This is the University Local Rules in compliance with legislation. This document also provides detailed guidance on radiation safety.…

File location:

Health and safety > Hazard identification and risk assessment

Published date:

9 June 2021

Document type:

Guidance

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

This policy sets out the framework within which collaborative provision is developed and managed at St Andrews. This includes the principles of collaborative provision, the University's responsibilities and types of collaborative provision.…

File location:

Academic policies > Curriculum > Collaborative provision of UG and PG programmes

Published date:

17 January 2023

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

UG and PGT students

This document outlines the policy and procedure for staff, schools, units, and student sports clubs booking transport through Saints Sport.…

File location:

Extra-curricular services > Sports

Published date:

15 April 2024

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

This guide helps you to understand copyright and its relevance to your work and study at the University of St Andrews.…

File location:

Library and museum services

Published date:

9 June 2022

Document type:

Guidance

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

This policy outlines processes and procedures relating to the role of External Examiners for taught programmes. Guidance on external examining for Postgraduate Research students is available via the Assessment of Postgraduate Research students…

File location:

Academic policies > Quality and standards > External examiners

Published date:

29 May 2024

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

To provide guidance on the University’s approach to the protection and exploitation of Intellectual Property.…

File location:

Research > External work

Published date:

1 March 2022

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

This guide is intended to help you navigate copyright issues relating to writing and submitting your thesis…

File location:

Library and museum services

Published date:

9 June 2022

Document type:

Guidance

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

Lays out the roles and expectations for students and staff for the supervision of postgraduate research students.…

File location:

Academic policies > Learning and teaching > Supervision

Published date:

8 April 2024

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

This describes how staff and students can advertise events, etc, throughout the Library estate.…

File location:

Library and museum services

Published date:

8 August 2023

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

This policy concerns all matters relating to Academic Alerts including types and status, attendance monitoring and procedures for issuing and managing academic alerts.…

File location:

Academic policies > Student progression > Academic alerts

Published date:

25 April 2024

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

Committed to respect and fair treatment for everyone, eliminating discrimination and actively promoting equality of opportunity and delivering fairness to all.…

File location:

Staff > Equality, diversity and inclusion > Review

Published date:

4 January 2024

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

This policy explains the rationale and procedure for V-coding being applied to a student record.…

File location:

Academic policies > Student progression > V coding

Published date:

31 July 2023

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

UG and PGT students

Guidance

File location:

Academic policies > Student progression > Academic adjustments

Published date:

24 May 2024

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

This document confirms the process to be followed when an investigation is required.…

File location:

Staff > Employee relations > Investigation

Published date:

7 December 2022

Document type:

Procedure

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

To assist those in conflict or disagreement to seek resolution using informal means.…

File location:

Staff > Employee relations > Resolving workplace disputes

Published date:

11 January 2024

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

To set out the steps required to be taken when a report is made to the University that alleges that fraud or financial irregularity has occurred.…

File location:

Financial matters > Legal regulations > Fraud

Published date:

12 April 2023

Document type:

Procedure

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

[Purpose]

File location:

Library and museum services

Published date:

4 November 2022

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

This strategy details the responsibilities, roles and processes through which we seek to prevent suicide and address the consequences when, despite best practice and sustained support, a tragic death of this kind does occur.…

File location:

Staff > Health and well-being

Published date:

4 August 2023

Document type:

Strategy

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

This policy relates to recording of lectures.…

File location:

Academic policies > Learning and teaching > Lecture capture policy

Published date:

24 April 2024

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

To provide the strategic plan for university museums…

File location:

Library and museum services

Published date:

4 January 2023

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

This policy describes the criteria, eligibility, application process and appeal procedure for awarding Higher Degrees, including DLitt, DSc and MD by Portfolio.…

File location:

Academic policies > Assessment, examination and award > Higher degrees

Published date:

16 May 2024

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

This is a Policy Statement regulating the acquisition and disposal of items for the Museums Collections, University of St Andrews…

File location:

Library and museum services

Published date:

22 September 2021

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

This policy relates to recognition of prior learning (RPL) which has taken place elsewhere.…

File location:

Academic policies > Student progression > Recognition prior learning

Published date:

24 May 2024

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

UG and PGT students

Providing expectations and processes for individuals to reflect on their interests, and identify, declare and mitigate any potential conflicts of interest if and when they arise: to avoid compromising - or the perception of compromising –…

File location:

Research > External work

Published date:

1 March 2022

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

This policy relates to the principles of Independent Learning Week (ILA), activities permitted during ILA and communications with students during ILA.…

File location:

Academic policies > Learning and teaching > Independent learning week

Published date:

