effect.
Academic Misconduct Code of Practice
Teach-out Arrangements for Suspended/Closed Courses
This new page provides a framework for managing students on suspended/closed courses,including students who may require additional time to complete their studies.It is intended to ensure that students are supported appropriately, that course learning outcomes can continue to be met, and that decisions about additional years, curriculum substitution and individual student cases are referred for consideration where required.
Teach-out Arrangements for Suspended/Closed Courses
Personal Tutoring
The personal tutoring page has been updated to confirm which schools are partaking in the ‘Here for You’ personal tutoring model for 2026/27
Personal Tutoring
Apprenticeship End Point Assessment Process
Details of apprenticeship assessments are currently being updated. The existing End Point Assessment page has been updated as an interim measure pending further updates.
End Point Assessment Process
PGR Correction Period
The University has revised the doctoral corrections framework, replacing the previous 1 month and 3 months correction periods with revised 3 months and 6 months timeframes. The 12 months timeframe remains. This change was informed by a combination of student feedback, Russell Group sector benchmarking, Equality Impact Assessment considerations, and operational experience
Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) and Master of Philosophy (MPhil)
Academic Regulations
Clarification to the Undergraduate and Postgraduate Taught study regulations to bring into regulation the practice of allowing students to take outstanding first attempts and reassessments at the same time.
Undergraduate Regulations from September 2020
Regulations for students admitted from September 2021
QSC Paper Submission
The process and guidance for submitting a paper to QSC has been updated to incorporate the university’s new paper standards and requirements.
How to submit a paper to the Quality and Standards Committee
QSC Terms of Reference
QSC membership page has been updated to reflect the changes in Terms of Reference.
Quality and Standards Committee
Assessment overview and School responsibilities and Regulation on academic misconduct
Added a requirement for clear, assessment-specific information about the permitted use of Generative Artificial Intelligence tools to be provided for every element of summative assessment. The False Authorship section has also been updated to clarify what information students can expect and their responsibility to check it and seek clarification. These amendments improve the visibility and clarity of existing responsibilities; the definition of False Authorship is unchanged.
Assessment overview and school responsibilitiesRegulation on academic misconduct
Long-term conditions or disabilities affect students' ability to study and complete assessment
Further amendment following consultation with the Investigation and Resolution Team in Student Registry and addition of relevant links.
Policy on long-term conditions or disabilities affecting students' ability to study and complete assessment
The 糖心原创 Online (UoNO)
Following a change in university strategy, references to UoNO in various pages have been removed and the following pages have been archived:
- The 糖心原创 Online (UoNO) Regulations (Index page)
- UoN microcredential regulations
- Credit-bearing microcredentials design and approval
- 糖心原创 Online Extenuating circumstances regulation
- UoNO Verification Service
Extenuating circumstances regulations
Update to the long-term conditions entry in the ‘examples of acceptable and unacceptable circumstances’ table to clarify that the late diagnosis of a long-term health condition or disability is an acceptable circumstance.
Extenuating circumstances regulations
Assessment Framework
Following the approval of the new Assessment Framework by the Education and Student Experience Committee (ESEC), the Quality manual has been updated with a new Summative Assessment Regulation. All courses and modules are required to be compliant with this by September 2027, which means changes will need to be submitted by the Autumn 2026 Curriculum update deadline for courses and the Spring 2027 Curriculum update deadline for modules.
Summative Assessment Equivalencies Regulation
“Fit to sit” exam assessments
Where needed to satisfy Professional, Statutory and Regulatory Body recommendations, Schools may impose an additional “fit to sit” requirement on an exam assessment. Under the “fit to sit” requirement, if a student attends an exam, they are declaring that they are fit to do so and an EC claim cannot subsequently be made. This requirement does not apply by default; students must be explicitly informed where this sub-category of exam applies (e.g. via the module handbook or Moodle) and reminded by the School prior to the relevant exam period.
Extenuating Circumstances
Marking and grading
A change has been made to the rounding section of the regulation to include rounding at the level of an element of assessment.
Marking and grading
Student Complaints Code of Practice and Academic Appeals Code of Practice
Addendums have been added to the Student Complaint Code of Practice and the Academic Appeals Code of Practice so that cases relating to industrial action can be processed efficiently, and reach fair and robust outcomes that comply with the university's published and approved codes of practice.
