Learning and Teaching Policies
Key topics
Academic Integrity | Academic Decision-Making | Assessment: Key Policy Information | Assessment and Progression System (HAPS) | Examinations |
Feedback | Moderation of Assessment | Periodic Review | Personal Tutoring | Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) and Credit Transfer | Research Students | Student Partnership Agreement | Temporary Suspension of Studies (TSS) | Transfer between Campuses
Policies
The University often needs to put in place a range of temporary policies and procedures related to learning, teaching or assessment. This information is provided here on the Policy Bank and is updated annually.
2024/25 Key Information
A
- Academic Approvals
- Academic Approval Process Briefing Paper (new paper to follow)
- Access to Scripts and Feedback on Examination Performance – Policy
Academic Integrity
- Academic Integrity SharePoint: Resources for staff
- Professionalism and Academic Integrity website: Students
Academic Decision-Making: Assessment, Progression and Award
- Academic Decision-Making: Summary of Approach (for Staff)
- Academic Decision-Making: Guidelines for Boards of Examiners on Maintaining Academic Standards (for Staff)
- Academic Decision-Making: Guide for Students on Three-Stage Approach
- Academic Decision-Making: Guide for Students on What happens after Exams?
- Policy on Mitigating the Impact of Industrial Action on Assessment, Progression and Award
Additional Entry Points in the Academic Year
- Key Principles (Academic and Business) for Campus-Based Programmes
- Key Principles Briefing Paper (new paper to follow)
- Additional Fees and Charges
- Annual Monitoring and Review (AMR) (School; Partner)
- Annual Monitoring and Review - Briefing Paper (new paper to follow)
- Anonymous Marking Guidance
- Approved Learning Partners
- Approved Teachers, Approved Tutors and Approved Markers
- Artificial Intelligence: Implications for HW Learning & Teaching
Key Assessment Policy Information
- Summary of Key Assessment Policy Information 2024/25
- Making Changes to Assessment
- Types of Assessment: Policy and Administrative Definitions
- Coursework: Scheduling and Submission of Coursework
- Feedback on Coursework
- Feedback on Exams (and Access to Exam Scripts)
- Review of Assessment Tasks (Coursework and Exams) by External Examiners
- Assessment: School Roles and Responsibilities
- Assessment Policy, Practice and Support: Briefing Session, September 2023
Assessment and Progression System (HAPS)
- HAPS Briefing Paper (new paper to follow)
- HAPS Policy
- Information for Postgraduate students
- Information for Undergraduate students
B
- Block Teaching Policy
- Block Teaching Briefing Paper (new paper to follow)
C
- Change of Course, Programme or Campus
- Charter and Statutes (Current)
- Chief External Examiners Briefing Paper (new paper to follow)
- Complaints Procedures
- Consolidation Week - Scope
D
- Discretionary Award of Credits - Policy
- Dual Awards (University Position on Dual Awards in relation to Academic Partnerships)
E
- Email and Messaging Policy; Approved Tools for Communicating with Students
- English Language Requirements - Malaysia
- English Language Requirements - Scotland
Examinations in Different Time-Zones
- Exams and Other Assessments in Different Timezones: Policy
- Exams and Other Assessments in Different Timezones: Procedures
- Examination Board Guidelines and Assessment Procedures (UG and PG)
- Examinations - Approved Calculator Policy
- Examinations - Dictionary Policy
- Examinations Instructions for Candidates
- Examinations – Invigilator’s Handbooks
- Exchange Agreements
- External Examiners
- External Reviews
F
Feedback
- Feedback Resources
- Feedback on Examination Performance and Access to Scripts - Policy
- Feedback on Coursework - Policy
- Feedback on Coursework and Examinations Policy - Briefing Paper (new paper to follow)
G
- Global Academic Management Structures for Schools and School Leadership Roles
- Global Academic Management Structures Annex: Policy on the Management of Combined Studies (under review)
- Global Code of Practice for the Management, Assurance and Enhancement of Taught Programmes
- Exploring the Heriot-Watt Graduate Attributes
- Graduate Apprenticeships
H
- Heriot-Watt University Malaysia Changes to Programme/Course (new BP to follow)
- HESA Student Data Collection Notice
K
L
- Learning and Teaching Key Principles - Briefing Paper (new paper to follow)
M
- Management of Examinations Scripts (On and Off Campus)
- Management of Transcripts and Certifications
- Managing Online Assessment due to VLE Access Holds and IT Services Access Holds
- Mitigating Circumstances
Moderation of Assessment
- Moderation of Assessment Policy
- Moderation of Assessment: School Implementation Procedures
- Moderation of Assessment Briefing Paper (new paper to follow)
- Monitoring and Review Process - Briefing Paper (new paper to follow)
- MQA Full Accreditation - Briefing Paper (new paper to follow)
O
P
- Peer Support of Teaching
- Partnership Agreements
- Partnership Framework Briefing Paper (new paper to follow)
Periodic Review
- Academic Audit
- Academic Audit Briefing Paper (new paper to follow)
- Academic Review
- Academic Review Briefing Paper (new paper to follow)
- Enhancement Workshop - Briefing Paper (new paper to follow)
- Professional Services Review
Personal Tutoring
- Personal Tutoring Briefing Paper (new paper to follow)
- Personal Tutoring Policy and Guidelines
- Personal Tutoring SharePoint Site
- Supporting Personal Tutoring in 2023/24
- Plagiarism: Student Guide
- Professional, Statutory and Regulatory Bodies (PSRBs)
- Programme Handbook Template
Programme Titles, Learning Outcomes and Courses (Multi-Location/Mode Programmes)
- Programme Titles, Learning Outcomes and Courses Policy
- Programme Titles, Learning Outcomes and Courses Briefing Paper (new paper to follow)
- Local Contextualisation Briefing Paper (new paper to follow)
- Programme Transfer Policy (amended for 2020/21)
- Posthumous Award Policy
R
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) and Credit Transfer
- RPL Policy
- Procedures
- RPL Briefing Paper (new paper to follow)
Recordings for Teaching and Learning Purposes
- Use of Recordings for Teaching and Learning: Policy
- Use of Recordings for Teaching and Learning: Procedures
Research Students
- External Examiners Handbook (PGR)
- Postgraduate Research Degree Candidate Code of Practice
- Viva Examinations (PGR) - Role of the Internal Examiner
- Research Engagement
- Thesis Submission Procedures and Guidelines
S
Scottish Credit Qualifications Framework (SCQF)
- Chart
- SCQF Briefing Paper (new paper to follow)
- SCQF and European Credit and Transfer System - Information for Undergraduate Students
- SCQF and European Credit and Transfer System - Information for Postgraduate Students
Student Partnership Agreement
- Student Records Procedure (Information Governance)
- Scheduling and Submission of Coursework Policy
- Supporting Student Athletes Policy – Academic Flexibility
- Supporting Student Carers Policy
- Survey Framework and Process - Overview
Student Voice
- Class Rep Election Process
- Closing the Feedback Loop Policy
- Global Academic Representation
- Standardisation of SSLC practices policy
- Student Voice Policy
T
- Teaching Models: Definitions of Standard Models
- Timetabled Classes: Start and End Times across all Campuses
Temporary Suspension of Studies (TSS)
- Temporary Suspension of Studies
- Temporary Suspension of Studies Briefing Paper (new paper to follow)
Transfer between Campuses
- Transfer between Campuses Briefing Paper (new paper to follow)
- Transfer between Campuses Policy