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- Academic Partnerships Handbook
- Approval and Revision of Taught Modules and Programmes Handbook
- Assessment, Progression and Awarding: Taught Programmes Handbook
- Credit and Qualifications Framework
- 1 - Introduction
- 2 - Definitions
- 3 - Scope
- 4 - Relationship to the Calendar
- 5 - Notional Study
- 6 - Modules
- 7 - Academic Level
- 8 - Assessment and Award of Academic Credit
- 9 - Academic Credit Requirements for Award
- 10 - Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL)
- 11 - Intercalated Programmes
- 12 - Award of Undergraduate Degrees 'with Proficiency in'
- 13 - Combined, Major/Minor, Triple Honours + Integrated Masters
- 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 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
Terms used in the CQF are defined as follows:
| Academic credit |
Credit is awarded to a learner on successful completion of a module. The minimum academic credit allocated to a module is 5 credits. Subsequent credit allocations shall be in further multiples of 5 with 15, 30, 45 and 60 credit modules being the norm. Where academic credit awarded by the University of Exeter is to be converted to European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) credits, this occurs on the basis of one CQF academic credit being the equivalent to 0.5 ECTS credits regardless of the academic level of the academic credit. The academic level and mark are not converted. Incoming ECTS credits are incorporated in accordance with the requirements for the programme, and where applicable, the collaboration. |
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| Academic level |
Each module or programme has an associated academic level that reflects its depth, complexity, amount of pre-requisite knowledge, and the academic skills required to pass it. The academic level of a module is informed by the subject for that module and remains constant for all programmes within which it occurs. The academic levels used at the University of Exeter are the national levels as set in the Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF) for general and vocational qualifications regulated by Ofqual in England:
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| Accredited prior learning (APL) | Exemption from modules on the basis of certified learning (APCL) or on the basis of non-certified acquisition of relevant skills and knowledge, gained through relevant experience (APEL). |
| Assessment criteria | Descriptions of what the learner will have to demonstrate in order that learning outcomes specific to a module have been achieved. The purpose of assessment criteria is to establish clear and unambiguous standards of achievement in respect of each learning outcome. Level descriptors are used as a guide during this process. Each individual assessment point will have specific assessment criteria. |
| Award | Undergraduate and graduate certificates and diplomas, bachelors’ honours and ordinary degrees, postgraduate certificates and diplomas, integrated undergraduate and postgraduate masters’ degrees, and graduate research degrees. The awards offered by the University are detailed in the Calendar. |
| Condonement | The process that allows an Assessment, Progression and Awarding Committee to award credit to a student, to permit progression or award, despite failure to achieve a pass mark. |
| Module | A self-contained block of teaching and learning leading to the award of academic credit. |
| Notional study hours |
The number of hours required to complete an academic credit point, module, or programme. One academic credit point is equivalent to 10 notional study hours, therefore a 15 credit module represents 150 notional study hours, comprising scheduled learning and teaching, guided independent study and placements. A year of undergraduate study equates to 1200 hours of full-time study (120 credits) and a year of postgraduate study equates to 1800 hours of full-time study (180 credits). In accordance with the Office for Students definitions, all full-time programmes should; - Require involvement in study* for at least 21 hours per week for at least 24 weeks per year, and/or; Programmes with a time and/ or credit threshold beneath that stipulated above for full-time study should be considered to be part time programmes.
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| Programme of study (programme) | A grouping of modules approved by Senate or its delegated authority, and leading to an award of the University of Exeter. The approved curriculum is typically defined on the programme specification. |
| Programme outcome | An expression contained within a programme specification of what a typical learner will have achieved on successful completion of the programme. Programme outcomes are related to the qualification level and will relate to the sum of the experience of learners on a particular programme. |
| Stage | The sub-division of a programme of study into major steps of progression; stages are commonly consistent with academic years. Each stage provides a coherent learning experience and may be recognised with an interim exit award. Normally, modules within a stage will be at the same level, but modules at different levels may be taken within the same stage, as specified in the programme specification. |
| Total credit value | The total amount of academic credit required for an award. |
