Strategies and Policies
The Academic Practice and Learning Enhancement Strategies are designed to support the community at UEL and the strategies apply to all taught students, whether at undergraduate or postgraduate level.
If you have any queries about the Strategy please contact Academic Practice & Learning Enhancement via email: aple@uel.ac.uk
Inspiring Excellence and Achievement: Learning & Teaching Strategy 2009-2012
At UEL, we are committed to offering our students the highest quality experience of higher education.
In the current learning and teaching strategy (2009-12) we wish to consolidate the ‘culture for success’ emphasised in the previous strategy (please see below).
We strive now to inspire and celebrate the attainment of excellence in our learning and teaching practice, and the extent to which these experiences equip our students to fulfil their aspirations as both learners and citizens.
We seek to innovate practice, to challenge orthodoxy, and to think differently about our students, so that we may best acknowledge their ambitions and empower their achievements.
Our strategy, entitled “Inspiring Excellence and Achievement”, has six key themes, which are outlined below:
- Experience and engagement
- Excellence in academic and professional practice
- Equality and inclusion
- Environment and access
- Employability and employer engagement
- Exchange of knowledge, research and scholarship
UEL's Academic Practice and Learning Enhancement Strategy 2009-2012
A Culture for Success: Learning & Teaching Strategy 2006-2009
The Academic Practice and Learning Enhancement Strategy 2006-2009 recognises that at UEL, success for students and staff is inextricably linked and we cannot have one without the other.
We are committed to raising the profile of our institution and striving towards providing a world-class education which is fully integrated with research and scholarship as well as inspiring our students to reach their full potential.
Our Culture for Success has seven aims. These are to:
- place the quality of each student’s learning experience at the centre of all our activities
- develop, support, value and reward excellence in teaching
- create and celebrate a culture of success for all students and staff
- be recognised for our inclusive curricula and effective pedagogy that enables the success of our diverse learning community
- enhance the relationship between teaching, research and scholarship to benefit students’ learning
- ensure our students have the skills necessary for success in learning, personal development, employment and the enhancement of employability
- provide home and international students with a range of study options that meet their particular learning needs
Academic Framework
The UEL Academic Framework underpins all programmes at all levels. The Framework gives a complete guide to our modular regulations.
Academic Integrity Policy
UEL’s Academic Integrity Policy ensures that every member of our University is made aware of the responsibilities s/he bears in maintaining the highest standards of academic integrity.
The most common breach of academic integrity is plagiarism; this is where an author uses, without due acknowledgement and/or relevant permission, material that someone else created.
Assessment Policy
The University of East London’s Assessment Policy applies to ALL programmes at UEL and programmes within partner institutions. Assessment is a central part of the student learning experience, integral to learning, and a key driver for learning
Dissertation Supervision Policy
The Dissertation Supervision Policy aims to offer greater consistency and clarity in Dissertation Supervision processes.
External Examiner Guidelines
The UEL Quality Assurance & Enhancement Team within ESDS administers all external examiners, as well as servicing the External Examiner Sub-Committee.
Guidelines for Module Guides - for implementation in 2009/10
These guidelines represent best practice for the provision of module information to students, and are intended to assist colleagues in identifying core information and to ensure consistency of approach. They supplement the module specification, and do not prescribe the means by which information should be made available; these can be provided either in hard copy or electronically via UEL Plus.
Skills Curriculum
The UEL Skills Curriculum has been designed to ensure that students are taught, have the opportunity to practice, and are assessed in Skills for: Academic Learning, Employability (Professional Practice) and Research. These Skills are developed within the context of the student's programme of study. Our Skills Curriculum is based on best practice identified through analysis of provision at other HEIs, information and resources provided by The Academy and effective practice within our own institution.
Standard Referencing Policy
The Standard Referencing Policy was produced In response to student and staff concerns about the proliferation of different referencing systems within the university, UEL’s Academic Board (2010) has agreed to adopt the Harvard author/date referencing convention as standard throughout the university*
We have chosen the publication “Cite them right” (Pears and Shields, 2008) to provide the template for our Harvard system. Cite them right is widely employed in the HE sector, currently in use in most Schools, recommended by Library and Learning Services and offers a system that can be well supported within available resources.
* Professional body requirements will, however, take precedence as in the case of the Field of Psychology who will continue to use the Harvard variant for the American Psychological Association or ‘APA’, as agreed by Academic Board.
The Student Charter
The University of East London’s Student Charter details what students can expect from our institution, from the beginning of their journey, starting with student applications, right through to offering assistance in finding employment when students leave.
The Charter is a truly comprehensive guide to a student’s progress at UEL, covering such diverse areas as teaching and learning, assessment, study support, student services, and the students union.
Turnitin Policy
Turnitin is an internet-based text matching service that is used, under licence, by most UK Universities, including the University of East London. Work that is submitted to Turnitin which generates a Turnitin Originality report, showing which parts of it have been reproduced from other sources.
The Turnitin Policy sets out how we use the service in connection with student work.
Useful Links
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