General Regulations for the Conferment of Awards

This document sets out the broad regulations on the types of award the University can approve.

It contains regulations on language of assessment; entry requirements; periods and levels of study; the award of credit; academic appeals, the use of discretion notwithstanding the regulations; posthumous and aegrotat awards and Academic Board’s oversight responsibilities.

These regulations are applicable to:

• Undergraduate students who registered from September 2017 onwards,
• Postgraduate Taught students who registered from September 2019 onwards* and
• Students that have been transferred to the Regulations for Taught Awards from the Outgoing Regulations.

* Postgraduate Taught students under the Outgoing regulations who interrupt from September 2020 will return to their studies on the Regulations for Taught Awards.

Assessment Regulations and support procedures recognising the ongoing impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic in 2020-21 can be found HERE.