Academic Regulations

Academic Regulations and Conditions of Registration cover areas such as the terms and conditions of registration for students, assessment regulations, general qualification regulations and statements of service. There are, in addition, qualification regulations which govern each qualification.

The Code of Practice for Assessment and a Code of Practice for Student Discipline include information about what the University classifies as disciplinary offences, penalties that may be imposed, and the arrangements which are available to students if they are in dispute with the University.

Recognition of Prior Learning

The University offers recognition of prior learning through a credit transfer service for students seeking to use credit from external bodies towards an Open University qualification. The University may also permit direct entry where previous study would mean a student has the required skills and experience to commence study at a later stage of a qualification. Where an external qualification does not have a credit rating, recognition of prior learning into an Open University distance-taught qualification can be achieved through assessment and quality assurance undertaken by a faculty.  

Information for students is available on a Credit Transfer web page. 

The Qualifications and Assessment Committee is responsible for policy and regulations relating to recognition of prior learning (RPL) (see Section G of the Academic Regulations (pdf 635kb)), making recommendations for approval of RPL policy to the Education Committee and providing ongoing monitoring and review.