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| AP(E)L ...Accreditation of Prior (Experiential) Learning - allows applicants' prior learning, whether certified or experiential, to be used as partial credit. |
| Academic appeals...information on how to appeal against an Exam Board decision on the Academic Office website. |
| Academic Satisfaction Review (ASR)...results of independent market research into student opinion of their academic courses. |
| Academic Standards and Quality Committee (AQSC)...its terms of reference, membership, agendas, minutes on the University Governance website. |
| Annual Course Review...information about one of the methods of reviewing courses of study. |
| Approval...all the forms, information and guidelines needed for course, module, in-principle, and CPD course approval. |
| Approval for collaborative courses...forms and information about course approval for collaborative, validated or franchised courses. |
| Arts Faculty Board...its terms of reference, membership, agendas, minutes on the University Governance website. |
| Assessment, giving feedback ...guidelines on giving feedback to students on their assessment. |
| Attendance, Monitoring...the University's Good Practice Guide on Monitoring Student Attendance and Progression. |
| Audit, institutional...information about the QAA institutional audit that took place in the autumn term 2008. |
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| CATS, credit ...definitions of credit and CATS, how the scheme works and guidance notes. |
| CPD course approval ...the process for CPD course approval, including a proposal form to download. |
| Collaborative, Flexible and Distributive Learning Sub-Committee (CFDLSC)...its terms of reference, membership, agendas, minutes on the University Governance website |
| Collaborative courses ...information about collaborative courses, including validations and franchises. |
| Collaborative courses, approval ...forms and information about course approval for collaborative, validated or franchised courses. |
| Collaborative courses, handbooks ...standard handbooks for staff/students with information about running/studying collaborative courses. |
| Collaborative courses, procedure ...guidance on the procedure for setting up a new home or overseas collaborative course. |
| Complaints, academic ...information and guidance on the Academic Office website on how to make a complaint about teaching. |
| Contacts ...members of the Teaching Quality team and how to contact us. |
| Course approval...all the forms, information and guidelines needed for course, module, in-principle, and CPD course approval. |
| Course regulations...the rules for each course at Warwick including module lists, core modules and options, outline of assessment regimes. |
| Course review ...information about methods of reviewing courses of study, including Annual Course Review and Strategic Departmental Review. |
| Course specifications...every UG and PGT course has a course specification published in this on-line database - also guidance on writing course specs. |
| Credit, CATS ...definitions of credit and CATS, how the scheme works and guidance notes. |
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| Departmental handbooks ...guidance on methods of disseminating information to students, including handbooks. |
| Departmental review ...replaced by Strategic Departmental Review, the five-yearly process of reviewing a department's courses and activities. |
| Distance learning, approval ...guidance and forms for approval of courses delivered wholly or partly by distance learning. |
E
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| E-learning ...link to the E-Learning Advisor Team's dedicated E-Learning at Warwick website. |
| E-Learning Steering Group (eLSG)...its terms of reference, membership, agendas, minutes on the University Governance website |
| Erasmus Mundus ...European programme which promotes joint Masters courses: info on current courses and support for bidding departments |
| Examination conventions...information on how honours degrees and taught postgraduate courses are classified. |
| External Examiners...information for External Examiners |
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F
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| Faculty of Social Sciences, Board of...its terms of reference, membership, agendas, minutes on the University Governance website. |
| Faculty of Science, Board of...its terms of reference, membership, agendas, minutes on the University Governance website. |
| Faculty of Arts, Board of...its terms of reference, membership, agendas, minutes on the University Governance website. |
| Faculty of Medicine, Board of...its terms of reference, membership, agendas, minutes on the University Governance website. |
| Failure, remedying (PGT courses)...Rules on remedying failure on taught postgraduate courses |
| Feedback, gathering...guidance on collecting and using students' views in assuring and enhancing teaching quality. |
| Feedback, giving...guidance on giving feedback to students on their assessed work. |
| Franchised courses...definition of a franchised course and links to information on setting up franchised and other collaborative courses. |
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| Handbook, SSLC...link to the Student-Staff Liaison Committee system website, including a PDF of the SSLC Handbook. |
