Guidance note: Scholarship
Scholarship refers to those activities concerned with gaining new or improved understanding, or appreciation and insights into a field of knowledge, or engaging with and keeping up to date with advances in the field.
Guidance note: Admissions (coursework)
Admissions policies, requirements and procedures should ensure students have the academic preparation and English language proficiency to participate in their intended study.
Guidance note: Course design (including learning outcomes and assessment)
Course design can be defined structurally as the content, duration and sequencing of the elements of a course of study.
Guidance note: Joint and dual awards
Providers should note that Guidance Notes are intended to provide guidance only. They are not definitive or binding documents. Nor are they prescriptive.
Guidance note: Technology-enhanced learning
Higher education is delivered in many ways, including through the use of a diversity of technologies such as multimedia, video and online conferencing tools, podcasting, chat rooms, and dedicated learning management systems.
Guidance note: Grievance and complaint handling
Grievance and complaint handling encompasses the policies and procedures implemented by higher education providers in response to a grievance or complaint expressed against the provider by another party.
Guidance note: Corporate governance
Corporate governance is the framework of structures, rules, relationships, systems and processes of an entity.
Guidance note: Academic quality assurance
Academic quality assurance is a demonstration or verification that a desired level of quality of an academic activity has been attained or sustained, or is highly likely to be attained or sustained.
Guidance note: Wellbeing and safety
Providers are required to provide timely and accurate advice on access to student support services and to promote and foster a safe environment on campus and online.