Student Complaints Code of Practice
Academic Appeals Code of Practice
External Assessors
The restriction on appointment of external assessors for degree apprenticeship programmes have been amended to clarify that, subject to meeting the relevant requirements of the role and following the annual re-appointment process, they may be re-appointed for maximum four years, which can be extended by a year subject to approval of QSC.
External Assessors role
Applications for a restriction or embargo to be placed on a thesis
The procedure to request a thesis restriction has been amended to reflect current practice for QSC Requests.
Applications for a restriction or embargo to be placed on a thesis
Glossary of Terms/List of Abbreviations
The glossary has been updated to clarify terms that are used interchangeably within the Quality Manual
Glossary of Terms/List of Abbreviations
Independent Assessors
The restrictions on appointment of independent assessors for degree apprenticeship programmes have been amended to clarify that, subject to meeting the relevant requirements of the role and following the annual re-appointment process, there is no maximum to the number of times they may be re-appointed
Independent Assessors role
UNM Student Staff Fora
Minor amendments made to the QM page as well as the guidance, template and terms of reference documents to reflect current practice following a restructure. These changes relate to the UoN Malaysia campus only.
UNM Student Staff Fora
PGR Medical Leave
Section 3.0 has been updated to reflect the UKRI Terms and Conditions effective from 1 October 2025. Medical absences of 7 days to 1 month are now at the student’s discretion; absences of 1 month or more require the formal VIS process. Students are required to discuss their circumstances with immediate supervisory team and record that in the supervisory meetings notes.
PGR Medical Leave
UKVI Remote Delivery Policy
UKVI have published a new remote delivery policy as part of the student immigration sponsor duties which comes into effect on 7th April 2026. A new Quality Manual page on ‘Remote Delivery of teaching’ has been published detailing the UoN regulation and procedure to ensure compliance with the new policy and reduce future risk of non-compliance. Furthermore, updates to the Hybrid teaching page have also be made to reflect the new UKVI policy.
Remote delivery of teaching
Hybrid teaching
Maximum period from initial registration for completion of studies
The “Maximum period from initial registration for completion of studies” page has been amended to include an exemption following the provision:
“In addition a student is not allowed to take more than three years to complete teaching and assessment that would normally be completed within one year, whether full or part-time.”
The exemption applies to programmes delivered at the 糖心原创 Ningbo China (UNNC), to ensure alignment with Chinese Ministry of Education regulations.
Maximum period from initial registration and on stage for completion of studies
Extenuating Circumstances Procedure
Further to the recent change which were published as part of a refreshment of the EC Procedure to improve clarity, one of the changes to a previously ambiguous section regarding the timing of appealing ECs needed further edits. The updated procedure indicated that an appeal for an EC decision could not be submitted in advance of an Exam Board decision, but in some circumstances this could happen.
EC procedure
Course and module design and approval
For the following pages terminology for a programme has been renamed as ‘course’ from academic year 2025/26 onwards. Additional changes listed below:
Course design development and approval
Updates reflect the temporary restriction on new course/programme creation, the updated approval process and restricted reasons for late change.
Course design, development and approval
New course by change
Updates reflect the temporary restriction on new course/programme creation, the updated approval process and restricted reasons for late change.
New course by change
Course specification guidance
As part of a regular review cycle, this page has been updated to comply with current formatting requirements and some corrections, clarifications and updates made to the content.
Course specification guidance
Changes to course and module specification
Changes to approval responsibilities.
As part of a regular review cycle, this page has been updated with some minor corrections and clarifications made to the content.
Changes to course and module specifications
Closing or suspending a course
As part of a regular review cycle, this page has been updated with some corrections and clarifications made to the content.
Closing or suspending a course
Module design and approval
As part of a regular review cycle, this page has been updated with some corrections and clarifications made to the content.
Module design and approval
Module specification guidance
As part of a regular review cycle, this page has been updated with some corrections, clarifications and updates made to the content.
Module specifications guidance
Annual review of curriculum
Updated the exceptional circumstances where a late change to curriculum may be permitted.
Annual review of curriculum
Regulations for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) and Master of Philosophy (MPhil)
Additional wording has been added to section 2.5.18 of the Regulations for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) and Master of Philosophy (MPhil) to provide additional clarity that students must submit their thesis for examination after their period of registered study and before the conclusion of the Thesis-pending period and the consequences for not doing so.
Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) and Master of Philosophy (MPhil)