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 Associate Colleges.

 

RECENT ADDITIONS TO THE ACADEMIC OFFICE WEBPAGES
Action Plan in Response to Anglia Ruskin's QAA Institutional Review
Register of Anglia Ruskin's Collaborative Activity - May 2013
Definitive Lists of Taught Courses Validated by the Senate (and to which students can be recruited) - May 2013
Dates of Meetings for the Senate Committees in 2013/14
Guide to Managing Collaborative Partnerships
Dates for the Official Publication of Results: April - September 2013

 

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 (Fifth Edition, July 2012 ) and Assessment Regulations (Fifth Edition, July 2012) Research Degrees Regulations (Thirteenth Edition, September 2012) Senate Codes of Practice Corporate Plan 2012-14 Quality Assurance and Enhancement at Anglia Ruskin University - An Overview Academic Calendars for 2012/13 to 2013/14 and information on the definitions of Semesters and Trimesters Anglia Ruskin's on-line Module Search Engine Manage My Modules - access to all Module Definition Forms (MDFs) for all Anglia Ruskin staff Module Code Changes in 2012/13 - details including new codes for all modules Module Guide Template Senate Committee Pages including Meeting Dates for 2012/13, the Senate Constitution (Fifteenth Edition, October 2012) and Meeting Dates for 2013/14 - NEW Curriculum Website External Examiner Information (including list of current Anglia Ruskin External Examiners and Examiners' Reports and Responses for 2011/12) Policy on the Use of Turnitin®UK Key Information Sets (KIS) - access to the Unistats Website to see the KIS for 125 of our undergraduate courses Curriculum Management Information Honorary Degrees, Professorships, Readerships and Other Titles Register of Anglia Ruskin's Collaborative Activity - May 2013 update now available Definitive List of Taught Courses Validated by the Senate (and to which Students can be recruited) - aka the "List of Lists" - May 2013 update now available You Said We Did
Quality Assurance Unit (inc: Curriculum Revisions, (Re)Approval of Courses and Associate Colleges, Register of Collaborative Activity, 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 Information Sets (KIS) 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, Associate Colleges, academic staff, Senate committees, the Corporate Management Team and the Vice-Chancellor's Group;
  
  
• maintain lean and innovative systems for all areas of our work including more electronic based schemes which empower faculties, associate colleges and other support services to achieve their objectives, with appropriate support from the Academic Office;
  
  
• Become a recognised and trusted source for both regular and special demands for management information, and advice on its interpretation and meaning;
  
  
• Be an exemplar of best practice for the sector and aspire to achieve external recognition for our work.
  
  

The Role of the Academic Office

The role of the Academic Office 2013-2015 is to:

• manage the outcome of the QAA Institutional Review;

• develop innovative approaches to managing 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;

• continue to 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 including the introduction of Progress Platform to revolutionise our approach to this area of work;

• ensure that decision making is based on accurate data analysis and embed the use of data throughout the institution, co-ordinate the resolution of data quality issues on SITS and introduce revised systems to maintain high quality data and management information;

• ensure that our statutory data returns are accurate and give the best possible presentation of our performance to outside organisations including league table compilers.

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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