A-Z of Policies
The A-Z search below has been designed to provide easy access to University Academic policies that relate to the work of the Academic Administration Division. (Note: University policies only. Divisions, Faculties, Departments and Colleges may have their own on certain specific matters, although these should not be inconsistent with University policies.) If you have difficulties finding a University policy, please contact Education Policy support.A
- Academic Good Practice: See Plagiarism
- Academic dress, Regulations relating to
- Academic Integrity in Research
- Access - relating to working with schools and colleges:
- Access, relating to disability: See Disability
- Accommodation
- Admission to degree
- Admissions, Undergraduate
- Admissions, Graduate
- Adoption Leave, Student: See Student Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Leave
- Aegrotat
- Animal research: See Research involving animals
- Antedating, of admission and of residence
- Appeals
- Assessment
- All levels:
- Graduate only:
- Undergraduate only
- Assessors
B
- Blind double-marking: See Independent double-marking
- Blind students: See Visually impaired candidates
- Bologna Process
- Bribery and Fraud Policy
- Bursary, Oxford Opportunity
C
- Calculator, in examinations
- Chairmen of Examiners
- Child Protection and vulnerable adults (PDF)
- Childcare
- Class and pass lists
- Classification - see Policy and guidance on examinations and assessment, section 5
- Codes of Practice (Personnel Services), full listing of all codes for both staff and students
- Code of Practice for Supervision: See Supervision
- Collaboration
- Collections: See Policy and guidance on undergraduate teaching
- Common framework for colleges, faculties and departments: See Admissions, Undergraduate
- Complaints
- Computers, use of in examinations
- Conflict of interest
- Confidentiality, student health and welfare (PDF)
- Confirmation of Status
- Copyright licences
- Course structure, see Policy and guidance on Introduction of new courses and major changes to existing courses
D
- Data
Protection
- Dates of Term
- Declaration of authorship: See Plagiarism
- Degree days
- Deprivation
- Dictionaries, bilingual dictionaries in examinations
- Disability - see also Special Examination Arrangements
- Discipline - see also Student Disciplinary Panel
- Dispensations
- Disposal of Items from University Collections
- Distance learning: See Flexible and distributed learning
- Drug misuse (Proctors' office)
- Dyspraxia: See Disability and Special Examination Arrangements
- Dyslexia - see Disability and Special Examination Arrangements
E
- E-learning
- English language requirements: See Admissions
- Equal opportunities policy (integrated equality policy)
- Erasmus, Socrates (exchanges)
- Policy: See Collaboration
- Erasmus-Mundus: See Collaboration
- Examinations, Policy and guidance on examinations and assessment
- Examiners
- Examination conventions, approval and publication of
- Examination regulations
- Examinations, conduct of
- Examinations, Proctors' Administrative Regulations for
- Exchanges: See Collaboration
- Extension of time
- External Examiners Policy and guidance on examinations and assessment, section 4
F
- Faculty, membership
- Fees
- FHS statistics - number and proportion of students achieving each class
- Flexible and distributed learning, Policy and guidance
- Flu: See Pandemic
- Fraud
G
- Graduates (See also Supervision)
H
- Harassment, Code of Practice
- Home/EU student, classification for fees purposes
- Housing, see Accommodation
- Human Remains Held by the University of Oxford's Museums
- Human Remains of Indigenous Australian People
I
- Illegible scripts
- Illness
- Medical incapacity
- Medical incapacity
- Immigration
- Independent double-marking, see Policy and guidance on examinations and assessment, section 5
- Influenza, Planning for a Pandemic
- Institutional Audit
- Intellectual Property Policy (Research Services)
- Invigilation
- ICT in teaching and learning – see e-Learning
- IT, regulations on the use of IT facilities
- IT, rules for University users
J
- Joint degrees - see Collaboration
L
- Lapsing of research degree students
- Late Entries
- Late alteration of options
- Learning and Teaching, strategy, see section I of Strategic Plan, 2008-9 to 2012-13
- Libraries, Regulations Relating to the use of the Facilities of the Oxford University Library Services
- Licensing - see Copyright licences
M
- Marking, see Policy and guidance on examination and assessment, section 5
- Maternity Leave, Student: see Student Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Leave
- Matriculation
- Meningitis
- Migration
N
- National Student Survey
- New courses and major changes to existing courses, Policy and guidance
- Non-appearance at an examination
- North Commission
O
- Offa agreement - see Admissions
- Overseas travel, safety
- Overseas student, classification for fees purposes
- Oxford Student Surveys
P
- Pandemic, Planning for
- Paternity Leave, Student: see Student Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Leave
- Permanent Private Halls: Report of Review Panel 2007
- Personal Development Planning (Skills Portal)
- Placement learning - see Collaboration
- Plagiarism:
- Preparation for Learning and Teaching at Oxford
- Postgraduate Diploma in Learning and Teaching in H.E
- Probationer Research Student, regulation
- Professional development, courses and seminars
- Projects and dissertations - see Assessment
- Public interest disclosure
- Publication and authorship - see Research, academic integrity
Q
R
- Readmission and Migration
- Recognised Independent Centres
- Recognised students
- Recording of lectures
- Reinstatement of research degree students
- Religious Festivals and Holidays Coinciding with Examinations
- Remission of university fees
- Research, academic integrity in
- Research activities involving human participants
- Research involving animals
- Research Integrity
- Residence
S
- Sabbatical leave
- Safety policies
- Safety in Fieldwork
- Scaling, see Policy and guidance on examinations and assessment, section 5
- Senior Student Status
- Sickness - see Illness
- Skills, research and transferable
- Special Educational Needs and Disability (SENDA) - see Disability and Special Examination Arrangements
- Strategic Plan, 2008-9 to 2012-13
- Special Examination Arrangements
- Student Disciplinary Panel
- Student Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Leave
- Student statistics
- Sub fusc, Regulations relating to academic dress
- Supervision
- Code of Practice for Supervision -
- Suspension of status
T
- Teaching development programme
- Teaching Excellence Award Scheme - contact relevant division
- Transfer
- Terms, number and length of
- Tutorials, see Policy and guidance on Undergraduate Learning and Teaching
U
V
- Viva Voce:
- Examination Regulations - see also regulations for individual courses in Examination Regulations
- Visiting students
- Visually impaired candidates - see Special Examination Needs
W
- Widening Participation - see Access
- Withdrawal from Examinations and Non-appearance
- Withdrawal of research degree students
- Word limits, exceeding
- Work-based learning - see Collaboration