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Student Handbooks

The regulations are reviewed and reissued annually in line with the start of the new academic year. Please find the University’s Academic Regulations for 2024/25 below. The links below will take you to the general Academic Regulations and for courses which have additional requirements, the Course Specific Regulations.
- Ecology Policy (PDF, 147KB)
- Energy Policy (PDF, 149KB)
- Environment Policy (PDF, 243 KB)
- Single Use Plastic and Disposable Item Policy (PDF, 176KB)
- Sustainable Construction Policy (PDF, 169KB)
- Waste Policy
- Water Consumption and Reduction policy
- Health and Safety Policies
- Health and Safety Procedures and Guidance
- HR policies and procedures [Please note: staff login required]
- Staff Privacy Notice (Word, 57KB)
- Acceptable Use Policy (PDF, 193 KB)
- Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Policy (PDF, 171 KB)
- Information Security Policy (PDF, 132 KB)
- Web Accessibility
Research Policies
Application and admissions
- Admissions
- Accreditation of prior (experiential) learning
- Third Party Consent Form (Word, 36KB)
Estates and Campus Services
- Accommodation
- Residential life
Student Finance
- Financial implications of repeating modules
- Partner Sanctions Policy (PDF, 460 KB)
- Student Debt Management Policy (PDF, 224 KB)
- Tuition Fee Policy
- Withdrawal policy 2020/21 (Word, 32 KB)
- Withdrawal policy 2021/22 (PDF, 123 KB)
- Withdrawal policy 2022/23 (PDF, 119 KB)
- Withdrawal policy 2023/24 (PDF, 146KB)
- Withdrawal and Suspension Procedure – Academic Year 2024/25 (Word, 72KB)
Student Issues
- Academic Integrity and Misconduct
- Academic Appeals
- Academic References
- Termination Appeals
- Student Complaints
  
  Student Complaints guide and policy
  
  Student Complaints Form
- Fitness to practice
- Health, Wellbeing and fitness to study
- Mitigating circumstances
- Misconduct Policy (Bullying, Harassment, Discrimination and Sexual Violence)
- Student Disciplinary
- Study break
- Transfers, Restarts and Withdrawals
- UKVI-related policies
Student services
- Student support
  
  ASSIST
  
  Financial guidance
  
  Safeguarding
  
  Mental Health
Teaching, learning, assessment and feedback
Postgraduate Research Policies
- PGR Supervision Policy
- Framework for Postgraduate Researcher Development
- PGR Thesis and Examination Policy
- PGR Code of Practice
- PGR Satisfactory Progress Policy
Student Perk Terms and Conditions
- 2019 – 2020 entry (PDF, 116 KB)
- 2020 – 2021 entry (PDF, 138 KB)
- 2021 – 2022 entry (PDF, 229 KB)
- 2022 – 2023 entry (PDF, 138 KB)
- 2023 – 2024 entry (PDF, 216 KB)
- 2024 – 2025 entry (PDF, 156 KB)
- Health and Wellbeing Framework
- Student partnership agreement (between the University, students and the Students’ Union)
- Student Code of Conduct
- Student Protection Plan
- Student Terms and Conditions
- Data Protection Policy
- Data protection and information governance
- Donor Relations and Acceptance of Donations policy and procedure (PDF, 251 KB)
- Ethical and Sustainable Procurement Policy (PDF, 164 KB)
- External Speaker and Events Policy
- Harm Reduction statement (Word, 204 KB)
- Intellectual Property Policy
- Modern Slavery Statement
- Naming of Assets by Donation (PDF, 167 KB)
- Strategy
- University governing documents

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