Academic regulations

Our academic regulations govern the vast majority of our taught courses and help to ensure consistency in our quality and academic standards.

Doctoral Researchers should refer to the Research Degree Academic Regulations and the Research Degree Handbook on the Graduate School Academic Programme page.

Apprenticeship learners should refer to the Changes of Circumstances policy and Transfers Policy on our Policies A-Z page for specific information on withdrawals, disengagement from active learning, changes of employment, redundancy, breaks in learning and changes to employment.

Enrolment on a University course is conditional on students agreeing to familiarise themselves and complying with all University regulations and policies.

Handbook of Academic Regulations

If you're a current student and have queries or require further details, please contact Support and Services.

To request an accessible version please email .

All key changes to the handbook are detailed within the schedule of changes:

To access the 2023–24 Handbook of Academic Regulations, please use this PDF:

Download PDFs for the 2024–25 academic year below:

Part 1 Context 

Part 2 Admissions Regulations for Taught Courses

Part 3 Assessment Regulations for Taught Courses

Part 4 Assessment Boards for Taught Courses

Part 5 Module Framework for Taught Courses

Part 6 Conferment for Taught Courses

Part 7 Definitions

Part 8 Appendices