Regulations

Regulations

Institutional Regulations

The regulations of each lead institution will apply to all students. Detail on these can be found by following the links below:

University of Bath:

• Codes of Practice (QA7 for doctoral) at Quality Assurance Code of Practice (bath.ac.uk)    

Regulations (Reg16 for doctoral) at Regulations for Students 2024/25 (bath.ac.uk)

University of Bristol:

• Regulations and code of practice for research degree programmes | Academic Quality and Policy Office | University of Bristol

University of Exeter:

• Teaching Quality and Assurance Manual (TQA) TQA Manual – Teaching Quality Assurance Manual – University of Exeter
• Regulations Part 1 – Regulations | Calendar 2024/25 | University of Exeter

University of Plymouth

• Student regulations, policies and procedures – University of Plymouth

UWE

• Regulations, Code of Practice and all UWE policies at Regulations and guidelines – Current postgraduate researchers | UWE Bristol

Bath Spa

• Frameworks, policies and procedures that support the University in complying with external regulatory requirements for quality assurance and academic standards can be found here: Academic Governance and Quality – Bath Spa University
• Student general regulations can be found here: Student-General-Regulations.pdf (bathspa.ac.uk)

Bournemouth

• All student regulations can be found here Important information | Bournemouth University with the Code of Practice for Research Degrees available here.

Plymouth Marjon

• Plymouth Marjon University awards PhDs in collaboration with the University of Chichester and we follow their higher degree regulations here.

The institutions will provide students with appropriate learning resources, equipment and facilities specific to the subject areas of study, including:

• borrowing rights at the library
• IT access
• membership of the Students’ Union/Guild
• entitlement to use the Sports Facilities
• access to generic skills training programmes

Any complaints will be dealt with by the lead university in accordance with its regulations. Where the complaint concerns the second university, written notification will be sent promptly to that institution. Ultimate responsibility to resolve complaints will rest with the lead university.

Where individual Modules/Units are taken by students with a party other than the lead university, the mark awarded by the host institution will be accepted by the lead university. Where necessary, the scaling model as agreed by the SWDTP Academic Advisory Board will be used by the lead university to adjust marks where appropriate.

Registration Liason Contacts

• Academic Registry (University of Bath), registration@bath.ac.uk
• Faculty office (University of Bristol), fssl-pgr@bristol.ac.uk
• Postgraduate Admin (University of Exeter), pgadmin@exeter.ac.uk
• Doctoral College (University of Plymouth) doctoralcollege@plymouth.ac.uk
• Doctoral Academy (UWE), doctoralacademy@uwe.ac.uk
• Graduate College student enquiries (Bath Spa University) PGRAdmissions@Bathspa.ac.uk pgrcurrentstudents@bathspa.ac.uk
• Bournemouth University Doctoral College (Bournemouth)doctoralcollege@bournemouth.ac.uk
• Registry and Programmes Support Office (Plymouth Marjon), RPSO@marjon.ac.uk