Quality and Standards Framework

Northumbria does not maintain a hard copy 'Quality Manual' because of the need to keep constituent documents regularly updated. Instead, the University's Quality and Standards Framework document provides a brief overview and indexes the main quality assurance and enhancement  documentation (for taught and postgraduate research awards) in its Appendix.

• University Quality and Standards Framework (approved by Academic Board March 2009). Main topics covered are: 
• • Management responsibilities for quality and standards - committee and executive structures
  • External reference points
  • University academic framework
  • Examination Boards and External Examiners
  • Programme Approval Processes
  • Programme Review
  • Collaborative Programmes
  • Student involvement in quality assurance
  • Enhancement of Learning, Teaching and Assessment
  • Review of the Framework
• See also the University's Frameworks for taught programmes (including the Modular Framework for Northumbria Awards) . Other main themes may also be accessed by links in left panel
• Research degree regulations and information can be directly accessed from the Research documentation page