Credit Framework - including details of total credits required for each award and minimum number of credits required at the highest level of the award.
Charter, Acts, Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations of the University
Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes, especially section 3: 'principles for establishing taught programmes'
Please see our Education Policy and Guidance page for further information on formulating programme and unit aims and learning outcomes.
Guidelines on preparing Programme Specifications (2006)
Framework for Higher Education Qualifications in England, Wales and Northern Ireland - including qualification descriptors for all HE qualifications, against which University of Bristol programme specifications should be benchmarked.
Subject Benchmark Statements - these set out expectations about standards of degrees in a range of subject areas (including some at postgraduate level). They describe what gives a discipline its coherence and identity, and define what can be expected of a graduate in terms of the abilities and skills needed to develop understanding or competence in the subject. New and revised programme specifications should be benchmarked against these statements.
Higher Education Credit Framework for England: Guidance on academic credit arrangements in higher education in England - the implications of this national framework have been integrated into the University's credit framework.