Academic regulations and procedures

If you are an enrolled student you have agreed to abide by the University’s academic regulations and procedures.

Significant disruption regulations and procedures

• Significant Disruption Regulations and Procedures (PDF)

Occasionally there will be things which will disrupt your studies such as adverse weather, IT and buildings maintenance, or industrial action (strikes). We will share more updates and key information on current and upcoming disruptions.

Variations to regulations and procedures

This section is currently under review. For queries related to variant regulations on your course, please contact your programme leader or email academic.regulations@uwe.ac.uk.

Our academic regulations and procedures are occasionally varied due to partner or external body requirements. The following variants are approved by our Academic Board:

Partner variants

• Approved regulations for the Transport and Telecommunications Institute (TSI), Latvia and UWE Bristol double degree programmes (PDF)
• University Centre Hartpury regulations 2017/18 (PDF) 
• University Centre Hartpury Force Majeure regulations 2019/20 (PDF)
• Taylor's University, Malaysia and UWE Bristol Dual Awards Framework (PDF)
• Approved regulations for named City School of Architecture, Colombo programmes (PDF) (for all students with effect from academic year 2011/12)

Professional body variants

Some professional body requirements require a variance to the regulations and procedures which must be approved by Academic Board. For example, a professional body may require a different method of calculation for a honours classification or differential level of award.

The following awards have standalone approved academic regulations and procedures:

• Bar Training Course Regulations (PDF)
• UWE Bristol BSc (Hons) Midwifery Assessment Regulations (PDF)

For details of any other variant regulations affecting individual programmes please check the relevant programme specification.

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