Student Handbook 2017/18

This document contains important information, please read it carefully.

What is this handbook? It is produced by the Psychology programme in the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health and provides general information essential to undergraduates reading psychology. This handbook should be read in conjunction with other documents produced by the Psychology programme and the University. You will find it useful to refer to this handbook throughout your degree. You are advised to re-familiarise yourself with this information at the start of every year of study, and to make use of it as a first point of reference if you have questions about policies and procedures at any point in your degree. You are free to download or print copies of this handbook. However, as with all University documents, certain details may become out-of-date

(e.g. aspects of assessment may change). As such, we advise that you always refer to the electronic version stored in the BSc Psychology community space on Blackboard, which will always be current. This version was revised in September 2017.

Section

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1.1 Welcome Statement from the Head of the School of Health Sciences, Professor Kay Marshall
1.2 Our Place in the University
1.3 British Psychological Society: Accreditation
1.4 Health and Safety
1.5 Conduct and Discipline of Students
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[expand title=”2. Contacts and Communications” startwrap=”” endwrap=”“]
2.1 Key Contacts
2.2 Receiving Communications
2.3 Communicating with Staff
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[expand title=”3. Assessment” startwrap=”” endwrap=”“]
3.1 Examinations
3.1.1 Multiple Choice Question (MCQ) Examinations
3.1.2 Exam Timetable
3.1.3 Resit Examinations
3.1.4 Results
3.2 Coursework
3.2.1 Submission
3.2.2 Late Submission
3.2.3 Word Limits
3.3 Marking Criteria
3.4 Mitigating Circumstances
3.4.1 Grounds for Mitigation
3.4.2 Submitting Mitigating Circumstances
3.4.3 How Mitigation is Considered and Applied
3.5 Feedback Policy
3.6 Academic Malpractice and Plagiarism
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[expand title=”4. Award of Degrees and Progression” startwrap=”” endwrap=”“]
4.1 Guidelines for Award of Degree Class
4.2 What Happens if I Fail a Course Unit/Course Units?*
4.3 Interruption of Programme of Study
4.4 Withdrawal from a Programme of Study
4.5 Academic Appeals
4.6 Conduct and Discipline of Students
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[expand title=”5. Student Support” startwrap=”” endwrap=”“]
5.1 Academic Advisors
5.2 Student Support Officer
5.3 Other Sources of Support
5.4 Peer Mentoring
5.5 Psychology Society
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[expand title=”6. Student Representation and Feedback” startwrap=”” endwrap=”“]
6.1 Representation at Programme, School and Faculty Level
6.2 Communication with Staff
6.3 Mechanisms for Collecting and Reporting Back on Feedback Received from Students
6.4 Complaints and Feedback
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[expand title=”7. Learning Resources” startwrap=”” endwrap=”“]
7.1 Library
7.2 Blackboard
7.3 Student Hub
7.4 University-wide Learning Resources
7.5 Twitter
7.6 Blog
7.7 Using University PCs
7.8 Working with your Own Computer
7.9 Photocopying
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[expand title=”8. Appendices” startwrap=”” endwrap=”“]
Appendix 1 – Programme Specification
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