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- Academic Partnerships Handbook
- Approval and Revision of Taught Modules and Programmes Handbook
- Assessment, Progression and Awarding: Taught Programmes Handbook
- 1 - Introduction
- 2 - Setting and submission of assessments
- 3 - Examinations
- 4 - Assessing students with disabilities
- 5 - Marking
- 6 - Feedback
- 7 - Assessment, progression and awarding committees
- 8 - Progression
- 9 - Classification of awards
- 10 - Mitigation: Deadline extensions and deferrals
- 11 - Consequence of failure in assessment
- 12 - Academic conduct and practice
- 13 - Review and publication of degree outcomes
- Annex A - Examination papers and rubrics
- Annex B - Examination major incident procedures
- Annex C - Programme / discipline committee
- Annex D - Faculty assessment, progression and awarding committee
- Annex E - University assessment, progression and awarding committee
- Annex F - Mitigation
- Annex G - Scaling Guidance
- Annex H - Template for reporting on the internal review of degree classifications
- Annex I - Template for preparation of the annual external Degree Outcomes Statement
- Annex J - Generalised timeline for annual internal review of degree outcomes and preparation of external Degree Outcomes Statement
- Annex K - Sharing of Examination Papers or Questions Investigation Guidance
- Annex L - Viva Voce Process
- Credit and Qualifications Framework
- Exceptional Years Handbook
- External Examining Handbook
- Learning and Teaching Support Handbook
- Postgraduate Research Handbook
- Quality Review & Enhancement Framework
- Student Cases Handbook
- Special Provisions for Online Programmes (including those offered in partnership with Keypath Education)
- Special Provisions for Healthcare Programmes
- Special Provisions for Degree Apprenticeships
- Special Provisions for Programmes with Accreditation Licenced by the Engineering Council
Teaching Quality Assurance Manual
13 - Review and publication of degree outcomes
13.1 Introduction
13.2 Annual Internal Review of Degree Outcomes
13.2 Annual External Publication of a Degree Outcomes Statement
Annex H - Template for reporting on the internal review of degree classifications
Annex I - Template for preparation of the annual external Degree Outcomes Statement
Annex J - Generalised timeline for annual internal review of degree outcomes and preparation of external Degree Outcomes Statement
- Review and publication of degree outcomes
- Introduction
- This section sets out the University of Exeter’s commitment to an annual cycle of internally reviewing and externally publishing data and analysis on the degree outcomes for its taught programmes. This commitment provides assurance that the University:
- Meets the conditions of registration with the Office for Students (OfS) in relation to delivering successful outcomes for all students, ensuring that qualifications hold their value over time and associated programmes of study meet sector recognised academic standards;
- Meets the expectations of the UK Standing Committee on Quality Assessment (UKSCQA) in relation to ensuring transparency, reliability and fairness of degree outcomes for all students, including through the use of external assurance;
- Protects the academic integrity of University of Exeter Awards, in the interests of its current students and past graduates;
- Works to ensure that barriers to success are removed and awarding gaps are closed and where possible eliminated; and
- Presents prospective and current undergraduate students, partners, stakeholders and other interested parties with data and information on degree outcomes.
- This section sets out the University of Exeter’s commitment to an annual cycle of internally reviewing and externally publishing data and analysis on the degree outcomes for its taught programmes. This commitment provides assurance that the University:
- Annual Internal Review of Degree Outcomes
- Undergraduate Programmes
The University, in consultation with the Principal External Examiner, should conduct an annual internal review of the classifications awarded to final year students on undergraduate programmes during Term One of the academic year. Data shall include that from a minimum of five years up to and including the previous academic year. The review shall cover the following areas:- An analysis of University degree classification profile including:
- Five year trends in degree classifications
- Five years comparative trends by Higher Education sector
- Five year comparative trends by demographic groups (disaggregated where possible)
- An analysis of any changes to:
- Teaching and learning practices
- Teaching and learning resources
- Assessment and marking practices
- Degree algorithms and awarding decisions
- Identification of good practice and actions to respond to grade inflation
- Identification of good practice and actions to address awarding gaps
- An assessment of the impact of any policy change
- Identification of futures risks and challenges
The outcomes of the review, including appropriate presentation and analysis of data, shall be reported to the Board of the Faculty of Taught Programmes, Senate and Council by the end of Term One.
The outcomes of the review shall be shared with the Principal External Examiner and the University Assessment, Progression and Awarding Committee and shall inform the content and presentation of the annual Degree Outcomes Statement (see section 13.4 below).
The format of the report shall follow that of the template provided in Annex H.
- An analysis of University degree classification profile including:
- Postgraduate Taught Programmes
The University, in consultation with the Principal External Examiner, should conduct an annual internal review of the classifications awarded to students on postgraduate taught programmes during Term Two of the academic year. Data shall include that from a minimum of five years up to and including the previous academic year. The review shall cover the following areas:- An analysis of University degree classification profile including:
- Five year trends in degree classifications
- Five years comparative trends by Higher Education sector (subject to the availability of relevant datasets)
- Five year comparative trends by demographic groups (disaggregated where possible)
- An analysis of any changes to:
- Teaching and learning practices
- Teaching and learning resources
- Assessment and marking practices
- Degree algorithms and awarding decisions
- Identification of good practice and actions to respond to grade inflation
- Identification of good practice and actions to address awarding gaps
- An assessment of the impact of any policy change
- Identification of futures risks and challenges
The outcomes of the review, including appropriate presentation and analysis of data, shall be reported to the Board of the Faculty of Taught Programmes, Senate and Council by the end of Term Two.
The outcomes of review shall be shared with the Principal External Examiner and the University Assessment, Progression and Awarding Committee.
The format of the report shall follow that of the template provided in Annex H.
- An analysis of University degree classification profile including:
- Undergraduate Programmes
- Annual External Publication of a Degree Outcomes Statement
- The University, under the external scrutiny of Principal External Examiner, should publish an annual Degree Outcomes Statement in line with the expectations and guidance set out by the United Kingdom Standing Committee on Quality Assurance (UKSCQA) by the end of Term of the academic year. The statement will be based on undergraduate programme data only, from five consecutive academic years up to and including that preceding the year just concluded. The statement will include the following:
- Purpose of the report
- Institutional degree classification profile
- Assessment and marking practices
- Academic governance
- Classification algorithms
- Teaching practices and learning resources
- Good practice and actions
The format of the statement shall follow that of the template provided in Annex I.
- Prior to publication, the Degree Outcomes Statement shall be subject to review and approval by Board of the Faculty of Taught Programmes, Senate, Council and the University Assessment, Progression and Awarding Committee.
- The Degree Outcomes Statement shall not be published until it has been approved, as an accurate representation of the outcomes of the internal review of undergraduate degree outcomes, by the Principal External Examiner.
- The University, under the external scrutiny of Principal External Examiner, should publish an annual Degree Outcomes Statement in line with the expectations and guidance set out by the United Kingdom Standing Committee on Quality Assurance (UKSCQA) by the end of Term of the academic year. The statement will be based on undergraduate programme data only, from five consecutive academic years up to and including that preceding the year just concluded. The statement will include the following:
- Introduction
