Assessment, Progression and Awarding: Taught Programmes Handbook
Important Information: The policies and procedures set out in this Handbook were subject to a review and revision, as reported to and approved by the Education Board, during 2025/26. Regulars users of the Handbook are recommended to acquaint themselves with the revisions and new chapter and section numbering in the 2026/27 version. Hyperlinks from other documents and webpages may also need to be updated. For example, Annex F, Mitigation is now: Chapter 10 Annex 1 - Mitigation Supplementary Information and Chapter 12 - Academic Conduct and Practice is now a standalone Handbook.
Chapter 2 - Setting and Submission of Assessments
Chapter 4 - Assessing Students with Disabilities
Chapter 5 Annex 1 - Post-hoc Mark Scaling Guidance for APACs
Chapter 7 - Assessment, Progression and Awarding Committees (APAC)
Chapter 9 - Classification of Awards
Chapter 10 Annex 1 - Mitigation Supplementary Information
Chapter 10 Annex 2 - Mitigation for Sports Scholars
Chapter 10 Annex 3 - Mitigation for Study Abroad
Chapter 11 - Consequence of Failure in Assessment
Chapter 12 - Review and Publication of Degree Outcomes
Information, Advice and Guidance
If you have any queries with regard to interpreting or implementing any aspect of the TQA Manual, please contact:
- Education Policy, Quality and Standards for matters relating to taught programmes (educationpolicy@exeter.ac.uk)
- Doctoral College Quality Development for matters relating to postgraduate research programmes (dcqualitydevelopment@exeter.ac.uk)