| Handbooks, collaborative courses...standard handbooks for staff/students with information about running/studying collaborative courses. |
| Higher Education Academy (HEA) ...website of the national body dedicated to enhancing the student learning experience, including Subject Centres |
| Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE)...website of the body which distributes public money for teaching and research to higher education institutions in England. |
I
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| In-principle approval...guidance on how to apply for approval in principle of a new postgraduate course. |
| Institute for Advanced Teaching and Learning (IATL) |
| Institutional audit...information about the next QAA institutional audit taking place in the autumn term 2008. |
L
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| Lord Rootes Memorial Fund...link to the Lord Rootes website with information for current Warwick students on how to apply to the Fund. |
| Learning and Teaching Strategy...information about consultation on the University's Learning and Teaching Strategy, including links to the previous 2002-05 and 1999-2002 Strategies. |
| Learning outcomes... suggested examples of useful vocabulary for learning outcomes at various levels of study. |
M
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| Medicine Faculty Board...its terms of reference, membership, agendas, minutes on the University Governance website. |
| Module approval...process and forms for the approval of new and revised modules. |
| Monitoring Student Attendance and Progression...the University's Good Practice Guide on Monitoring Student Attendance and Progression. |
N
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| National Student Survey...information about the independent survey of final year undergraduate students conducted by Ipsos MORI. |
O
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| Open Studies Certificates, approval...all the forms, information and guidelines needed for approval of open studies Certificates and modules. |
P
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| PSRBs...Professional, Statutory and Regulatory Bodies: Warwick courses which are accredited or inspected by outside bodies, and support for departments which run such courses. |
| Periodic review...information about the process for reviewing departments and their courses, now a part of Strategic Departmental Review. |
| Placement learning...advice on mandatory and optional years abroad, intercalated years in industry, professional or clinical experience, work-based and experiential learning. |
| Plagiarism...information about policies on plagiarism, and guidance on prevention and detection. |
| Prior learning, accreditation of... - allows applicants' prior learning, whether certified or experiential, to be used as partial credit. |
| Professional, Statutory and Regulatory Bodies (PSRBs)...Warwick courses which are accredited or inspected by outside bodies, and support for departments which run such courses. |
| Progression and Attendance, Monitoring...the University's Good Practice Guide on Monitoring Student Attendance and Progression. |
| Postgraduate Awards, approval...all the forms, information and guidelines needed for approval of a Postgraduate Award. |
| Postgraduate taught courses: examination conventions...how module marks are combined in an overall decision for taught postgraduate courses |
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| QAA (Quality Assurance Agency)...website of the national body responsible for auditing the quality and standards of British universities. |
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QAA code of practice ... link to the national Code of Practice for the assurance of academic quality and standards in higher education.
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| QAA Institutional Audit...information about Warwick's last QAA institutional audit, which took place in the Autumn term 2008. |
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| Quality Enhancement Working Group (QEWG)...its terms of reference, membership, agendas, minutes on the University Governance website. |
R
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| Recording of Lectures by Students University policy on recording of lectures by students |
| Remedying failure on PGT courses...University policy on options and limits for remedying failure on taught postgraduate courses |
| Review of course...information about one of the methods of reviewing courses of study. |
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| Science Faculty Board...its terms of reference, membership, agendas, minutes on the University Governance website. |
| Social Studies Faculty Board...its terms of reference, membership, agendas, minutes on the University Governance website. |
| Strategic Departmental Review (SDR)...information on the five-yearly process of reviewing a department's courses and activities. |
| SSLC...information about the Student-Staff Liaison Committee system with links for individual departments on the SSLC portal. |
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| TALEF ...Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund, to sustain an exceptional teaching and learning experience at Warwick |
V
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| Validated courses...definition of a validated course and links to information on setting up validated and other collaborative courses. |
