Policies, regulations and codes of practice

See a full list of current policies and procedures on the main academic and student regulations and procedures webpage.

Academic appeals

Visit the Office of Student Complaints, Appeals and Regulation website.

Academic integrity

Visit the Office of Student Complaints, Appeals and Regulation website.

Accommodation

• Conditions of Residence
• Guide to Disciplinary Sanctions for Fire Safety and Drug Offences in Accommodation (PDF)

Admissions

See admissions policies.

Assessment and feedback

• Code of practice for assessment and feedback 
• Code of practice for external examining: taught programmes

Assistance animals (including assistance dogs)

• Assistance Animals Statement (PDF)
• Welcoming accredited assistance dogs (PDF)

Captured content

• Use of Captured Content Procedure (PDF)

Centre for Wellbeing

• Access to notes policy (PDF)
• Centre for Wellbeing privacy notice
• Counselling team statement of offering (PDF)
• Eating disorder policy (PDF)
• Extenuating circumstances FAQs (PDF)
• Fitness to practise and support to study policy (PDF)
• Student mental health policy (PDF)

Child protection and adults at risk

Safeguarding information and procedures

Complaints

• Procedure for complaints

Courses

Visit the Academic Quality Standards website for information on academic regulations and codes of practice.

Data protection

• Data Protection Policy (PDF)

Death of a student

• Student Death Policy (PDF)
• Student Death Procedures (PDF)

Discipline

Visit the Office of Student Complaints, Appeals and Regulation website for information on student disciplinary regulations and Managed Exclusion Orders.

• Guide to Disciplinary Sanctions for Fire Safety and Drug Offences in Accommodation (PDF)
• Harassment and Bullying Procedure (PDF)
• Sanctions Guidance for proven sexual misconduct (PDF)

Equality, diversity and inclusion

• Disability Policy (PDF)
• Disability and Neurodivergence Policy (PDF)
• Equality Policy (PDF)
• Harassment and Bullying Procedure (PDF)
• Trans and Gender Identity Policy (PDF)

Expulsions and criminal convictions

• Procedure for expulsions and criminal convictions

Extenuating circumstances

• Regulations for extenuating circumstances

Fee and debt management

• Student Fee and Debt Management Policy (PDF)

Financial crime, compliance and anti-money laundering

• Financial crime, compliance and anti-money laundering (PDF)

Fitness to practise

Visit the Office of Student Complaints, Appeals and Regulation website.

Freedom of speech

• Code of Practice on Freedom of Speech (PDF)

Harassment and bullying

• Harassment and Bullying (PDF)

Health and safety: BBQ plans

• Stag Hill BBQ plan 514 KB
• Manor Park BBQ plan 647 KB
• Hazel Farm BBQ plan 174 KB

Infectious diseases

• Communicable and Notifiable Disease Policy (PDF)
• Communicable and Notifiable Disease Policy - Supporting Procedures (PDF)

Information security

• Our Data Policy Statement (incorporating Information Security Policy) (PDF)

Intellectual property

• Intellectual Property Code (PDF)
• Protocol on Student Intellectual Property (PDF)

IT acceptable use

• IT acceptable use procedure (PDF)

Monitoring

• Monitoring Policy (PDF)

Naming

• Naming Policy - students (PDF)
• Naming Policy - university (PDF)

Personal tutors

• Code of practice for personal tutoring

Placements

• Code of practice for professional training
• Code of practice for collaborative provision

Poster display and standards

• Poster Display and Standards Guidelines (PDF)

Prevent (anti-radicalisation)

• Prevent policy (PDF)

Religious observances

• Policy on Religion, Belief, Values and Practices (PDF)

Sexual misconduct

• Sexual Misconduct Policy (PDF)

Smoking

• Smoking Policy (PDF)

Social media

• Social Media Policy Students (PDF)

Student drugs policy

• Student Drugs Policy (PDF)
• Student Drugs Policy - supporting procedures (PDF)

Student engagement code of practice

• Student engagement code of practice

Student protection

• Student Protection Plan (docx)

Support to study

Visit the Office of Student Complaints, Appeals and Regulation website.

Temporary and permanent withdrawal

• Code of practice for temporary and permanent withdrawals: taught programmes

Terms and conditions

• See admissions policies

Timetabling

• Code of practice for the scheduling of teaching and assessment

University and student partnership

• Code of practice for student engagement
• Code of practice for academic governance (now Senate Governance)

Visas

• Institutional Procedure on Students who are Subject to Immigration Control (PDF)
• Student Route CAS Issuing Policy (PDF)