24 May 2024

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

Senate Regulations governing higher doctorates.…

File location:

Academic policies > Assessment, examination and award > Senate regulations

Published date:

16 May 2024

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

This policy concerns all matters relating to Good Academic Practice including high principles, processes, sanctions, record keeping and anonymity and appeals.…

File location:

Academic policies > Assessment, examination and award > Good academic practice

Published date:

24 May 2024

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

This document outlines the minimum criteria Saints Sport performance teams and athletes are required to meet.…

File location:

Extra-curricular services > Sports

Published date:

22 March 2024

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

To ensure that access to the Complaints Handling Procedure is reasonably available, and that the University’s ability to provide services is not unduly degraded, through unacceptable behaviour and/or vexatious use.…

File location:

University governance > Complaints

Published date:

8 September 2021

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

This policy relates to student absence and includes the definition of absence, working periods, self-certificates of absence, timing, procedures for responding to self-certificate of absence, incomplete module assessment and documentary evidence…

File location:

Academic policies > Student progression > Student absence

Published date:

24 October 2023

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

UG and PGT students

Risk Management Policy…

File location:

University governance > Risk management

Published date:

13 August 2020

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

This guidance is intended to help students understand the effects of S-coding and should be read in conjunction with the policy on S-coding.…

File location:

Academic policies > Student progression > S-coding

Published date:

3 August 2023

Document type:

Guidance

Scope (applies to):

UG and PGT students

A procedure on incident reporting for staff and students…

File location:

Estate > Personal safety > Incident Management

Published date:

16 September 2022

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

Purpose This document outlines the conduct policy and disciplinary procedures for clubs and individuals affiliated to the Athletic Union…

File location:

Extra-curricular services > Sports

Published date:

27 July 2022

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

To inform on the principles on which the collections are acquired and managed, and also to set realistic expectations of what the Libraries are able to deliver.…

File location:

Library and museum services

Published date:

22 September 2021

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

Provides information on the Universities obligation to be a smoke free organisation and provides support and advice on how to stop smoking.…

File location:

Staff > Health and well-being > Physical health

Published date:

2 November 2022

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

This document provides an overview of how the University reviews its curriculum portfolio on a regular basis including programmes and modules.…

File location:

Academic policies > Curriculum > curriculum-at-st-andrews

Published date:

21 February 2024

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

To inform staff/students of the University's Sustainable Development Policy…

File location:

Estate > Environmental sustainability

Published date:

8 September 2022

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

This document provides guidance for staff and students on the University's Module Evaluation Questionnaire.…

File location:

Academic policies > Quality and standards

Published date:

17 November 2021

Document type:

Guidance

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

This document presents guidance about Generative AI technologies in learning and teaching. It explains how large language models work, and provides a framework for good assessment design.…

File location:

Academic policies > Learning and teaching > Technology enhanced learning

Published date:

29 May 2024

Document type:

Guidance

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

This policy relates to the process of assessment and role of external examiners, assessment irregularities, deferred assessment, S Coding and the procedure for students requesting academic adjustments due to exceptional circumstances.…

File location:

Academic policies > Assessment, examination and award

Published date:

24 April 2024

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

UG and PGT students

Guidance for University staff and students during a gradual return to University buildings…

File location:

Health and safety

Published date:

14 June 2021

Document type:

Guidance

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

To provide guidance to staff and students about using pronouns…

File location:

Staff > Equality, diversity and inclusion > Gender non-binary

Published date:

29 March 2023

Document type:

Guidance

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

This policy relates to work placements and includes the definition and scope, principles, learning outcomes, roles and responsibilities, assessment and recognition, quality assurance, risk management, work placement agreements and UKVI compliance.…

File location:

Academic policies > Learning and teaching > Work placements

Published date:

31 July 2023

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

UG and PGT students

This policy relates to requests from students to change registered modules or their degree programme.…

File location:

Academic policies > Student progression > Changes to studies

Published date:

31 July 2023

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

UG and PGT students

This policy provides guidance for students and staff on language correction and proof-reading services.…

File location:

Academic policies > Learning and teaching > Language correction

Published date:

26 July 2023

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

To advise Staff and Students on the cycle regulations of the University…

File location:

Estate > Environmental sustainability > Travel

Published date:

15 January 2021

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

Certificate of Employers liability Insurance…

File location:

University governance > Risk management

Published date:

12 October 2022

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

Guidance on safe use of ladders and stepladders…

File location:

Health and safety > Hazard identification and risk assessment

Published date:

9 June 2021

Document type:

Guidance

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

Evidence based framework for undertaking action to encourage cycling…

File location:

Estate > Environmental sustainability > Travel

Published date:

24 December 2020

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students