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 policy provides all information relating to S-coding and the process to be followed.…

File location:

Academic policies > Student progression > S-coding

Published date:

31 July 2023

Document type:

Policy

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:

21 March 2024

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

Guidance

File location:

Academic policies > Student progression > Academic adjustments

Published date:

19 October 2023

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

This policy provides a clear definition of what the University considers to be extenuating circumstances and the sources of evidence required to substantiate claims affecting academic performance and engagement.…

File location:

Academic policies > Student progression

Published date:

23 August 2023

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 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:

31 July 2023

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

Staff and 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

The University Mental Health Strategy is to promote positive mental health and wellbeing and to support each other in the creation of a healthy, well informed and compassionate working environment in which students and staff can fulfil their…

File location:

Academic policies > Quality and standards

Published date:

15 December 2023

Document type:

Strategy

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

Senate Regulations governing higher doctorates.…

File location:

Academic policies > Assessment, examination and award > Senate regulations

Published date:

4 August 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:

30 August 2023

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

This policy relates to all proposals for new modules and new programmes.…

File location:

Academic policies > Curriculum > Module and programme approval

Published date:

31 July 2023

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

The document details the regulations unique to the Scottish Graduate Entry Medicine programme (ScotGEM).…

File location:

Academic policies > Assessment, examination and award > ScotGEM-programme-regulations

Published date:

19 March 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:

11 January 2024

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

This document provides guidance to External Examiners, School/department staff and students on sharing External Examiner annual reports.…

File location:

Academic policies > Quality and standards > External examiners

Published date:

24 August 2023

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:

24 August 2023

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

This policy merges role and remit of School Presidents policy with Student Staff Consultative Committees policy to include information about the Postgraduate Student Representation Structure.…

File location:

Academic policies > Quality and standards > Student academic representation

Published date:

24 August 2023

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:

26 July 2023

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

This strategy relates to the importance of the employability agenda and identifies how student employability can be best enhanced in a St Andrews context.…

File location:

Academic policies > Learning and teaching > Employability strategy

Published date:

1 July 2019

Document type:

Strategy

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

The refreshed University Strategy develops the World-leading, Diverse, and Entrepreneurial themes of our existing Strategy, and brings forward two others in an interconnected way for a fast-changing world – Sustainable and Digital.…

File location:

Academic policies > Quality and standards

Published date:

21 June 2023

Document type:

Strategy

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

To define the principles, procedures and responsibilities for the construction of the University timetable and the management of teaching space and associated teaching activities.…

File location:

Academic policies > Curriculum Timetabling

Published date:

10 June 2019

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

This policy relates to the recording of lectures by students for personal use.…

File location:

Academic policies > Learning and teaching > Recording devices in lectures and tutorials

Published date:

15 December 2023

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

This policy relates to the responsibility of UG and PGT students to ensure their examination scripts are legible, and how Schools should proceed in instances where examination scripts are illegible.…

File location:

Academic policies > Assessment, examination and award > Illegible exam scripts

Published date:

26 July 2023

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

To provide additional guidance on the structure of progress reviews and the responsibilities of everyone involved.…

File location:

Academic policies > Student progression > Progress reviews and termination of studies for PGR students

Published date:

10 October 2022

Document type:

Guidance

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

This document provides guidance on engaging in a shared online teaching space. It articulates the issues as experienced by both staff and students.…

File location:

Academic policies > Learning and teaching > Setting up our shared space

Published date:

17 February 2021

Document type:

Guidance

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

This guidance outlines dates and processes in relation to timely communications of curricular changes to current students and applications to ensure that the University comply with Consumer Protection Legislation (2014).…

File location:

Academic policies > Curriculum > Consumer protection and curriculum guidance

Published date:

26 July 2023

Document type:

Guidance

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students