
Quality Assurance Regulations for Taught Courses and Research Awards
Quality Assurance Regulations for Taught Courses and Research Awards 26/27
List of contents
Quality Assurance Regulations
Introduction
Quality Assurance Regulations
Section A
Committee structure, terms of reference and responsibilities
Section B
Validation
Section C
Guidelines for the validation of joint honours or major with minor subject courses
Section D
The validation of distance learning proposals
Section E
The validation of non-credit courses
Section F
The validation of short courses (credit bearing)
Section G
The validation of apprenticeships
Section H
Validation of postgraduate research provision
Section I
Delivery of research degrees by distance learning (DL)
Section J
Quality appraisals and Internal quality audits (IQAS)
Section K
Subject Review
Section L
Thematic Review
Section M
Annual Evaluation
Section N
External examiners for taught provision
Section O
Criteria for the selection and appointment of research degree external examiners
Procedure approval and ownership
Quality assurance regulations for taught courses and research awards
Appendices
Quality Assurance Procedures
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