Academic Office

 

Welcome to the Academic Office's webpages.

The Academic Office is one of 11 Support Services within Anglia Ruskin University and is led by the Director, Paul Baxter. Based at the Chelmsford and Cambridge campuses, the structure of the Academic Office comprises four units, supported by an Administration Team, which individually and collectively are working towards achieving our Vision and fulfilling our role. We support a wide range of academic activities, including a secretariat function to the Senate committee structure, and provide access to a variety of publications and information which are designed to help the staff and students of Anglia Ruskin University and its UK and international collaborative partners.

 

Units within the Academic Office	Publications and other frequently accessed information
Assessment Unit (inc: Assessment Calendar, Mitigation, Awards Board and Dates for Assessment Results)	Academic Regulations (Fourth Edition, July 2011) Anglia Ruskin's on-line Module Search Engine Module Codes are Changing in 2012/13 - access details including new codes for all modules (NEW) Research Degrees Regulations (Twelfth Edition, September 2011) Senate Codes of Practice Module Guide Template Senate Committee Pages including the Senate Constitution Corporate Plan 2012-14 (NEW) Curriculum Website Academic Calendars for 2011/12 to 2014/15 and Information on the Revised Approach to Learning & Teaching Periods (Semesters and Trimesters) Curriculum Management Information Honorary Degrees, Professorships, Readerships and Other Titles Definitive list of approved pathways leading to an Anglia Ruskin award - aka the "List of Lists" (UPDATED FOR FEBRUARY 2012) Quality Assurance and Enhancement at Anglia Ruskin University - An Overview (this document is currently being reviewed) You Said We Did
Quality Assurance Unit (inc: Curriculum Revisions, Approval of Pathways and Partner Institutions, Examinations, External Examining, Periodic Review, Academic Appeals, Annual Monitoring and Quality Enhancement Audits)
Research Degrees Unit (inc: Research Degrees Regulations, Research Degree Examinations, the Senate's Research Committee and Research Degrees Subcommittee and the Faculty Research Degrees Subcommittees)
Strategic Planning and Policy Unit (inc: Corporate Plan, Module Evaluation, HESA/HESES Returns, Key Performance Indicators, Student Satisfaction Surveys)

 

The Academic Office Vision

The Academic Office Vision for the next three years is to:

• Deliver outstanding professional support, advice and guidance to all our customers – research students, examination candidates, appellants, external examiners, partner institutions, academic staff, Senate committees, the Corporate Management Team and the Vice-Chancellor's Group;
  
  
• Develop lean and innovative systems for all areas of our work including more electronic based schemes;
  
  
• Embed the use of data throughout the institution;
  
  
• Resolve data quality issues on SITS and introduce revised systems to maintain high quality data and management information;
  
  
• Review processes for which we are responsible on a on-going basis with a view to empowering faculties, partner institutions and other support services to achieve their objectives, with appropriate support from the Academic Office.

 

The Role of the Academic Office

The role of the Academic Office is to:

• manage the process of academic governance through which the Senate and its Standing Committees exercise institutional oversight of academic standards and quality at Anglia Ruskin University

• manage the publication, development and implementation of the Academic Regulations and Research Degree Regulations which define Anglia Ruskin's academic standards and govern delivery of its academic awards

• manage:

- the operation of Anglia Ruskin's examinations

- the assessment of students' academic progress and subsequent decisions about their awards

- the provision of academic transcripts and award certificates

• manage the resolution of academic appeals and alleged assessment offences by students

• develop, implement, monitor and review internal quality assurance systems and processes, approved by the Senate, to ensure that academic standards and quality are set and maintained at an appropriate level and satisfy the requirements and expectations of national agencies and the appropriate professional, statutory and regulatory bodies (PSRBs)

• manage the quality assurance of Anglia Ruskin's research degree programmes

• provide strategic planning and policy support to the Vice-Chancellor's Group and senior managers in Faculties and Support Services in the development of Anglia Ruskin's Vision and the policies which underpin its delivery and implementation

If you have any comments or suggestions about the Academic Office’s webpages, please detail these in an e-mail message to the Director of the Academic Office.

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