Codes of practice

The following are in operation for 2019/20.

On 24 April 2020, an extraordinary University Learning and Teaching Committee (ULTC) meeting approved changes to:

  • Code of practice for academic governance
  • Code of practice for assessment and feedback
  • Code of practice for external examining
  • Code of practice for Professional Training. 

The changes are outlined in the Applicability sections of the relevantcode below.

View a list of amendments to the codes of practice (PDF) for 2019/20.

Code of practice Relevant webpage
Code of practice for academic governance (PDF)
Amendments to the Code of practice from October 2019 (PDF)		 University Quality Framework
Code of practice for annual programme review: postgraduate research programmes (PDF) Doctoral College
Code of practice for annual programme review: taught programmes (PDF)  Annual Programme Review (Undergraduate and Postgraduate Taught)
Code of practice for assessment and feedback (PDF)
Additional mark adjustments for semester 2 2019 guidance (docx)
Code of practice for assessment and feedback: Assessment feedback template (xlsx)
Code of practice for assessment and feedback semester 2 2019 3 point piecewise linear scaling (xlsx)
Code of practice for assessment and feedback semester 2 2019 4 point piecewise linear scaling (xlsx)
Code of practice for assessment and feedback 2019-20 quadratic scaling (xlsx)
Code of practice for assessment and feedback 2019-20 Z-Score (xlsx)		 Recognition of prior learning
Code of practice for associate tutors, guest speakers and visiting academics involved in teaching (PDF)  
Code of practice for collaborative provision (PDF)  Collaborative provision
Code of practice for external examining: taught programmes (PDF)  External examiners
Code of practice for moderators within the associated institutions of the University (PDF) Moderators
Code of practice for personal tutoring (PDF) University Quality Framework
Code of practice for postgraduate researchers who support teaching (PDF) Doctoral College
Code of practice for professional training (PDF) Working with external partners
Code of practice for programme life cycle processes (PDF) Validation and periodic enhancement
Modifications
Suspensions and withdrawals
Code of practice for recognition of prior learning and prior credit: taught programmes (PDF)  Recognition of prior learning
Code of practice for research degrees (PDF) Doctoral College
Code of practice for student engagement (PDF) Learning opportunities and student support
Code of practice for the approval of new PhD and MD programmes (PDF)  
Code of practice for validation of new degree apprenticeships (PDF)  Validation of new degree apprenticeships
Roles and Responsibilities for faculty staff involved in learning, teaching and postgraduate research student support (PDF)  

Enquiries

Please refer any queries to qualitysupport@surrey.ac.uk.