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Quality and Standards Committee

Terms of Reference

1. To assist the Education and Student Experience Committee (ESEC) in discharging its responsibilities for the University's academic quality and standards.
2. To oversee the development and review of all academic Quality and Standards related regulations, policies, procedures and codes of practice at the University of Nottingham including those related to admissions, University of Nottingham Online and apprenticeship provision.  
3. To keep relevant Quality Manual regulations, policies and procedures under regular review.
4. To consider Memoranda of Agreement for approval and renewal. 
5. To approve all new programme specifications/revisions to existing programme specifications. This will include programmes consisting of Microcredential modules.
6. To approve the withdrawal of programmes upon which students are currently registered or for which applicants hold offers.
7. To have oversight of the process of approval of all new and amended modules including microcredentials and University of Nottingham Online verification work undertaken in conjunction with partners and business.
8. To undertake the appointment of External Examiners, Internal Assessors and External Assessors.
9. To approve exemptions from university regulatory frameworks where required and provide assurance to ESEC that any amendments made, or suspensions granted, relating to academic quality and standards activities are appropriate. 
10. To receive External Examiners' Reports and School responses for consideration.
11. To receive Schools' annual monitoring reports for consideration and provide University summaries of areas of commendations and concerns as they relate to Academic Quality and Standards.
12. To receive reports from professional statutory and regulatory bodies with regard to accredited programmes for consideration.
13. To advise on Portfolio diversification with respect to academic quality and standards.
14. To make regular reports to ESEC on its activities and plans.
15. To make regular reports to Faculty meetings on its activities and plans, as well as receive Faculty concerns relating to Quality Assurance matters.
16. To establish working groups or commission individuals to carry out detailed work under the Committee’s oversight. 
17. To receive minutes and consider reports of constituted sub committees and working groups.
18. To provide advice to University senior committees on the implications for quality and standards of any educational strategies and policies under development. 
19. Support the University’s engagement with regulators in respect to external quality requirements and activities,
20. Members normally sit on the Committee for 4-5 years.

Membership

(updated July 2025)

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